Boards and Committees
The Dakota Communications Center (DCC) is headed by the Board of Directors, a 12-member board consisting of an elected official from each jurisdiction. Each Member of the DCC will have one seat on the Board of Directors and is entitled to one vote. The Chair is Burnsville Mayor Elizabeth Kautz.
| BOARD |
|---|
| Member |
Representative |
Position |
Alternate |
Position |
| Apple Valley |
John Bergman |
Councilmember |
TBD |
Councilmember |
| Burnsville |
Elizabeth Kautz (Chair) |
Mayor |
Charlie Crichton |
Councilmember |
| Dakota County |
Nancy Schouweiler |
Commissioner |
Michael Turner |
Commissioner |
| Eagan |
Mike Maguire |
Mayor |
Cyndee Fields |
Councilmember |
| Farmington |
Kevan Soderberg |
Mayor |
David McKnight |
Councilmember |
| Hastings |
Mike Slavik |
Councilmember |
Paul Hicks |
Mayor |
| Inver Grove Heights |
George Tourville |
Mayor |
Dennis Madden |
Councilmember |
| Lakeville |
Laurie Rieb |
Councilmember |
Mark Bellows |
Councilmember |
| Mendota Heights |
Ultan Duggan |
Councilmember |
Sandra Krebsbach |
Councilmember |
| Rosemount |
Mike Baxter |
Councilmember |
Mark DeBettignies |
Councilmember |
| South St. Paul |
Beth Baumann |
Mayor |
Micky Gutzmann |
Councilmember |
| West St. Paul |
Darlene Lewis |
Councilmember |
Aaron Van Moorlehem |
Councilmember |
The Board of Directors has many functions and duties including:
- Provide policy leadership and approve the general policies of DCC relating to budget, finance, and legal matters;
- Approve annual operating and capital budgets of DCC;
- Hire, discipline, terminate, and set the compensation for the Executive Director; and much more.
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 Steve Mielke, City Administrator of Lakeville.
| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE |
|---|
| Member |
Representative |
Position |
Alternate |
Position |
| Apple Valley |
Tom Lawell |
City Administrator |
Charles Grawe |
Assistant City Administrator |
| Burnsville |
Craig Ebeling |
City Manager |
Tom Hansen |
Deputy City Manager/COO |
| Dakota County |
Brandt Richardson |
County Administrator |
Don Gudmundson |
County Sheriff |
| Eagan |
Tom Hedges |
City Administrator |
Gene Vanoverbeke |
Admin Services Director |
| Farmington |
Peter Herlofsky, Jr. |
City Administrator |
Robin Roland |
Finance Director |
| Hastings |
Dave Osberg Vice Chair
|
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 |
Jim Danielson |
City Administrator |
Mike Aschenbrener |
Police Chief |
| Rosemount |
Jamie Verbrugge Chair |
City Administrator |
Emmy Foster |
Assistant City Administrator |
| South St. Paul |
Stephen King |
City Administrator |
Michael Messerick |
Police Chief |
| West St. Paul |
John Remkus |
City Administrator |
Karen Divina |
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.
The Operations Committee is comprised of 25 police, fire, and EMS personnel, one from each DCC Member law enforcement agency and fire department as well as one representative from the Dakota County EMS Council. Each Member of the DCC will have a maximum of two votes on the Operations Committee – one from the law enforcement agency and one from the fire agency of that Member.
Currently the Operations Committee meets as a whole, with two subcommittees: the Law Enforcement Operations Committee and the Fire/EMS Operations Committee. The purpose of the two sub-committees it to cover the high volume of start up topics related to law enforcement, fire, and EMS personnel (radio selection, building design, dispatch policies, etc).
The Operations Committee has many functions and duties including serving as:
- Personal contact at each DCC member’s law enforcement or fire/EMS department for the Executive Director for daily procedural and operational issues; and
- A resource to the Executive Committee in researching special topics of interest; coordinate field training and back-up exercises.
