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COMMON COUNCIL
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The Common Council of the City of
Prairie du Chien has the management and control of the city
property, finances, highways, navigable waters, and the public
service, and has power to act for the government and good order of
the city, for its commercial benefit, and for the health, safety,
and welfare of the public, and may carry out its powers by license,
regulation, suppression, borrowing of money, tax levy,
appropriation, fine, imprisonment, confiscation, and other necessary
or convenient means.
City of Prairie du Chien Aldermanic District
Map
Council
Meetings, Agendas and Minutes
The Common Council normally meets the first
and third Tuesdays of each month. If the regularly-scheduled meeting of
the Council falls on an election day, the meeting must be moved to the
following week, according to City Ordinance. The Council meetings begin at 7:00 PM and are held in the
Council Chambers at City Hall. The meetings are also
televised on Channel 6. Please feel free to read the interesting
article published by the League of
Municipalities on the "Basics" for being an effective council member. |
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 Mayor Dave Hemmer
Term: April
2010 – April 2012
Years of Service: 10 years on the Council
EMAIL THE
MAYOR
Committees/Commissions: Public
Works; Plan Commission; Finance & Claims; Personnel, License & Insurance; Railroad Advisory
Lived in Prairie du Chien: since 1956
Birthplace: Prairie du Chien
Family: Wife Lori; 5 children
Occupation: Truck Driver
Education: Prairie du Chien
High School
Affiliations: Member - St.
John’s Parish; Men’s Club
Offices Held: Council President
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THE PRAIRIE DU CHIEN COMMON
COUNCIL
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FIRST ALDERMANIC DISTRICT |
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Ken Fleshner, Jr.
Term expires: April 2013
Residence: 1502 South 1st Street
Phone: 326-4751 (Home), 326-3902 (Cell)
Email:
terrafleshner@yahoo.com
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Jaaren
Riebe
Term expires: April 2012
Residence:
1705 South
Wacouta Avenue
Phone:
326-6734
(Home)
Email:
jriebe@centurytel.net |
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Years of Service: 1 (First
elected in April 2011)
Committees/Commissions:
Protection and Health
Lived in Prairie du Chien:
since 1986
Birthplace: Fridley, MN
Family: Wife
-Terra; Son - Brendan, Daughters -
Dayton and Jaden
Occupation: Correctional
Officer 3, Prairie du Chien Correctional Institution
Education: Prairie du
Chien High School (Class of 1994)
Other Elected
Offices Held: Executive Board
- AFSCME Local 903
Hobbies: Family time, drag
racing |
Years of Service: 4 (First elected in 2007)
Committees/Commissions:
Finance; Personnel, License and Insurance
Lived in Prairie du Chien: since 1970
Birthplace: Watertown, WI
Family: Wife - Lareena; 4
children - Anne, Jaalen, Alissa, Allison
Occupation: Group Sales Leader
Education: Prairie du Chien
High School; UW- Whitewater
Affiliations: PdC Youth Basketball; Member - Prairie du
Chien Eagles Club
Other Elected
Offices Held: Park Board;
Plan Commission
Hobbies: Youth sports, fishing, hunting |
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SECOND ALDERMANIC DISTRICT |
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Linda Munson
Term expires: April 2013
Residence: 810 South Wacouta Avenue
Phone:
326-2939
(Home)
Email:
kansas@centurytel.net |
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Mike "Stubby" Jones
Term expires: April 2012
Residence: 1108 South 5th Street
Phone:
326-5106
(Home), 608-412-3881 (Cell)
Email: None
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Years of Service: 4
(First elected in 2007)
Committees/Commissions:
Personnel, License and Insurance (Chairperson); Finance
Lived in Prairie du Chien: since 1990
Birthplace: Dodge City, KS
Family: Husband Tom; 2 daughters - Gretchen & Heidi
Occupation: Retired
Education: BS - Business Administration
Affiliations: Prairie du Chien Historical Society; First
Congregational Church; River and Bluffs Animal Shelter;
Friends of Villa Louis; Trustee - First Congregational Church
Other Offices Held: Public Library Board; Industrial Development
Corporation; Renewable Energy Study; Negotiating Committee
Hobbies: Running, pets, reading, baking & grandchildren |
Years of Service: 1
(First elected in 2011)
Committees/Commissions:
Public Works
Lived in Prairie du Chien: since 1959
Birthplace: Madison, WI
Family: Married with three sons
Occupation: Wisconsin Department of Corrections
Education:
Affiliations:
Other Offices Held:
Hobbies: Woodworking, hunting, fishing, running, racquetball |
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THIRD ALDERMANIC DISTRICT |
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Kathleen Hein
Term expires: April 2013
Residence: 311 S. Wacouta
Avenue
Phone: 412-0756 (Cell)
Email:
kdhein@mchsi.com |
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Kyle Kozelka
Term expires: April 2012 |
Years of Service: 6
(First elected in 2005)
Committees/Commissions: Finance (Chairperson);
Personnel, License and Insurance
Lived in Prairie du Chien:
Family: Husband Dale; 2
daughters
Occupation: Coordinates county-wide Farm-2-School Program,
teaches math
Education: BS - Chemical
Engineering, UW-Madison
Affiliations: PDRI Board of
Directors & Design Committee Chairperson; Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church
Other
Offices Held:
Hobbies: Running, camping,
canoeing, skiing, cooking, yoga |
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FOURTH ALDERMANIC DISTRICT |
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Sharon
Boylen
Term expires: April 2013
Residence: 217 North Michigan Street
Phone:
326-8617 (Home)
Email: None |
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Karen
Solomon
Term expires: April 2012
Residence: 515 North Michigan St.
