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 Inver Grove Heights Mayor, George Tourville and the Vice-Chair is Rosemount Councilmember, Jeff Weisensel.
| MEMBER | REP. | POSITION | ALTERNATE | POSITION |
| Apple Valley | John Bergman | Councilmember | Clint Hooppaw | Councilmember |
| Burnsville | Bill Coughlin | Councilmember | Dan Kealey | Councilmember |
| Dakota County | MaryLiz Holberg | Commissioner | Chris Gerlach | Commissioner |
| Eagan | Gary Hansen | Councilmember | Cyndee Fields | Councilmember |
| Farmington | Joshua Hoyt | Councilmember | Todd Larson | Mayor |
| Hastings | Joe Balsanek | Councilmember | Mary Fasbender | Mayor |
| Inver Grove Heights | George Tourville | Mayor | Kara Perry | Councilmember |
| Lakeville | Colleen LaBeau | Councilmember | Bart Davis | Councilmember |
| Mendota Heights | Ultan Duggan | Councilmember | Liz Petschel | Councilmember |
| Rosemount | Jeff Weisensel | Councilmember | Paul Essler | Councilmember |
| South St. Paul | Lori Hansen | Councilmember | Tom Seaberg | Councilmember |
| West St. Paul | Dick Vitelli | Councilmember | Anthony Fernandez | 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.
2018 Meeting Minutes
October 18th, 2018 – Pending Approval
December 13th, 2018 – CANCELLED