Elected and Appointed Officials

Here are the current elected and appointed officials serving in Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas.

Board of Commissioners

Board of Commissioners

  • Telephone(913) 573-5040
  • Email commissioner@wycokck.org
  • ProfileThe governing body of the Unified Government is the Commission, consisting of eleven members who serve as its Board of Commissioners.

Prior to consolidation of City & County Government

City Council

Nathan Barnes, District 1 (1995)
Bill Miller, District 2 (1997)
Don DeSeure, District 3 (1995)
Tom Bruns, District 4 (1997)
Joe Vaught, District 5 (1997)
Bill Young, District 6 (1997)


County Commissioners

Nancy Burns, 1st District (1996)
Verdis J. Robinson, 2nd District (1994)
Jim Yoakum, 3rd District (1996)

Consolidation of the UG's CEO/Mayor & Commissioners elected by Special Election

County Commissioners

JJ. Swanson, At Large District 1
Bill Young, At Large District 2
Nathan Barnes, District 1
Bill Miller, District 2
Don DeSeure, District 3
Ernest Lewis, District 4
Joe Vaught, District 5
Pat Huggins, Pettey District 6
John "Tiny" McTaggart, District 7
Tom Burns, District 8


County Commissioners

JJ. Swanson, At Large District 1 (1999)
Bill Young, At Large District 2 (2001)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2001)
Bill Miller, District 2 (1999)
Don DeSeure, District 3 (2001)
Ernest Lewis, District 4 (1999)
Kelly Kultala, District 5 (2001)
Pat Huggins, Pettey District 6 (1999)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2001)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2001)


County Commissioners

JJ. Swanson, At Large District 1 (1999)
Don DeSeure, At Large District 2 (2001)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2001)
Bill Miller, District 2 (1999)
John Mendez, District 3 (2001)
Ernest Lewis, District 4 (1999)
Kelly Kultala, District 5 (2001)
Pat Huggins, Pettey District 6 (1999)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2001)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2001)


County Commissioners

JJ. Swanson, At Large District 1 (1999)
Don DeSeure, At Large District 2 (2001)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2001)
Bill Miller, District 2 (1999)
John Mendez, District 3 (2001)
Ernest Lewis, District 4 (1999)
Kelly Kultala, District 5 (2001)
Pat Huggins Pettey, District 6 (1999)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2001)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2001)


County Commissioners

Mike L. Gilstrap, At Large District 1 (2003)
Don DeSeure, At Large District 2 (2005)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2005)
Joe Reardon, District 2 (2003) (Resigned/Became Mayor)
John Mendez, District 3 (2003)
Mark Mitchell, District 4 (2003)
Mike Kane, District 5 (2005)
Pat Huggins Pettey, District 6 (2003)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2005)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2005)


County Commissioners

Mike L. Gilstrap, At Large District 1 (2003)
Don DeSeure, At Large District 2 (2005)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2005)
Bill Miller, District 2 (2003) (Replaced Reardon)
John Mendez, District 3 (2003)
Mark Mitchell, District 4 (2003)
Mike Kane, District 5 (2005)
Pat Huggins Pettey, District 6 (2003)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2005)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2005)


County Commissioners

Mark Holland, At Large District 1 (2007)
Don DeSeure, At Large District 2 (2005)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2005)
Bill Miller, District 2 (2007)
Ann Murguia, District 3 (2007)
Mark Mitchell, District 4 (2007)
Mike Kane, District 5 (2005)
Pat Huggins, Pettey District 6 (2007)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2005)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2005)


County Commissioners

Mark Holland, At Large District 1 (2007)
John Mendez, At Large District 2 (2009)
Nathan Barnes, District 1 (2009)
Bill Miller, District 2 (2007)
Ann Murguia, District 3 (2007)
Mark Mitchell, District 4 (2007)
Mike Kane, District 5(2009)
Pat Huggins, Pettey District 6 (2007)
Tom Cooley, District 7 (2009)
Butch Ellison, District 8 (2009)


County Commissioners

Mark Holland, At Large District 1 (2011) (Resigned/Became Mayor)
Harold Walker, At Large District 2 (2013)
Gayle Townsend, District 1 (2013)
Brian McKiernan, District 2 (2011)
Ann Murguia, District 3 (2011)
Tarence Maddox, District 4 (2011)
Mike Kane, District 5 (2013)
Angela Markley, District 6 (2011)
James Walters, District 7 (2013)
Jane W. Philbrook, District 8 (2013)