City Council, Boards & Commissions

ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES

City Council

Authorized by the City Charter, Chapter 3.

Five members with staggered, three-year terms.

City Council annually elects one City Council member to be the Mayor and one City Council member to be the Mayor Pro Tem during their organizational meeting following the regular City Election in May of each year.

• Mayor Rusty Geisler (Council term ending date: May 2011)
• Mayor Pro Tem Migs Murray (May 2012)
• Council Member Susan Maroko (May 2011)
• Council Member Ray Lawson (May 2012)
• Council Member Warren Peterson (May 2013)

APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
INTERNAL TO THE CITY OF NEW BUFFALO
WITH REGULAR MONTHLY MEETINGS

Planning Commission

Authorized by the Michigan Planning Enabling Act (Act 33 of 2008) and General Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article III.

Nine members with staggered, three-year terms.

The chair and vice chair are selected annually in May.

• Chair Marge Kowalec (Commission term ending date: May 2013)
• Vice Chair Rich Shoemaker (May 2012)
• Comm.-Secretary/ ZBA Liaison Donna Messinger (May 2012)
• Commissioner Steve Daniel (May 2011)
• Commissioner Veronica Schroder (May 2011)
• Commissioner Harry Hull (May 2011)
• Commissioner Hillary Bubb (May 2012)
• Commissioner Dan Saunders (May 2013)
• Commissioner Don Hatfield (May 2013)

Harbor Commission

Authorized by General Ordinances, Chapter 7, Article I.

Seven members with staggered, three-year terms.

The chair, vice chair, and secretary are selected annually in May.

• Chair Nancy Smith (Commission term ending date: May 2013)
• Vice Chair Robert Spirito (May 2012)
• Comm.-Secretary George Repiscak (May 2013)
• Commissioner [Vacant] (May 2011)
• Commissioner Bill Geisler (May 2011)
• Commissioner Calvin Trock (May 2011)
• Commissioner Peter Mrozek (May 2012)

Park and Recreation Board

Authorized by General Ordinances, Chapter 14, Article II.

Seven members and one alternate with staggered, three-year terms.

The chair, vice chair, and secretary are selected annually in May.

• Vice Chair Arnie Feinberg (May 2011)
• Board Member [Vacant] (May 2011)
• Board Member Chuck Krametbauer (May 2012)
• Board Member [Vacant] (May 2012)
• Board Member Bob Rodgers (May 2012)
• Board Member Jennifer Vitale (May 2013)
• Board Member Gary Ramberg (May 2013)
• Alternate Member [Vacant] (May 2013)

Business Improvement District Board of Directors

Authorized by resolution of the City Council, pursuant to MCLA 125.981, et seq.

Five members with staggered, three-year terms, including one City Council Member serving as a liaison and Board Member.

The chair, vice chair, and secretary are selected annually in May.

• Chair Robert Kemper (Board term ending date: May 2013)
• Vice Chair Frank Waldron (May 2011)
• Board Member/ Secretary Janet Clark (May 2013)
• Board Member Gary Ramberg (May 2011)
• Board Member/ Council Liaison Migs Murray (May 2012)

APPOINTED BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
INTERNAL TO THE CITY OF NEW BUFFALO
WITH MEETINGS AS-NEEDED

Zoning Board of Appeals

Authorized by the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act (Act 110 of 2006) and Zoning Ordinance, Article 21.

Seven members and two alternates with staggered, three-year terms.

The chair, vice chair, and secretary are selected annually in May.

• Chair Nora Duffy (Board term ending date: May 2011)
• Vice Chair Nancy Smith (May 2012)
• Board Member/ Planning C. Liaison Donna Messinger (May 2013)
• Board Member Tony Ashbaugh (May 2013)
• Board Member Liz Grim (May 2013)
• Board Member Arlene Pokuta (May 2011)
• Board Member Rich Cooper (May 2012)
• Alternate Member [Vacant] (May 2011)
• Alternate Member [Vacant] (May 2013)

Board of Review

Authorized by City Charter, 9.6.

Three members with one-year terms.

The City Assessor serves as their non-voting clerk.

• Kim Carlson (May 2011)
• Barb Casselman (May 2011)
• Ruth Kelsey (May 2011)

Building Authority Commission

Authorized by Building Authorities: Act 31 of 1948.

Three members with three-year terms.

• City Manager Chuck Dobbins, Commission Chair (May 2013)
• City Attorney Harold Schuitmaker, Commission Secretary (May 2011)
• City Treasurer Susan Rogers, Commission Treasurer (May 2012)

Civil Service Board

Authorized by General Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article IV.

Three members with staggered, six-year terms.

• Norma Cook (May 2011)
• Joan Weishaupt-Jones (May 2013)
• James Reimann (May 2015)

Construction Board of Appeals

Authorized by the Stille-Derossett-Hale Single State Construction Code Act (Act 230 of the Public Acts of 1972).

Five members with two-year terms.

• Dale Clingerman (May 2011)
• Matt Davis (May 2011)
• Robert Johnson (May 2011)
• Warren Peterson (May 2011)
• Ed Wainright (May 2011)

Local Officers Compensation Commission

Authorized by General Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article V.

Five members with staggered, five-year terms.

• Daniel Forker (May 2011)
• Lauren Covert (May 2012)
• [Vacant] (May 2013)
• [Vacant] (May 2014)
• [Vacant] (May 2015)

REPRESENTATIVES APPOINTED TO
MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL BOARDS

Galien River Sanitary District Sewer Authority Board

One City representative and one alternate, each with a six-year term.

• City Manager Chuck Dobbins (May 2011)
• Mayor Rusty Geisler (alternate; May 2011)

New Buffalo Township Library Board

Three City representatives with four-year terms.

• Dan Donnelly (May 2013)
• Nora Duffy (May 2013)
• Nancy Mrozek (May 2013)

Pine Grove Cemetery Board

Two City representatives with one-year terms.

• Council Member Ray Lawson (May 2011)
• Council Member Warren Peterson (May 2011)

Pokagon-New Buffalo Area Local Revenue Sharing Board

One City representative and one alternate, each with a one-year term.

• Council Member Susan Maroko (May 2011)
• Council Member Warren Peterson (alternate; May 2011)

The Pokagon Fund Board

One City representative with a one-year term.

• Mayor Pro Tem Migs Murray (May 2011)