Members

NOTE: Email correspondence with a County Commissioner may be considered an open record and may have to be disclosed upon request.

Chair
Brian Bitner
221 N 5th St
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-226-3456 (cell)
Dec 7, 2020 - Dec 2, 2024
E-mail

Portfolios:

• Auditor/Treasurer
• Bismarck Planning & Zoning Commission (ex-officio member)
• Building/Planning/Zoning
• Buildings, Grounds & Abandoned Cemeteries
• Emergency Management
• Finance
• Human Resources

Vice Chair
Steve Bakken
221 N 5th St
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-781-0021 (cell)
September 13, 2023 - Dec 2, 2024
E-mail

Portfolios:

• Bismarck Renaissance Zone Authority
• Bismarck-Burleigh Joint Committee
• Central Dakota Communications Center (911)
• Council on Aging/Senior Adults Program
• Government Coordination & Community Involvement: Intergovernment Committee
• Human Service Zone (Social Services)

Commissioner
Wayne Munson
221 N 5th St
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-400-0010
December 5, 2022 - December 7, 2026
E-mail

Portfolios:

• Building/Planning/Zoning
• Burleigh/Morton Detention Center Board
• County Parks
• Government Coordination & Community Involvement: Bismarck Mandan Chamber EDC
• Home Rule Charter
• Lewis and Clark Regional Development Council
• Missouri Valley Complex
• Public Health
• Veterans Services

Commissioner
Steve Schwab
221 N 5th St
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-220-0741
December 5, 2022 - December 7, 2026
E-mail

Portfolios:

• Extension
• Highway Department
• Metropolitan Planning Organization
• Weed Board

Commissioner
Jerry Woodcox
221 N 5th St
Bismarck, ND 58501
701-202-0189
December 5, 2022 - December 7, 2026
E-mail

Portfolios:

• Burleigh/Morton Detention Center Board
• County Library
• Recorder
• Sheriff's Office
• State's Attorney
• Superintendent of Schools
• Water Resource Board

Housing Authority: Reports quarterly to County Commission
Renaissance Zone: Reports as needed to County Commission