City of Ames

• Ames/ISU Ice Arena
• Animal Control
• Assessor
• Auditorium
• Cable TV
• Citizen's Service Bureau
• City Clerk
• City Council
• City Manager
• Community Center
• CyRide
• Distribution & Water Meter

• Electric
• Finance
• Fire
• Fire Inspection
• Fleet Services
• Food Inspection
• Homewood Golf Course
• Human Resources
• Inspections
• Legal Department
• Mayor & Council
• Parks

• Park Maintenance
• Planning & Housing
• Police
• Public Library
• Public Relations
• Public Works
• Purchasing
• Sanitation
• Swimming Pools
• Utility Customer Service
• Utility Locates
• Water

• Paul Sandoval, Deputy Chief, psandoval@city.ames.ia.us
• Shawn Bayouth, Deputy Chief, sbayouth@city.ames.ia.us
• Joan Holmes, Secretary, jholmes@city.ames.ia.us

• Lynne Carey, Assistant Director, 239- 5640, lcarey@amespubliclibrary.org

• Marianne Malinowski, Collections Coordinator, 239-5652, mmalino@amespubliclibrary.org

• Karen Thompson, Admin. Asst., 239-5630, kthompson@amespubliclibrary.org

• Mark Harris, Computer Specialist, 239-5669, mharris@amespubliclibrary.org

• Jillian Ocken, Community Relations Specialist, 239-5634, jocken@amespubliclibrary.org

• Paul Overton, Deputy Assessor, poverton@city.ames.ia.us
• Mitch Friedow, Appraiser, mfriedow@city.ames.ia.us
• Brenda Swaim, Appraiser, bswaim@city.ames.ia.us
• Judy Heimerman, Office Assistant, jheimerman@city.ames.ia.us
• Dawn Tank, Office Assistant, dtank@city.ames.ia.us

• Jill Ripperger, Deputy City Clerk, jripperger@city.ames.ia.us
• Emily Burton, Secretary, eburton@city.ames.ia.us 

• Bob Kindred, Asst. City Manager, bkindred@city.ames.ia.us
• Sheila Lundt, Asst. City Manager, slundt@city.ames.ia.us
• Susan Gwiasda, Public Relations Officer, sgwiasda@city.ames.ia.us

• Erin Thompson, Secretary, ethompson@city.ames.ia.us
• Cathy Gersema, Secretary, cgersema@city.ames.ia.us

• Katie Kole, Principal Clerk, kkole@city.ames.ia.us

• Karen Jamison, Operations Supervisor, (515) 239-5567, kjamison@cyride.com
• Rich Leners, Assistant Director for Fleet and Facilities, (515) 239-5570, rleners@cyride.com
• Joanne Van Dyke, Secretary, (515) 239-5566, cyride@cyride.com
• Tom Davenport, Administrative Asst., (515) 239-5564, tdavenport@cyride.com
• Barbara Neal, Assistant Operations Supervisor, (515) 239-5568, bneal@cyride.com
• George Smith, Assistant Operations Supervisor, (515) 239-5574, gsmith@cityride.com
• Jenny Bethurem, Transit Trainer, (515) 239-5568, jbethurem@cyride.com
• Shari Atwood, Transit Planner, (515) 239-5539 satwood@cyride.com
• Tom Budd, Transit Trainer (515) 239-5568 tbudd@cyride.com
• Rob Holm, Assistant Operations Supervisor, (515) 239-5539 rholm@cyride.com
• Chad Krull, Maintenance Coordinator, (515) 239-5569 ckrull@cyride.com

• Electric Services Department
• Electric Administration
• Electric Distribution
• Electric Engineering
• Electric Meter
• Electric Plant Control
• Electric Production (Power Plant)
   

• Brian Trower, Assistant Director, (515) 239-5176, btrower@city.ames.ia.us
• Robb Chapman, Utility Engineer, (515) 239-5172, rchapman@city.ames.ia.us
• Steve Wilson, Energy Services Coordinator, (515) 239-5177, swilson@city.ames.ia.us
• Patricia Sprong, Principal Clerk, (515) 239-5170, psprong@city.ames.ia.us

• Bev Bass, Principal Clerk, bbass@city.ames.ia.us

• Lyndon Cook, Electrical Engineering Manager, (515) 239-5174, lcook@city.ames.is.us

• Mark Imhoff, Electrical Engineer, (515) 239-5175, mimhoff@city.ames.ia.us

• Neal May, Electrical Engineer, (515) 239-5207, nmay@city.ames.ia.us

• 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
• Lee Rasmussen, Electrician, (515) 239-5193

