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EMERGENCIES (Police/Fire/Ambulance/Sheriff) CALL 911

Listed Alphabetically by Divisions of the City

AMES FIRE DEPARTMENT
    Emergencies - 911
Clint Petersen, Fire Chief, cpetersen@city.ames.ia.us (515) 239-5108
 
Fire Station #1, 1300 Burnett
  Phone: (515) 239-5108; FAX: (515) 232-9932
Fire Station #2, 132 Welch Avenue
  Phone: (515) 292-2905; FAX: (515) 239-5209, fire2@city.ames.is.us
Fire Station #3, 2400 S. Duff
  Phone: (515) 239-5545; FAX: (515) 233-3990
AMES/ISU ICE ARENA
1505 Gateway Hills Dr.
Phone: (515) 292-6835
 
AMES CITY ASSESSOR
515 Clark Ave.
Phone: (515) 239-5370
Greg Lynch, City Assessor, glynch@city.ames.ia.us 
AMES PUBLIC LIBRARY
515 Douglas Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5630
Art Weeks, Library Director, aweeks@amespubliclibrary.org (515) 239-5632
 
 

FAX: (515) 233-1718

Reference Desk:  (515) 239-5656

Reference, webref@amespubliclibrary.org

Circulation, circ@amespubliclibrary.org

 
ANIMAL CONTROL SHELTER
325 Billy Sunday Road
Phone: (515) 239-5530
Lorna Lavender, Animal Control Officer, animalsinames@city.ames.ia.us  
AUDITORIUM
515 Clark Avenue (Entrance on Sixth Street)
Phone: (515) 239-5365
mking@city.ames.ia.us
Mike King, Auditorium Manager, mking@city.ames.ia.us
CABLE TV
515 Clark Avenue
Phone:  (515) 239-5214
Derek Crisler, dcrisler@city.ames.ia.us
  Cable TV Control Room, 239-5214
CITIZENS SERVICE BUREAU, 515 Clark Avenue (M-F, 8-5)
Phone: (515) 239-5345 (for questions, concerns, complaints about City services)
CITY ASSESSOR, 515 Clark Avenue Phone: (515) 239-5370
Greg Lynch, City Assessor, glynch@city.ames.ia.us
 
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5105,  FAX:  515-239-5142
Diane Voss, City Clerk, dvoss@city.ames.ia.us
 
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5101, FAX (515) 239-5142
Steve Schainker, City Manager, sschainker@city.ames.ia.us
 
 
COMMUNITY CENTER
515 Clark Avenue (Entrance on Fifth Street) 
Phone: (515) 239-5360,
parkcomm@city.ames.ia.us
 
CUSTOMER SERVICES - Utilities
515 Clark Avenue
Mike Wheelock, (515) 239-5120, mwheelock@city.ames.ia.us
CyRIDE
1700 University Blvd.
c
yride@cyride.com
Phone:  (515) 292-1100; FAX:  (515) 239-5578
Sheri Kyras, Director of Transportation, (515) 239-5563, skyras@cyride.com
 
ELECTRIC TROUBLE CALLS  -- (515) 239-5240 -- 24-hour outage reporting 
ELECTRIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT
  • Electric Services Department
    • Electric Administration
    • Electric Distribution
    • Electric Engineering
    • Electric Meter
    • Electric Plant Control
    • Electric Production (Power Plant)
       
ELECTRIC ADMINISTRATION
502 Carroll
Phone: (515) 239-5170;  FAX  (515) 239-5308
Donald Kom, Director, (515) 239-5171, dkom@city.ames.ia.us
 
ELECTRIC DISTRIBUTION
2208 Edison
Phone: (515) 239-5500; FAX (515) 239-5507
Phil Schendel, Electric Distribution Manager, pschendel@city.ames.ia.us
 
ELECTRIC ENGINEERING
502 Carroll
Phone: (515) 239-5175; FAX: (515) 239-5308
 
ELECTRIC METER
2208 Edison
Phone: (515) 239-5510
Tim Scher, Electric Meter Supervisor, tscher@city.ames.ia.us
ELECTRIC PLANT CONTROL, 502 Carroll
Phone: (515) 239-5173
 
  • Paul Burja, Instrument and Control Technician, (515) 239-5459
  • Eric Peterson, Instrument and Control Technician, (515) 239-5450
  • L.G. Weaver, Instrument and Control Technician, (515) 239-5449
  • Dan Morris, Instrument and Control Technician, (515) 239-5197
  • Harold Frame, Electrician, (515) 239-5193 
ELECTRIC PRODUCTION (POWER PLANT)
200 E. 5th Street
Phone: (515) 239-5190; FAX: (515) 232-7295
Dell Brown,Plant Manager, dbrown@city.ames.ia.us
 
FINANCE ADMINISTRATION
515 Clark Avenue
Duane Pitcher, Director, (515) 239-5113, dpitcher@city.ames.ia.us
 