Phone:
306-6003
(Cell)
Email:
ksolomon@centurytel.net |
Years of
Service: 8
(Elected since 2007, previously on City Council, 1990-1994)
Committees/Commissions:
Protection & Health
Birthplace: Prairie du Chien
Family: Husband Larry; 4
children
Occupation: Teacher's Aide
Education:
High School
Affiliations: Church Lector
Offices Held: None
Hobbies: Walking my dogs, bowling, traveling |
Years of Service:
3 (First elected in 2008)
Committees/Commissions: Public Works; Personnel, License
and Insurance
Birthplace: Prairie du Chien
Family: Son - Peter; Parents - Walt & Eileen Hermsen,
Sister - Katie Hermsen
Occupation: Program Assistant Confidential - Prairie du
Chien Correctional Institution
Education: Prairie du Chien
High School; BS - Criminal Justice, UW-Platteville
Affiliations: Wisconsin
Corrections Association
Offices Held:
Hobbies: Reading, bike riding, my dogs |
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FIFTH ALDERMANIC DISTRICT |
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Frank Pintz, Jr.
Term expires: April 2013
Residence:
156 Mondell Court
Phone:
326-9050
(Home), 608-412-1496 (Cell)
Email:
fpintzjr@yahoo.com |
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Jean Titlbach
Term expires: April 2012
Residence:
126 Mondell Court
Phone:
326-8592
(Home)
Email:
titlbachjk@yahoo.com |
Years of Service: 20
(First elected in 1991)
Committees/Commissions: Finance; Public Works
Lived in Prairie du Chien: 23 years
Birthplace: Prairie du Chien
Family: Wife Phyllis;
Daughters - Corissa, Ashley; Son - Ben; Grandchildren -
Allison, Mason and Addelyn
Occupation: Union carpenter
Education: Seneca High School;
Attended UW La Crosse
Affiliations: Prairie du Chien Volunteer Fire Department
Other
Offices Held: Council
President; Public Works Chairperson; Protection & Health Chairperson
Hobbies: Hunting, fishing,
golfing |
Years of Service:
3 (First elected in 2008)
Committees/Commissions: Protection & Health
(Chairperson); Public Works
Lived in Prairie du Chien: 35 years
Birthplace: Gackle, ND
Family: Two daughers, two grandchildren
Occupation: Systems Analyst - 3M
Education: BS - Industrial Engineering; BS - Psychology
Affiliations: Faith Evangelical Free Church
Other
Offices Held:
Hobbies: Walking, gardening, making felt |
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SIXTH ALDERMANIC DISTRICT |
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Mark Thein
Term expires:
April 2013
Residence: 613 South Fremont Street
Phone: 326-5400 (Home)
Email:
mark.thein@yahoo.com |
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Judeen Ames
Term expires: April 2012
Residence: 1211 East Webster Street
Phone: 326-1515 (Home)
Email:
djames73@centurytel.net |
Years of Service: None
(First elected in 2011)
Committees/Commissions: Protection & Health
Lived in Prairie du Chien: since 2007
Birthplace: Elkader, IA
Family: Wife - Deanna; Sons - Kevin and Ryan
Occupation: Correctional Officer - Prairie du Chien Correctional
Institution (since 1997)
Education: Graduate - Wartburg College
Affiliations: American Correctional Association
Other
Offices Held: Vice President - AFSCME Local 903
Hobbies: Sports, outdoor activities, home remodeling
projects |
Years of
Service: 3 (Appointed by the Council in September 2008 to
replace Mike Brouse, who had resigned)
Committees/Commissions: Protection and Health'
Personnel, License and Insurance
Lived in Prairie du Chien: Returned in 2004
Birthplace: Prairie du Chien
Family: Husband - David;
Daughter - Jennifer; Son - Scott
Occupation: Retired teacher;
Edward Jones Branch Office Assistant (Part-time)
Education: BS - UW-La Crosse;
Masters' Degree and additional credits - UW-Whitewater
Affiliations: St. Peter's Lutheran Church, Women's
Civic Club, Evergreen Cemetery Board
Other
Offices Held:
Hobbies: Caring for grandchildren, reading, quilting |
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