“Public” Member Applications being accepted for

South Metro Fire Department Board of Directors

The Cities of West St. Paul and South St. Paul have consolidated their fire services into a single full-time department – the South Metro Fire Department. A five-member Board of Directors comprised of two current Council members from each community and a fifth “public member” govern the South Metro Fire Department. Current Board members include Chris Lehmann and Dan Niederkorn from South St. Paul and Dave Wright and Jim Englin from West St. Paul. The public member is approved by collective action of the two city councils and affirmed by the other members of the Board.

The public member may not be an employee of either City, a resident of either City, nor have been employed in the fire service of any governmental unit. 

The South Metro Fire Department now seeks qualified applicants to complete the balance of a two-year term on its Board of Directors, as the public member. The current term expires March 30, 2010. Desirable qualifications and personal traits include familiarity with municipal governance and the communities of South St. Paul and West St. Paul; leadership and managerial experience; enthusiasm and assertiveness; collegial and consensus-building personal style; and personal support and commitment to the purpose, goals and successful evolution of the South Metro Fire Department.

Interested individuals are encouraged to submit an application by 3:30 p.m., Friday, December 4, 2009. Applications may be downloaded from the following websites: http://www.ci.west-saint-paul.mn.us/; http://www.southstpaul.org/, or http://www.southmetrofire.com/. Completed applications shall be submitted to the address listed below. For more information please contact:

Linda McMillan, Fire Marshal
South Metro Fire Department, Station 1
West St. Paul, MN 55118
(651) 552.4172
lmcmillan@southmetrofire.com