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The next West Fargo City Commission Meeting is:   MONDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2012,  at 5:30 pm in the City Commission room. 

 AGENDA ITEMS ARE DUE NOON ON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2ND.

 

  

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West Fargo City Commission during Commission Meeting

The governing body of the City of West Fargo consists of a Board of City Commissioners.  The Governing Board consists of a President of the Board (Mayor) and four City Commissioners.

 

The President (Mayor) votes as a member of the board and does not have veto power.

 

The Board of City Commissioners meet every first, third and fifth Monday of each month.  The meeting time is 5:30 p.m. and is held in the West Fargo Commission Chambers located at 800 4th Avenue East in West Fargo.

 

There are five portfolios designated to each member of the City Commission.  Those portfolios include:

 

1.)    Finance and Government

2.)    Police and Fire

3.)    Streets and Improvements

4.)    Sanitation and Building Inspection

5.)    Waterworks and Sewerage

 

Every two years, after each election, a reorganization meeting is scheduled to distribute the portfolios to each Commissioner.  Typically the President (Mayor) holds the Finance and Government portfolio and the remaining portfolios are assigned by the President (Mayor) to the four Commissioners. Each Commissioner is also assigned a secondary portfolio.  The Vice-Chair of the Board is also appointed at this time as well as the following officers:

 

City Administrator

Finance Director

Assessor

Business Development Director

Planning Director

Chief of Police

Public Works Director

City Engineer

Assistant City Engineer

City Attorney

Assistant City Attorney

Assistant City Health Officer

Building Administrator



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Contact a City Commissioner
800 4 Ave East, Suite 1
West Fargo, ND 58078

Rich Mattern: (701) 793-0472                                    Lou Bennett: (701) 361-6411 

Duane Hanson (701) 367-4249                                   Mark Simmons: (701) 293-6865

Mike Thorstad: (701) 388-4907

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City Commission Members

Mayor Rich Mattern 

Mayor Rich Mattern, President
Portfolio:  Finance and City Hall

Commissioner Lou Bennet

Lou Bennett, Commissioner
Portfolio:  Police and Fire

Commissioner Brian Schulz 

Duane Hanson, Commissioner
Portfolio:  Sewer and Water

Commissioner Mark Simmons

Mark Simmons, Commissioner
Portfolio:  Streets

Mike Thorstad Mike Thorstad, Commissioner
Portfolio:  Sanitation

 

 


 

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