Other Boards

MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL BOARDS

Galien River Sanitation District Sewer Authority Board - One City representative with a six-year term, and one alternate:

• City Manager Chuck Dobbins (December 2010)
• Mayor Rusty Geisler (alternate; December 2010)

New Buffalo Township Library Board - Three City representatives with four-year terms:

• Dan Donnelly (November 2012)
• Nora Duffy (November 2012)
• Nancy Mrozek (November 2012)

• Council Member Jack Kennedy (March 2010)
• Council Member Ray Lawson (March 2010)

Pokagon-New Buffalo Area Local Revenue Sharing Board - One City representative and one alternate - representatives serve at the pleasure of the City Council:

• Mayor Rusty Geisler (appointed July 2008)
• Council Member Susan Maroko (alternate; appointed July 2008)

The Pokagon Fund Board - One City representative - serves at the pleasure of the City Council:

• Bob Westergren (appointed February 2006)

INTERNAL BOARDS

Board of Review - City Charter, 9.6 - Three members with one-year terms ending in February each year:

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

Building Authority Commission - Authorized by Building Authorities:
Act 31 of 1948 - Three members with three-year terms:

• City Manager Chuck Dobbins (December 2012)
• City Attorney Harold Schuitmaker (December 2010)
• City Treasurer Susan Rogers (December 2011)

Civil Service Board - General Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article 4 - Three members with 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 ending in November of even years:

• Dale Clingerman (November 2010)
• Matt Davis (November 2010)
• Robert Johnson (November 2010)
• Warren Peterson (November 2010)
• Ed Wainright (November 2010)

Local Officers Compensation Commission - General Ordinances, Chapter 2, Article 5 - Five members with five-year terms:

• Daniel Forker (June 2010)
• Lauren Covert (June 2011)
• [Vacant] (June 2012)
• [Vacant] (June 2013)
• [Vacant] (June 2014)

AD HOC COMMITTEES

Galien River County Park Master Plan Steering Committee - One City representative - City Council resolution, July 15, 2008:

• Park and Recreation Board Chair Warren Peterson

Funding Committee - City Council resolution, March 18, 2008:

• Chair Rusty Geisler (appointed to represent the City Council)
• Arnie Feinberg (appointed to represent the Park and Recreation Board)
• Marge Kowalec (appointed to represent the Planning Commission)
• Migs Murray (appointed to represent the Park and Recreation Board)
• Gary Ramberg (appointed to represent the City Council)

Parking Committee - City Council resolution, July 15, 2008:

• Chair Susan Maroko (appointed to represent the City Council)
• Vice Chair Kevin Murray (appointed to represent the Planning Commission)
• Tom Jennings (appointed to represent the Business Improvement District Board)
• Marge Kowalec (appointed to represent the Planning Commission)
• Ray Lawson (appointed to represent the Planning Commission)
• Gary Ramberg (appointed to represent the City Council)

QUICK REFERENCE CALENDAR FOR APPOINTMENTS

February:

•  Board of Review (all 3 each year)

March:

• Harbor Commission (2 or 3 each year)
• Pine Grove Cemetery Board (2 each year)

May:

• Planning Commission (3 each year)
• Zoning Board of Appeals (2 or 3 each year)
• Park and Recreation Board (2 or 3 each year)
• Business Improvement District Board (1 or 2 each year)
• Civil Service Board (1 each odd year)

June:

• Local Officers Compensation Commission (1 each year)

November:

• Construction Board of Appeals (all 5 each even year)
• Library Board (all 3, next in 2012, then 2016)

December:

• City Building Authority (1 each year)
• GRSD Sewer Authority (1 member and 1 alternate, next in 2010, then 2016)