County Commissioner, District 3· 2025-01-01 to 2028-12-31 (per MCL 46.410 subsection 2, text read: 4-year term begins January 1 following the 2024 election; current-term start, first-office day unsourced; end December 31, 2028)
Sylvia Grot
Macomb County
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Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 9
- Total speaking time
- 17:22
- Avg per meeting
- 1:56
- Segments
- 465
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Top issues during term (10)(Development)
Central Intake & Assessment Center / Jail Construction Change Orders
About $1.7 million in new contracts, all within the existing CIAC project budget.
New Health & Community Services Building — Phase 1 design
Phase 1 design contract of $384,438, funded by a state enhancement grant.
New Health & Community Services Building design
$45,444 now for pre-construction services; the full building was estimated at $80 million in May.
Brownfield Plan for 50770 Birch Drive, Shelby Township
The specific reimbursement or capture figures weren't discussed at this meeting; funding details live in the plan itself.
New Health and Community Services Facility (Verkuilen)
Phase 1 design contract of $384,438, funded by a state enhancement grant.
Countywide office relocation planning
$40,000 from the 2026 capital improvement plan; the overall project cost is still undefined.
Brownfield redevelopment in Utica
$50,000 state grant funding.
Roseville Brownfield Redevelopment at 31327 Gratiot Avenue
About $900,000 reimbursed through new property taxes generated by the redevelopment — no millage or tax increase on existing taxpayers.
Countywide housing action plan
New modular homes are priced around $250,000 against an actual build cost of about $270,500.
County land transfer to Macomb Community College
Unknown pending the appraisal.
Decisions during term (8)
Recorded while Grot was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Receive and file budget reviews, items 6a through 6d (Public Works, Planning & Economic Development, Roads, Parks & Rec)
Shelby Township Industrial Development District - C&D Building, LLC (receive and file)
Budget Amendment: Health & Community Services Grant Fund - Michigan State Housing Development Authority - Housing Community Development Fund ($100,000)
Budget Amendment: Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Emergency Solutions Grant Amendment #2 ($44,524)
Budget Amendment: Planning & Economic Development — Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) Brownfield Grant - Utica Mixed Use Building Project ($50,000)
Budget Amendment: Planning & Economic Development — Michigan State Police Emergency Management & Homeland Security Grant — North Branch Greenway Floodplain Acquisition ($1,000,000)
2026 Annual Report of Macomb Agricultural Purchase of Development Rights Committee
SEMCOG and Brownfield Redevelopment Authority Appointments
Voting record (8)(Development)
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