Elected Offices
The City of Gothenburg is represented by a Mayor and four City Council Members. The Mayor is elected at-large to four-year terms. Council members are also elected to four-year terms from wards; which are the East Ward and the West Ward. There are two Council Persons (one from each ward) elected every two years.
Mayor and City Council
Mayor Verlin Janssen
Lonnie Warner
Aaron Colwell
Jay Richeson
J Buddenberg
Standing Committees and Boards
| Board of Adjustment | Term | Cemetery Board | Term | |
| Kent Kline – Alternate | 2025 | Brent Block | 2025 | |
| Hal Fecht (P & Z Rep) | 2026 | Kim Kitzing | 2026 | |
| Linda Bowman | 2026 | Alex Ballmer | 2026 | |
| Dan Yancy | 2027 | Casey Metzger | 2027 | |
| Dick Nelson | 2027 | Dee Miller | 2027 | |
| Linda Rodine | 2027 | |||
| Board of Health | Housing Authority | Term | ||
| Verlin Janssen, Mayor | Joni Birnie | 2025 | ||
| Chief Randell Olson | Jill Rubenthaler | 2026 | ||
| Jeff Kennedy | Brennon Malcom | 2027 | ||
| Dr. Garret Shaw | Chevas Shaw | 2028 | ||
| Kyle Fornoff | 2029 | |||
| Cindy Soller | 2029 | |||
| Library Board | Term | Planning/Zoning Committee | Term | |
| Mary Lou Clark | 2025 | Hal Fecht | 2025 | |
| Shanna Keiser | 2026 | Jo Fuller | 2025 | |
| Rita Thomalla | 2027 | Marcy Slack | 2025 | |
| Sue Ostergard | 2028 | Logan Ricely | 2026 | |
| Karman Keith | 2028 | Jason Wagner | 2026 | |
| Tanner Focken | 2026 | |||
| Roger Koehler | 2027 | |||
| Park & Recreation Board | Tree Board | Term | ||
| Ellen Mortensen | 2027 | Dan Frerichs | 2025 | |
| Alec Foster | 2027 | Kim Slack | 2025 | |
| Marc Mroczek | 2027 | Nate Baker (C) | 2025 | |
| Caresse Ross | 2027 | Mark Brand | 2025 | |
| Kayla Paul | 2027 | Jeff Kennedy | 2026 | |
| Kathleen Hartman | 2026 | |||
| Dave Zorn | 2027 | |||
| Community Redevelopment Authority | Term |
|
Term | |
| Joe Libal | 2025 | Caroline Scott | ||
| Travis Anderson | 2025 | Morgan Fornoff | ||
| Shane Bryant | 2026 | Mishayla Freburg | ||
| Dr. Ashton Hecox | 2027 | Dave Zorn | ||
| Joyce Hudson (C) | 2029 | Jesse Ambler | ||
| City Administrator | Ex-Off | |||
| City Clerk | Ex-Off | |||
| REDLG Re-Use | ||||
| Mayor | ||||
| City Administrator | (S) | |||
| Morgan Fornoff | 2026 | |||
Other Current Committees
| Downtown Revitalization Committee | |||
| Anne Anderson | |||
| Gary Greer | |||
| Joyce Hudson | |||
| Jeff Kennedy | |||
| Steve Peterson | |||
| Tim Strauser | |||
| Andrea McClintoc | |||
