Kenyon/People

People and participation

74 people who run, staff, advise or sit on boards for the City of Kenyon, with what the council record says about each: attendance, motions made and seconded, and every mention in 130 documents from 2019 to 2026. Click a name for the full history.

Motions made per person as recorded in the minutes. Kenyon's minutes name the mover and seconder of every motion.

Surname mentions across 130 packets, agendas and minutes.

Name	Group	Role	Years	Present	Absent	Moved	Seconded	Mentions	Docs
Mary Bailey	Council	Council member, Acting Mayor	2021–26	72	20	166	195	777	80
Kim Helgeson	Council	Council member	2021–26	73	4	136	176	628	65
Molly Ryan	Council	Council member	2021–25	53	13	107	115	535	62
Doug Henke	Council	Mayor	2019–26	70	2	70	80	794	86
Lee Sjolander	Council	Council member	2019–26	52	11	96	32	383	59
Dan Rechtzigel	Council	Council member	2019–25	36	1	99	37	373	46
Elana Brunner	Council	Council member	2024–26	18	3	11	30	139	17
Tom Gard	Council	Council member	2019–25	13	1	19	25	28	19
Don Kirchmann	Council	Mayor	2022–26	23	4	11	21	305	33
John Mortensen	Council	Council member	2019–25	7		18	22	84	16
Richard Nielsen	Council	Council member, Acting Mayor	2019–25	6		15	15	63	13
Deanna Gard	Council	Council member	2023–26	5	1	2	7	21	8
Mike Engel	Council	Mayor	2019–26	3		5		48	16
Holli Gudknecht	Staff	Administrative Assistant / Deputy City Clerk	2019–26					912	94
Mark Vahlsing	Former staff, 2019–2025	City Administrator	2019–25					745	70
Derek Olinger	Contracted	City Engineer, Bolton & Menk (Rochester)	2019–26					415	77
Scott Lehner	Staff	City Administrator; EDA Executive Director	2024–26					339	31
Scott Riggs	Contracted	City Attorney, Kennedy & Graven	2019–26					302	73
Wayne Ehrich	Staff	Public Works Superintendent / Director; Fire Chief (Asst. Chief to 202	2019–26					271	76
Jeff Sjoblom	Staff	Police Chief	2021–26					179	60
Whitney Kyllo	Staff	Finance Director (Finance Clerk 2023–24)	2021–26					106	27
David Jacobsen	Contracted	Prosecuting Attorney, Jacobsen Law Firm	2019–26					80	24
Matt Bartel	Staff	Municipal Liquor Store Manager	2019–26					70	25
George Eilertson	Contracted	Financial consultant, Northland Securities	2019–26					57	23
Frank Boyles	Former staff, 2019–2025	Interim City Administrator	2024–25					51	11
Michelle Otte	Staff	Library Director	2019–25					43	18
Kathy Flikke	Former staff, 2019–2025	Finance Clerk	2021–23					43	29
Cora Boelman	Former staff, 2019–2025	CEDA Economic Development Specialist (EDA staff)	2022–24					41	9
Randy Eggert	Staff	KMU Operations / Utility Superintendent (electric & water)	2019–26					39	26
Bob Peterson	Boards	Yard-sale / donations contact	2021–25					33	10
Kevin Anderson	Boards	Member (12/2026)	2019–26					30	16
Sue Dodds	Staff	Finance Clerk (26 years to Jan 2022); part-time finance help 2025–26	2019–26					27	20
Nate Craig	Staff	Public Works Worker	2022–25					22	3
Jim Malloy	Boards	Commissioner (term to 02/2027)	2019–26					22	14
Jon Meyers	Boards	Commissioner (term to 02/2028)	2021–26					22	12
Joe Sathe	Contracted	City Attorney, Kennedy & Graven (alternate)	2021–25					21	11
Lee Skillestad	Former staff, 2019–2025	Fire Chief	2019–23					17	6
Armani Tucker	Staff	Police Officer	2024–26					17	8
Josh Johnson	Staff	KMU line workers / fire volunteers	2024–26					16	14
Linda Bean	Former staff, 2019–2025	Administrative Assistant	2021–25					15	10
Mitch Taylor	Staff	Police Officer	2021–26					15	12
Rachel Goven	Staff	Part-time office staff	2026–26					14	6
Mary Klatt	Boards	Medallion Hunt prize contact	2022–22					13	6
Heidi Haugen	Boards	Garden plot contact ($10/season)	2022–25					13	8
Stu Campbell	Boards	EDA Board member (term to 12/2028)	2019–25					12	6
Todd Kieffer	Contracted	EDA Executive Director, CEDA	2024–26					11	5
Bailey Ament	Boards	Member (term to 12/2028)	2023–26					10	6
Jerry Houglum	Boards	Commissioner (term to 12/2026)	2023–26					9	7
Bev Emerson	Boards	Board member (term to 12/2026)	2022–24					8	4
John Cambronne	Boards	Commissioner (term to 02/2028)	2024–26					8	5
Jed Johnson	Staff	KMU line workers / fire volunteers	2024–26					7	6
Kayla Larkin	Boards	Board member (term to 12/2027)	2022–25					7	5
Chrissy Alexander	Staff	Pool Manager (seasonal)	2025–26					6	4
Kelly Perry	Former staff, 2019–2025	Finance Director	2023–23					6	5
Chris Mallery	Boards	EDA Board member (term to 12/2026)	2021–26					6	5
Renee Caron	Boards	Board member (term to 12/2028)	2025–26					6	4
Kelly Kreisler	Boards	Commissioner (term to 02/2028)	2023–26					6	3
Tedd Pederson	Boards	Member (term to 12/2026)	2023–24					6	4
Zach Bubany	Former staff, 2019–2025	CEDA (EDA staff)	2024–24					5	3
Bryana Lothert	Boards	Board member (term to 12/2028)	2025–26					5	3
Jill Warner	Boards	Member (term to 12/2027)	2025–25					4	2
Taylor Eggert	Boards	Member (term to 12/2028)	2026–26					4	2
Heather DeWitz	Staff	Part-time office staff	2026–26					3	2
Cathy Whipple	Boards	Board member (term to 12/2026)	2024–24					3	2
Barb Bonde	Former staff, 2019–2025	Assistant Librarian	2022–22					2	2
Jeremy Eggert	Staff	Assistant Fire Chief	2024–24					2	2
Dave Vandergon	Boards	Startup committee organizers (Oct 2024 letter)	2024–24					2	1
Paul Senjem	Boards	Flag reservations	2019–19					1	1
Abby Dahlgren	Boards	Vice President	2022–22					1	1
Dan Englund	Staff	Police Officer	–					0	0
Misty Englund	Staff	Police Officer	–					0	0
Brian Mork	Staff	Public Works Worker	–					0	0
Robin Wipperling	Boards	Member (Goodhue County Historical Society rep)	–					0	0
Tina Leininger	Boards	Secretary	–					0	0

Attendance is counted only for council members from the roll call in each set of minutes (109 meetings; 2020 is missing from the city's archive). Motions are parsed from "Motion by X seconded by Y" lines, 898 in all. Mentions count surname matches, so common surnames overstate. Sources: council packets, agendas and minutes on cityofkenyon.gov; roster from City Hall.

Notable people from Kenyon's past

1860–1947

People and participation

Notable people from Kenyon's past

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