Commissioner-at-Large· 2025-11-01 – 2029-11-01 (month-level start: November 2025 per Kent County Clerk results for the Nov 4, 2025 election, sworn in the Monday after the election per the city's 2021 press release; month-level end: November 2029 per city page 'All Kentwood elected officials serve a term of four years')
Betsy Artz
Kentwood
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 15
- Total speaking time
- 24:40
- Avg per meeting
- 1:39
- Segments
- 532
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Top issues during term (16)(Roads)
Coral Valley cul-de-sac improvements
Included in the $1,012,588 Kentwood Excavating contract.
Road condition ratings improve
Approval preserves flexibility in how Act 51 road funds are spent.
Street sweeping and MS-4 compliance
$370,809 from the fiscal 2027 DPW equipment fund, reimbursed through Act 51 road funds.
48th Street reconstruction (Division to Eastern)
Kentwood's share is about $1.142 million from the fiscal 2027-28 major street fund.
44th Street reconstruction (Eastern to Kalamazoo)
Kentwood's share is about $1.588 million from the fiscal 2027-28 major street fund.
Paul Henry Trail repaving after contractor defects
The city is withholding a significant amount of money from the contractor to cover the fix.
Road salt supply for 2026-27 winter
Up to $356,766 from the FY27 Major and Local Street Funds budgets.
44th Street white topping failure
Drivers have already suffered car damage; a federally funded rebuild is planned for next year.
Extensive 2027 road construction season
Storm sewer repair billed to fiber company
None to the city — the $45,980 cost is billed to 123.Net, LLC.
29th Street and East Paris sidewalk extension
DPW parking lot repaving
Up to $355,438 from the Property and Building Fund.
Right-turn-only sign on Patterson Avenue
Shaffer Avenue/36th Street traffic circle and summer detours
About $3.06 million from the city's major street funds, offset by roughly $1.52 million in federal grants.
State transportation funding shortchanges cities and transit
Cities get less than half the per-capita road funding rural counties receive, and transit gets $27 per capita versus MDOT's stated $280 need.
Sidewalk repair and fill-in services
Contract amount not stated in the record.
Decisions during term (0)
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No decisions found matching Roads.
Voting record (0)(Roads)
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