Government Relations

The Government Affairs Committee at the Chamber works to identify and research state issues that affect business and recommend and take action through informed positions and communication with state legislators.

The committee meets the first Friday of each month at 12:00 p.m. at the Chamber. Employees of Chamber member businesses are welcome and encouraged to participate.

Local Updates

Ames City Council
Ames Community Schools
Mary Greeley Medical Center Board of Trustees
Story County Elected Officials

State Updates

State of Iowa Legislature
State Elected Officials
List of Enrolled Legislation (2010)

Federal Updates

Federal News and Priorities
United States Representatives

Contact Elected Officials
Contact area elected officials through an easy web form.

For a list of candidates who are running for office in the 2010 Primary Election, and a non-partisan list of enrolled bills from the 83rd session, click here.

Mary Greeley Medical Center

Ames City Council

Congratulations to Ann Campbell (Mayor/Incumbent), Peter Orazem (At-Large/Candidate), Tom Wacha (Ward 1/Challenger), and Jeremy Davis (Ward 3/Challenger).

See a map of your precinct here.

City Council Meetings:

March 30, 2010	Agenda	Minutes
April 13, 2010	Agenda	Minutes
April 27, 2010	Agenda	Minutes
May 11, 2010	Agenda	Minutes

For additional archives of the City Council Meeting Agendas, click here.
View Ames City Council meetings and more on the Channel 12 webcast.

State of Iowa Legislature

Legislative Updates summarize relevant state legislature activity on a weekly basis. Talking points, bill amendments, and committee discussions may be included.

Right-to-Work vs. "Fair Share" update

Week Twelve Update 03-31-10
Week Eleven Update 03-26-10
Week Ten Update 03-19-10
Week Nine Update 03-12-10
Week Eight Update 03-05-10 and Clarification 04-02-10
Week Seven Update 02-26-10
Week Six Update 02-26-10
Week Five Update 02-12-10
Week Four Update: 02-05-10
Week Three Update: 01-29-10
Week Two Update: 01-22-10
Week One Update: 01-15-10

The Ames Chamber of Commerce Legislative Priorities Brochure sets the direction for the Chamber's legislative efforts for 2010 session.

Press Release:
"How will 'Fair Share' affect Ames?" 02-19-2010
Governor Culver's Condition of State Address (KCCI) 01-12-2010

Click here to download a free pdf viewer.

City of Ames
City Hall 515 Clark Ave. Ames, IA 50010 www.city.ames.ia.us	Mayor (4 year term) Ann Campbell (2009) 428 Pearson Avenue Ames, IA 50014 515-292.9464 bobanncamp@aol.com
City Council (4 year term) Council generally meets the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. in Council Chamber, Ames City Hall
Matthew Goodman (2011) At-Large 3303 West Street Ames, Iowa 50014 515.292.4773 matthewgoodman@mchsi.com	Jim Popken (2009) At-Large 920 Clark Avenue Ames, IA 50010 515-232.6508 jim@jimpopken.org
Dan Rice (2009) 1st Ward 827 Burnett Avenue Ames, IA 50010 515.663.9487 drice827@msn.com	Jami Larson (2011) 2nd Ward 3321 Ridgetop Rd. Ames, IA 50014 515-292-9083 jlarson101@aol.com
Ryan Doll (2009) 3rd Ward 3219 Lettie Street Ames, IA 50010 515-460.8897 1dollr@gmail.com	Riad Mahayni (2011) 4th Ward 1617 Amherst Dr. Ames, IA 50014 515-292-3908 rmahayni@iastate.edu
Ames Community Schools
415 Stanton Ave. Ames, IA 50014 515-268-6660 www.ames.k12.ia.us	Superintendent Linda Beyea
Board of Education (3-year term) Board generally meets the 1st and 3rd Mondays at 6:30 p.m. in Ames High School Multi-Purpose Room
Paul Sodders (2010) President 1608 Crestwood Circle Ames, IA 50010 663.9272 Ames, IA 550010 paulsodders@msn.com Mary Jurenka (2010) Vice President 826 8th Street Ames, IA 50010 232.3645 mkjurenka@yahoo.com Roy Cakerice (2012) Member 621 Carr Drive Ames, IA 50010 233.5797 rcakerice@aol.com David Putz (2012) Member 825 Hodge Avenue Ames, IA 50010 290.7462 david.putz@gmail.com	Francis Todey (2010) Member 1220 Harding Avenue Ames, IA 50014 232.4722 fwtodey@yahoo.com Bill Talbot (2012) Member 2620 Camden Drive Ames, IA 50014 232.1761 mailtalbot@gmail.com Dan Woodin (2011) Member 2206 Ironwood Ct Ames, IA 50014 292.5954 danwoodin@gmail.com
Mary Greeley Medical Center
1111 Duff Ave. Ames, IA 50010
Board of Trustees (4-year term) Generally meet the 4th Monday at 5:00 p.m. in MGMC Board Room
Sarah Buck, Chair (2007) sarahbuck@yahoo.com Ken McCuskey (2007) kmccuskey@sauer-danfoss.com Mary Kitchell (2009) mjkitchell@aol.com	Karl Friederich, Secretary (2007) kfriederich@hotmail.com Louis Banitt, M.D. (2006) doc@crosspaths.net
Story County
Courthouse 900 6th St. Nevada, IA 50201

