Food System Economic Partnership

Dave Lutchka
Jackson County Commissioner

Commissioner Lutchka has lived in Grass Lake, Michigan for 37 years. He and his wife Joan own and operate a farm where they raise purebred Angus breeding cattle. They have three children, two daughters-in-law and three grandchildren. 2005 marks the 50th year that Mr. Lutchka has raised Angus cattle. Five years ago, a roadside market was added to the operation. Mr. Lutchka graduated from Eastern Michigan University in 1965 with a BBA in accounting. He began working with the Michigan Department of the Treasury, Local Government Audit Division, immediately after graduation. He audited counties, cities, villages and townships. When the “Uniform Accounting and Budgeting Act” was passed into law, he began teaching accounting and budgeting to local unit officials, and established the budgeting procedures that local units must follow. Mr. Lutchka was later assigned as the Department of the Treasury representative to work with financially distressed local units of government. His duties included coming up with innovative ways to get these units back in the black. Mr. Lutchka was the Administrator of Treasury’s Financial Operations Division from 1990 until he retired in 1997. Mr. Lutchka currently serves on the following organizations: Jackson County Ag Council, the county’s Rural Education Days Committee (project RED), Michigan Youth Livestock Scholarship Board as treasurer, Michigan State Fair Livestock Auction Committee, Michigan Angus Board of Directors and SE Michigan Angus Board as vice president. Mr. Lutchka is a good listener and believes that common sense can solve most problems. As part of the Food System Economic Partnership, Mr. Lutchka represents the people of Jackson County.