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The Executive Committee consists of 12 members – an Administrator or Manager from each participating jurisdiction. Each Member will have one seat on the Executive Committee and be entitled to one vote, (with the Chair of the Executive Committee entitled to a second vote in case of a tie). The Chair is David McKnight, City Administrator of Farmington and the Vice-Chair is Steve King, City Administrator of South St. Paul.

MEMBER	REP.	POSITION	ALTERNATE	POSITION
Apple Valley	Tom Lawell	City Administrator	Charles Grawe	Assistant City Administrator
Burnsville	Heather Johnston	City Manager	BJ Jungmann	Fire Chief
Dakota County	Brandt Richardson	County Administrator	BJ Battig	Risk and Homeland Security Manager
Eagan	Tom Hedges	City Administrator	Gene Vanoverbeke	Admin Services Director
Farmington	David McKnight	City Administrator	Robin Roland	Finance Director
Hastings	TBD	City Administrator	Melanie Mesko Lee	Assistant City Administrator
Inver Grove Heights	Joe Lynch	City Administrator	Jenelle Teppen	Assistant City Administrator
Lakeville	Steve Mielke	City Administrator	Tom Vonhof	Police Chief
Mendota Heights	Justin Miller	City Administrator	Mike Aschenbrener	Police Chief
Rosemount	Dwight Johnson	City Administrator	Emmy Foster	Assistant City Administrator
South St. Paul	Stephen King	City Administrator	Dan Vujovich	Police Chief
West St. Paul	TBD	City Manager	Sherrie Le	Assistant City Manager

The Executive Committee has many functions and duties including:

Carry out the policy decisions of the Board of Directors and make recommendations to the Board of Directors;
Review all administrative decisions concerning personnel, development efforts, operations, cost sharing, and operational decisions made by the Executive Director as deemed necessary by the Committee; and
Review, modify, and approve to the proposed annual operating and capital budgets prepared by the Executive Director prior to submittal to Board of Directors.

2013 Executive Committee Meeting Minutes