List of councilmembers of Bloomington, Minnesota

When the Bloomington City Council first convened in 1953, all Councilmembers [the City's preferred spelling and capitalization] were elected "at large." That is, each Councilmember was elected to represent the entire city's residents and interests. At that time, the Council comprised 5 members, including the Mayor, who was (and still is) an at-large Councilmember.

The City Charter, adopted in 1960, called for an increase in the number of Councilmembers from 5 to 7. A 7-member council was first seated in 1962.

In 1976, 4 of the 6 at-large positions were assigned the duty of representing the residents and interests of a specific quadrant of the City (District I to the SE, District II to the SW, District III to the NW, and District IV to the NE). The remaining 2 positions continued to represent the interests of the city at-large. In 1976 and 1977, during the transition to this new configuration, the council actually had 8 members (1 Mayor, 4 district Councilmembers, and 3 at-large Councilmembers). The third at-large position was eliminated in 1978, and the resulting structure has continued unchanged to this day.

A list of Bloomington's mayors can be found at List of mayors of Bloomington, Minnesota.

The following information was derived the City of Bloomington's Website.[1] [2] Changes in personnel are noted in bold type.

1950s

1953

Comments: Bloomington became a Village on May 11, 1953.

1954

1955

1956

Comments: McCutchan resigned May 1956. Herman Kossow appointed May 7, 1956.

1957

1958

1959

Comments: Donaghue resigned May 2, 1959. Maistrovich appointed June 5, 1959.

1960s

1960

Comments: Bloomington adopted City Charter November 8, 1960.

1961

1962

Comments: Malone appointed January 2, 1962. 1962 was the first year with 7 councilmembers, an increase mandated in the City Charter (approved November 8, 1960).

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970s

1970

1971

Comments: Hoffman resigned April 5, 1971. Allen appointed April 19, 1971.

1972

Comments: Pleasant resigned November 15, 1972.

1973

Comments: Darr appointed January 2, 1973.

1974

1975

1976

Comments: There were 8 councilmembers (including the Mayor) in 1976 – 1977, during the transition from all at-large positions to a mix of district and at-large positions.

1977

Comments: Mayor Benedict resigned January 3, 1977. Lindau appointed January 10, 1977.

1978

1979

1980s

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990s

1990

Comments: Houle appointed January 8, 1990.

1991

1992

Comments: Mahon resigned December 31, 1992.

1993

Comments: Krueger appointed March 29, 1993. Wilcox elected September 14, 1993.

1994

1995

Comments: Mayor Peterson resigned January 3, 1995. Houle appointed Mayor January 3, 1995 (surrendering her At-Large position). Winstead appointed to the At-Large position February 21, 1995.

1996

1997

1998

1999

Comments: Lenczewski resigned January 3, 1999. Spies appointed February 1, 1999.

2000s

2000

Comments: Bianchi resigned August 14, 2000. Abrams appointed September 25, 2000.

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010s

2010

2011

Comments: Elkins resigned March 7, 2011. Tim Busse appointed April 18, 2011.

2012

Comments: Busse ran for and was elected to the at-large seat, creating an opening in the District 3 seat.

2013

2014

2015

2016

Comments: Bemis Abrams resigned May 16, 2016. Kim Vlaisavljevich appointed July 14, 2016.

References

  1. ↑ Family tree of Bloomington mayors and councilmembers
  2. ↑ Bloomington City Councilmembers (City of Bloomington's website)
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