Wayne County Commission


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.
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.

List of Commissioners

This is a list of current Wayne County Commissioners in order by district. The 2025–2028 makeup of the commission is:
DistrictCommunities includedCommissionerPartyResidenceSince
1Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Shores, Grosse Pointe Woods, Harper Woods, DetroitTim KilleenDemocraticDetroit2007
2DetroitJonathan KinlochDemocraticDetroit2021
3Hamtramck, Highland Park, and DetroitMartha ScottDemocraticHighland Park2011
4Ecorse, Lincoln Park, Melvindale, River Rouge, and DetroitCara ClementeDemocraticLincoln Park2023
5DetroitAngelique Peterson-MayberryDemocraticDetroit2023
6Detroit and Redford TownshipMonique Baker McCormickDemocraticDetroit2019
7DetroitAlisha BellDemocraticDetroit2003
8Dearborn Heights, Garden City, and InksterDavid KnezekDemocraticDearborn Heights2020
9Plymouth Township, Northville, Northville Township, and LivoniaTerry MareckiRepublicanLivonia2015
10Plymouth, Plymouth Township, and Canton TownshipMelissa DaubDemocraticCanton Township2019
11Belleville, Flat Rock, Wayne, Sumpter Township, Van Buren Township, Huron Township, and RomulusAllen WilsonDemocraticRomulus2015
12Westland and LivoniaGlenn AndersonDemocraticWestland2016
13Dearborn and Allen ParkSam BaydounDemocraticDearborn2019
14Taylor, Brownstown Township, Woodhaven, Gibraltar, and RockwoodAlex GarzaDemocraticTaylor2024
15Allen Park, Grosse Ile Township, Riverview, Southgate, Trenton, and WyandotteJoseph PalamaraDemocraticGrosse Ile Township1999