The Mayor appoints standing committees each May to meet, discuss, and make recommendations to the City Council on city issues as they may arise. The standing committee assignments for May 2023 through April 2025 are as follows:
Drainage
Jim Trantham, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Jim Hopkins
Jason Goff
Gary Most
Jim Trantham, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Jim Hopkins
Jason Goff
Gary Most
Economic Development
Joel Vogt, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jason Goff
Russ Row
Gary Most
Joel Vogt, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jason Goff
Russ Row
Gary Most
Electric System
Jim Trantham, Chairman
Matt Buettner
Jim Hopkins
Kyle Buettner
Gary Most
Jim Trantham, Chairman
Matt Buettner
Jim Hopkins
Kyle Buettner
Gary Most
Finance
Russ Row, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Jim Trantham
Jason Goff
Kyle Buettner
Russ Row, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Jim Trantham
Jason Goff
Kyle Buettner
Gas Distribution
Matt Buettner, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jim Trantham
Jason Goff
Gary Most
Matt Buettner, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jim Trantham
Jason Goff
Gary Most
Insurance
Gary Most, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Matt Buettner
Jim Trantham
Kyle Buettner
Gary Most, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Matt Buettner
Jim Trantham
Kyle Buettner
Ordinance
Kyle Buettner, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jim Trantham
Russ Row
Gary Most
Kyle Buettner, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jim Trantham
Russ Row
Gary Most
Personnel Relations
Matt Buettner, Chairman
Jim Trantham
Kyle Buettner
Russ Row
Gary Most
Matt Buettner, Chairman
Jim Trantham
Kyle Buettner
Russ Row
Gary Most
Planning & Annexation
Russ Row, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Matt Buettner
Jason Goff
Gary Most
Russ Row, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Matt Buettner
Jason Goff
Gary Most
Safety & Health
Jim Hopkins, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Jim Trantham
Russ Row
Gary Most
Jim Hopkins, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Jim Trantham
Russ Row
Gary Most
Street
Jason Goff, Chairman
Matt Buettner
Jim Hopkins
Kyle Buettner
Russ Row
Jason Goff, Chairman
Matt Buettner
Jim Hopkins
Kyle Buettner
Russ Row
Water & Sewer
Kyle Buettner, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Matt Buettner
Jim Hopkins
Russ Row
Kyle Buettner, Chairman
Joel Vogt
Matt Buettner
Jim Hopkins
Russ Row
Waterloo Beautification
Joel Vogt, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jason Goff
Kyle Buettner
Gary Most
Joel Vogt, Chairman
Jim Hopkins
Jason Goff
Kyle Buettner
Gary Most
Mayor Pro Tem
Kyle Buettner
Kyle Buettner
Note: The Mayor will serve as an ex-officio member of each committee
COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVES
Fire Department - Kyle Buettner
Library Board - Jim Hopkins
Park District - Jim Trantham
Sister Cities -
Library Board - Jim Hopkins
Park District - Jim Trantham
Sister Cities -
Monroe-Randolph Bi-County Transit District - Saundra Eckstadt
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Liquor Advisory Committee
Mayor Stanley Darter, Chairman
Jim Trantham
Russ Row
Jim Trantham
Russ Row
Police Committee
Mayor Stanley Darter, Chairman
Matt Buettner
Jim Trantham
Jason Goff
Kyle Buettner
Matt Buettner
Jim Trantham
Jason Goff
Kyle Buettner