Roscommon County renames Drain Commissioner office to Water Resources Commissioner

The Roscommon County Board of Commissioners voted 4–0 on May 27 to adopt Resolution No. 2026-05-04 to change the name of the Office of the Roscommon County Drain Commissioner to the Office of the Roscommon County Water Resources Commissioner under MCL 280.21(8). The resolution states the drain commissioner performs functions beyond traditional drain commissioner duties — including operating sewers, enforcing lake level and soil erosion rules, and facilitating compliance with federal Clean Water Act mandates — and that the Drain Commissioner consented to the name change.