Boards, Committees and Commissions

Boards, Committees and Commissions

BCDC

The Berlin Community Development Corporation hosts the City of Berlin Small Cities Revolving Loan Fund, and meets on the last Tuesday of each month at 7:00 AM in the City Hall Council Chambers.

  • TIM DEMASTER – PRESIDENT
  • JOSH NIGBOR – VICE PRESIDENT
  • TERRY PRZYBYL – SECRETERY
  • PETER MAUEL – TREASURER
  • PAM MORK
  • JASON NETT
  • HEATHER OLSON
  • SUE HIETPAS
  • DR EMMETT DURTSCHI – LIAISON – 2025

Board of Appeals

The Board of Appeals meets at 5:30 PM on the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the City Hall Council Chambers.

  • RON ROSS – CHAIRMAN – 2027
  • DAVID HITZ – 2027
  • BOBBIE ERDMANN – 2025
  • KURT KUKLINSKI – 2026
  • VACANCY – 2025
  • VACANCY (ALTERNATE) – 2027
  • VACANCY (ALTERNATE) – 2025

This board consists of 5 members and 2 alternates, and is a 3-year term (expires November 1st) 

Board of Review

The Board of Review meets as needed.

  • VACANCY – 2025
  • DENNIS MULDER – 2026
  • PAUL ROETHEL – 2027
  • MARY KUBIAK – 2028
  • CAROL HUGHES – 2029
  • VACANCY (1ST ALTERNATE) – 2027
  • VACANCY (2ND ALTERNATE) – 2025

 This board consists of 5 members and 2 alternates (all residents of the city), and is a 5-year term (expires July 1st)

Committee on Aging

The Committee on Aging meets at 10:00 AM on the 4th Tuesday of each month at the Senior Center.

  • PAUL HANAN – CHAIRPERSON & SECRETARY – 2026
  • JIM JODARSKI – CO-CHAIRPERSON – 2026
  • RICHARD TROCHINSKI – 2025
  • KEITH HESS – 2025
  • SUSAN JUNGENBERG – 2026
  • MARY HESS – 2027
  • VACANCY – 2027
  • JOSH NIGBOR – LIAISON – 2025

This committee consists of 7 members, and is a 3-year term (expires April 30th).

The committee on aging shall consist of seven persons, five of which shall be residents of the city. The remaining two members may be nonresidents, if such persons are actively employed in the city in a managerial position in the field of aging.

Duty: Serve in an advisory capacity to the common council on all aging related issues.

Library Board

The Library Board meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 4:30 PM at the Berlin Public Library.

  • KAY ROETHEL – PRESIDENT – 2025
  • MARGARET GUERTLER – SECRETERY – 2027
  • BOB MALCHETSKE – TREASURER – 2026
  • CARRIE BLAZEL – 2025
  • MICHELLE DRAVES – 2026
  • ALLISON RAINBOTH – 2027
  • DR. EMMETT DURTSCHI – SCHOOL BOARD REP & CITY LIAISON

This board consists of 7 members, and is a 3-year term (expires May 1st)

Oakwood Cemetery Board

The Oakwood Cemetery Board meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM at the City Hall Council Chambers.

  • NANCY GIMENEZ – PRESIDENT – 2025
  • LUANN BEYER – 2025
  • DAVE LABUDA- 2025
  • MARY KAY BLAZEL – 2026
  • MIDGE SEAMAN – 2026
  • GLORIA LICHTFUSS – 2027
  • BOBBIE ERDMANN – 2027
  • DR EMMITT DURTSCHI – LIASON – 2025

 This board consists of 7 members (all residents of the city), and is a 3-year term (expires April 30th).

Duty: Serve in an advisory capacity to the common council on all cemetery related issues.

Park and Recreation Commission

The Park and Recreation Commission meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 4:30 PM at City Hall Council Chambers.

  • VICTORIA HILL – CHAIRPERSON – 2025
  • AMY REESE – 2025
  • TIM BENDING – 2025
  • BRUCE TETZKE – 2026
  • KAYLA REEVES – 2026
  • BOBBIE ERDMANN – 2027
  • VACANCY – 2027
  • CATRINA BURGESS – LIAISON – 2025

This commission consists of 7 members (citizens of the city), and is a 3-year term (expires May 1st).

The Parks and Recreation Commission shall have all of the powers conferred by law upon park and recreation commissions, and shall be chargeable with all of the duties so required, such as recommend, oversee work and oversee funds of all parks, playgrounds and recreational activities as part of properties within the city.

Planning Commission

The Berlin Plan Commission meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:00 PM in the City Hall Council Chambers.

  • MAYOR JOEL BRUESSEL – CHAIRPERSON – 2025
  • PAUL HANAN – 2025
  • VACANCY – 2025
  • MARY KUBIAK – 2026
  • CAROL HUGHES – 2027
  • VICTORIA HILL – PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSIONER – 2027
  • LUKE A DRETSKE – LIAISON – 2025

This commission consists of 7 members, and is a 3-year term (expires May 1st).

The commission shall consist of 7 members: the mayor, 1 alderperson, the president of Park and Recreation Commision, and 4 citizens of the city.

Police and Fire Commission

The Police and Fire Commission meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 PM at City Hall Council Chambers.

  • JOANNE GUDEN – PRESIDENT – 2029
  • DENISE KRENTZ – VICE PRESIDENT – 2028
  • KEITH HESS – SECRETERY – 2027
  • RON ROSS – 2025
  • GARY KNOKE – 2026
  • SAMANTHA STOBBE – LIAISON – 2025

 This commission consists of 5 members (all residents of the city), and is a 5-year term (expires May 1st)

Travel and Tourism Commission

The Travel and Tourism Commission meets at 5:00 PM on the 2nd Wednesday of the month as needed at City Hall Conference Room B.

  • MARY KUBIAK – CHAIRPERSON – 2027
  • JOEL BRUESSEL, MAYOR – VICE-CHAIRPERSON – 2026
  • ANDI ROGERS – SECRETARY – 2025
  • MICHELLE OMICHINSKI – 2025
  • SUSAN TRAMPF – 2026
  • JANET BROESCH – LODGING REPRESENTATIVE – 2027 

This commission consists of 6 members (1 representative for the hotel/motel industry), and is a 3-year term (expires April 30th).

Duties: Use the hotel-motel room tax appropriated to the commission for tourism promotion and tourism development within the city.

Sewer and Water Commission

The Sewer and Water Commission meets at 4:30 PM the last Wednesday of each month at City Hall Council Chambers.

  • PAUL ROETHEL – PRESIDENT – 2028
  • DAVID YOUNGBAUER – 2025
  • MIKE OTTMAN – 2027
  • TIM BENDING – 2029
  • VACANCY – 2026
  • KRISTINA BOECK – LIAISON 2025

 This commission consists of 5 members, and is a 5-year term (expires October 1st).

Community Development Authority

Community Development Authority meets as needed on a monthly basis.

“…persons having sufficient ability and experience in the fields of urban renewal, community development and housing, as commissioners of the community development authority.” 

  • LUKE DRETSKE – CHAIRMAN/LIAISON -2025
  • KRISTINA BOECK – LIAISON – 2025
  • NATHAN CORDUAN – 2025
  • SUSAN THOM – 2026
  • TRACY KLAWITTER – 2027
  • VACANCY – 2027
  • VACANCY – 2028

This group consists of 7 members (residents of the city), and is a 4-year term (expires November 1st).