Elected Officials (4-year term)

Supervisors Generally meets Tuesdays at 9:30 a.m. in the Supervisors’ Office, Courthouse Wayne Clinton (2008) wclinton@storycounty.com James Strohman (2010) jstrohman@storycounty.com Jane Halliburton (2010) jhalliburton@storycounty.com

Sheriff Paul Fitzgerald (2008) pfitzgerald@storycounty.com Auditor Mary Mosiman (2008) mmosiman@storycounty.com Attorney Steve Holmes (2010) attorney@storycounty.com	Recorder Susan Vande Kamp (2010) svandekamp@storycounty.com Treasurer David D. Jamison (2010) djamison@storycounty.com
State of Iowa Elected Officials
Governor Chet Culver (2010-Democrat) Office of the Governor State Capitol Des Moines, IA 50319 515.281.5211	Lieutenant Governor Patty Judge (2010-Democrat) State Capitol, Room 9 Des Moines, IA 50319 515.281.0225
Secretary of State Michael Mauro (2010-Democrat) Treasurer of State Michael J. Fitzgerald (2010-Democrat) Attorney General Thomas J. Miller (2010-Democrat)	Auditor of State David A. Vaudt (2007-Republican) Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey (2010-Republican)
Area Legislators
Senators
Herman C. Quirmbach (2010-D) District 23 1002 Jarrett Cir. Ames IA 50010 515-292-8984 herman.quirmbach@legis.state.ia.us	Rich Olive (2010-D) District 5 1264 Northridge Rd Story City IA 50248 515-733-2427 rich.olive@legis.state.ia.us
Representatives
Beth Wessel-Kroeschell (2008-D) District 45 518 Ash Ames, IA 50014 515-292-2904 beth.wessel.kroeschell@legis.state.ia.us Lisa Heddens (2008-D) District 46 4541 513th Ave. Ames, IA 50010 515-292-1748 lisa.heddens@legis.state.ia.us	Dave Deyoe(2008-R) District 10 911 Shagbark Dr. Nevada, IA 50201 515-382-2352 dave.deyoe@legis.state.ia.us
United States
Senator Charles Grassley (2010-R) 135 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-1501 202-224-3744 721 Federal Building 210 Walnut St. Des Moines, IA 50309 515-284-4890 www.senate.gov/~grassley Representative Tom Latham (2008-R) District 4 440 Cannon House Office Building Washington, DC 20515 202-225-5476 213 N. Duff Ave. Ames, IA 50010 515-232-2885 www.house.gov/~latham	Senator Tom Harkin (2008-D) 731 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-3254 733 Federal Building 210 Walnut St. Des Moines, IA 50309 www.senate.gov/~harkin