FLEET SERVICES DEPARTMENT
2207 Edison  
Phone: (515) 239-5520; FAX:  (515) 239-5529
Paul Hinderaker, Director, phinderaker@city.ames.ia.us
  Administration (8:00 AM to 4:30 PM)
Diane Allen, Secretary,
dlallen@city.ames.ia.us
  Maintenance Shop (7:30 AM to 4:00 PM)  
Marty Osam, Fleet Maintenance Supervisor, mosam@city.ames.ia.us
HOMEWOOD GOLF COURSE
E. 20th Street
Phone: (515) 239-5363
  Joshua Thompson, Golf Course Manager, jthompson@city.ames.ia.us
HUMAN RESOURCES, 515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5199,
hr@city.ames.ia.us
Julie Huisman, Director, jhuisman@city.ames.ia.us
 
INSPECTIONS
515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5153; FAX: (515) 239-5261,
insp@city.ames.is.us
 
LEGAL DEPARTMENT
515 Clark Avenue,
Phone: (515) 239-5146; FAX: (515) 239-5142
Doug Marek, City Attorney, dmarek@city.ames.ia.us
 
MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL
515 Clark Avenue
Phone:  (515)
239-5105, FAX:  (515) 239-5142
 Ann Campbell, Mayor, bobanncamp@aol.com
 
PARKS & RECREATION ADMINISTRATION
1500 Gateway Hills Drive
Phone: (515) 239-5350, FAX: (515) 239-5355,
parkrec@city.ames.ia.us
Nancy Carroll, Director, (515) 239-5357, ncarroll@city.ames.ia.us
 
PARKS MAINTENANCE
E. 13th Street
Phone: (515) 239-5356
Kevin Shawgo, Parks Superintendent, (515) 239-5364, kshawgo@city.ames.ia.us
Kevin James, Golf Course Maintenance Supervisor, kjames@city.ames.ia.us 
PLANNING & HOUSING
515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5400; FAX: (515) 239-5261
Steve Osguthorpe, Director, sosguthorpe@city.ames.ia.us
 
POLICE DEPARTMENT
515 Clark Avenue
(515) 239-5133
Chuck Cychosz, Chief of Police, ccychosz@city.ames.ia.us
  Administration
Phone: (515) 239-5130; FAX: (515) 239-5429
 
  Detectives/General Investigation, (515) 239-5132
Records Division,
(515) 239-5135
Public Relations
  Susan Gwiasda, (515) 239-5204, sgwiasda@city.ames.ia.us
  • Public Works
     
    • Administration
    • Engineering
    • Operations
    • Resource Recovery
    • Traffic
    • Warehouse
PUBLIC WORKS - ADMINISTRATION
515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5160; FAX: (515) 239-5404 
John Joiner, Director, (515) 239-5165, jjoiner@city.ames.ia.us
 
PUBLIC WORKS - ENGINEERING
515 Clark Avenue
FAX: (515) 239-5404
 
PUBLIC WORKS - OPERATIONS
515 Clark Avenue
Operations (515) 239-5550
 
  • John Forth, Facilities Maintenance, (515) 239-5166
  • Matt Pepper, Grounds/Cemetery Supervisor, 310 E 9th St., (515) 239-5342, mbpepper@city.ames.ia.us
Warehouse
2207 Edison
FAX: (515) 239-5529
Dave Cole, Street Maintenance Supervisor, (515) 239-5548, dcole@city.ames.ia.us 
 
PUBLIC WORKS - RESOURCE RECOVERY PLANT
110 Center Street
Phone: (515) 239-5137; FAX: (515) 239-5490,

rrp@city.ames.ia.us
Resource Recovery Information (515) 239-5136
John Pohlman, Superintendent, (515) 239-5238, jpohlman@city.ames.ia.us
 
PUBLIC WORKS - TRAFFIC
515 Clark Avenue
FAX:  (515) 239-5404
 
Warehouse
2207 Edison
FAX: (515) 239-5529
 
PURCHASING
515 Clark Avenue
Phone: (515) 239-5125
FAX: (515) 239-5325
 

Print Shop, printshop@city.ames.ia.us

SANITATION
515 Clark Avenue
 
SWIMMING POOLS
 
  • Carr Pool, 1610 Meadowlane Avenue, (515) 233-2679
  • Municipal Pool, 20th & Ridgewood, (515) 232-4561
UTILITY LOCATES (Iowa One-Call) 1-800-292-8989
WATER OR SEWER TROUBLE CALLS
7AM - 4PM Weekdays, (515) 239-5551  
*After Hours/Holidays/Weekdays, 239-5150
 
WATER & POLLUTION CONTROL DEPARTMENT - WPC
WPC
  • Administration
  • Laboratory Services
  • Water & Pollution Control Plant
  • Water Treatment Plant
  • Water Meter Division
WPC-Administrative Office  
300 E 5th Street, Bldg. #1
Phone: (515) 239-5150; FAX: (515) 239-5251
 
WPC-Laboratory Services
300 E. 5th St., Bldg #2
Phone: (515) 239-5150; FAX (515) 239-5251
 
Water Meter Division
300 E. 5th St., Bldg. #2
Phone: (515) 239-5151; FAX:  (515) 239-5251
 
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL PLANT, 56797-280th St.
Phone: (515) 232-7423 FAX: (515) 232-0454
 
WATER TREATMENT PLANT300 E. 5th Street, Bldg, #1
Phone: (515) 239-5150;  FAX: (515) 239-5251