{{Short description|Legislative organization}} {{Infobox legislature|name=Wayne County Commission|coa_pic=|house_type=Unicameral|leader1=Alisha Bell|leader2=Joseph Palamara|leader3=Sam Baydoun|leader1_type=Chair|election1=2019|leader2_type=Vice Chair|election2=2019|leader3_type=Vice Chair Pro Tem|election3=2021|political_groups1='''Majority''' * {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}}Democratic (14)}} '''Minority''' * {{nowrap|{{Color box|{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}|border=darkgray}}Republican (1)}}|term_length=4 years (2 years prior to 2025)<ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan County Commissioners Will Get 4-Year Terms Starting In 2024 |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/detroit/news/michigan-county-commissioners-will-get-4-year-terms-starting-in-2024/ |website=CBS Detroit |location = Southfield, Michigan |publisher = WWJ-TV |agency=Associated Press |access-date=October 18, 2025}}</ref>|seats=15|last_election1=2024|next_election1=2028|meeting_place=Guardian Building<br />500 Griswold Street Mezzanine Level Detroit, Michigan|website={{URL|https://www.waynecountymi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/Commission|Commission website}}}} The '''Wayne County Commission''' is the legislative body for Wayne County, Michigan. It is made up of 15 commissioners elected by district every four years. Wayne County, which includes the City of Detroit, is the most populous county in Michigan with roughly 1.8 million residents. The Wayne County Commission and its employees are the legislative branch of county government. The chief role of the commission is to adopt a budget and to enact ordinances. The commission also approves contracts, appointments and rules. The money is spent and ordinances are enforced through the administrative branch.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/commission/index.htm |title=Wayne County Commission |access-date=2013-06-05 |archive-date=2013-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130628221628/http://www.co.wayne.mi.us/commission/index.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>
All Wayne County Commission meetings, as well as the budget sessions, are open to the public. The commission meets on the first and the third Thursday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in its chambers on the mezzanine level of the Guardian Building, 500 Griswold, Detroit. Meeting dates and agendas are published on the Commission website.
In addition to the full body, the Commission has eight standing committees, along with special committees and task forces. Standing committees include: Audit; Economic Development; Government Operations; Health & Human Services; Public Safety, Judiciary & Homeland Security; Public Services, Senior Citizens and Veterans Affairs and Ways and Means. Special committees includes those on Rules, which meets during the first month of each new commission term to set procedures for commission meetings, as well as and the Special Committee on the Criminal Justice Complex, which oversees the county jail and courthouse complex which opened in 2024. thumb|Wayne County Commission Members (2025) thumb|Wayne County Commission Chair Alisha Bell.
==List of Commissioners== This is a list of current Wayne County Commissioners in order by district. The 2025–2028 makeup of the commission is:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Commissioners |url=https://www.waynecountymi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/Commission/Commissioners |access-date=October 18, 2025 |website=Wayne County, Michigan |language=en-US}}</ref> {| class="sortable wikitable" !District !Communities included !Commissioner !Party !Residence !Since |- |1 |Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Woods, Harper Woods, Detroit |Tim Killeen |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Detroit |2007 |- |2 |Detroit |Jonathan Kinloch |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Detroit |2021 |- |3 |Hamtramck, Highland Park, and Detroit |Martha Scott |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Highland Park |2011 |- |4 |Ecorse, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, and Detroit |Cara Clemente |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Lincoln Park |2023 |- |5 |Detroit |Angelique Peterson-Mayberry |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Detroit |2023 |- |6 |Detroit and Redford Township |Monique Baker McCormick |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Detroit |2019 |- |7 |Detroit |Alisha Bell |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Detroit |2003 |- |8 |Dearborn Heights, Garden City, and Inkster |David Knezek |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Dearborn Heights |2020 |- |9 |Plymouth Township, Northville, Northville Township, and Livonia |Terry Marecki |{{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican |Livonia |2015 |- |10 |Plymouth, Plymouth Township, and Canton Township |Melissa Daub |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Canton Township |2019 |- |11 |Belleville, Flat Rock, Wayne, Sumpter Township, Van Buren Township, Huron Township, and Romulus |Allen Wilson |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Romulus |2015 |- |12 |Westland and Livonia |Glenn Anderson |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Westland |2016 |- |13 |Dearborn and Allen Park |Sam Baydoun |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Dearborn |2019 |- |14 |Taylor, Brownstown Township, Woodhaven, Gibraltar, and Rockwood |Alex Garza |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Taylor |2024 |- |15 |Allen Park, Grosse Ile Township, Riverview, Southgate, Trenton, and Wyandotte |Joseph Palamara |{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic |Grosse Ile Township |1999 |}
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==External links== * [https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/commission/home.aspx Wayne County Commission] *[https://www.waynecounty.com/elected/commission/home.aspx A Citizen's Guide to Wayne County] *[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCneKmF0X3A7VCuCPTIm3LqA Wayne County Commission You Tube channel.]
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