• Phil Schendel, Plant Maintenance Superintendent, (515) 239-5242, pschendel@city.ames.ia.us
• Mike Brown, Power Plant Operations Superintendent, (515) 239-5246, mbrown@city.ames.ia.us
• Sue Jones, Principal Clerk, (515) 239-5190, sroosa@city.ames.ia.us
• Cindy Calentine, Principal Clerk, (515) 239-5192, ccalentine@city.ames.ia.us

• Sue Rybolt, Assistant Director, (515) 239-5116, srybolt@city.ames.ia.us
• Carol Collings, Budget Officer, (515) 239-5122, ccollings@city.ames.ia.us
• Sharon Hjortshoj, Secretary, (515) 239-5113, shjortshoj@city.ames.ia.us

• Doug Garnett, Human Resources Officer, dgarnett@city.ames.ia.us
• Jennifer Hubbard, Human Resources Officer, jhubbard@city.ames.ia.us 
• Michelle Price, Human Resources Analyst, mprice@city.ames.ia.us
• Stephanie Downs, Health Promotion Coordinator, sdowns@city.ames.ia.us
• Inta Bingham, Risks & Benefits Manager, ibingham@city.ames.ia.us
• Sally Oster, Principal Clerk, soster@city.ames.ia.us
• Leah Vander Zwaag, Secretary, lvanderzwaag@city.ames.ia.us 

• Kevin Anderson, City Sanitarian, (515) 239-5158
• David Brown, Building Official, (515) 239-5155, dabrown@city.ames.ia.us
• Craig Hageman, Building & Zoning Inspector, (515) 239-5254, chageman@city.ames.ia.us
• Eileen Carter, Principal Clerk, (515) 239-5253 ecarter@city.ames.ia.us
• Ed Gillott, Buidling & Zoning Inspector, (515) 239-5167, egillott@city.ames.ia.us
• Scott Ripperger, Plans Examiner, (515) 239-5252, sripperger@city.ames.ia.us
• Bruce Kinkade, Plumbing Inspector, (515) 239-5157, bkinkade@city.ames.is.us
• Tom Henriksen, Fire Inspector, (515) 239-5156, thenriksen@city.ames.ia.us

• Judy Parks, Asst. City Attorney, jparks@city.ames.ia.us
• Kristine Stone, Asst. City Attorney, kstone@city.ames.ia.us
• Dennis Walton, Process Server/Investigator, (515) 239-5148, dwalton@city.ames.ia.us
• Gail Wierson, Secretary, (515) 239-5143, gwierson@city.ames.ia.us
• Becki Rippke, Senior Clerk, (515) 239-5244, brippke@city.ames.ia.us

• Ryan Doll, 1dollr@gmail.com
• Jami Larson, email@jamilarson.org
• Matthew Goodman, matthewgoodman@mchsi.com
• Riad Mahayni, rmahayni@isunet.net
• Jim Popken, jim@jimpopken.org
• Dan Rice,  drice827@msn.com

• Keith Abraham, Recreation Supervisor, (515) 239-5349, kabraham@city.ames.ia.us
• Scott Hock, Recreation Supervisor, (515) 239-5352, shock@city.ames.ia.us
• Nancy Shaw, Employee/Public Wellness & Activities Supervisor, (515)239-5353, nshaw@city.ames.ia.us

• Vanessa Baker-Latimer, Housing Coordinator, vbakerlatimer@city.ames.ia.us
• Ray Anderson, Planner, randerson@city.ames.ia.us
• Jeff Benson, Planner, jbenson@city.ames.ia.us
• Sam Perry, Planner, sperry@city.ames.ia.us
• Charles Kuester, Planner, ckuester@city.ames.ia.us
• Cindy Hollar, Secretary II, chollar@city.ames.ia.us

• Jim Robinson, Commander, jrobinson@city.ames.ia.us
• Mike Brennan, Commander, mbrennan@city.ames.ia.us
• Doug Houghton, Support Services Manager, dhoughton@city.ames.ia.us
• Jan Schmitt, Secretary to Chief, jschmitt@city.ames.ia.us

• Tammy Hyer, Records Supervisor, thyer@city.ames.ia.us

• Public Works
   
  • Administration
  • Engineering
  • Operations
  • Resource Recovery
  • Traffic
  • Warehouse

• Lynn Brennan, Administrative Asst., (515) 239-5164, lbrennan@city.ames.ia.us
• Jaclyn Anderzhon, Senior Clerk, (515) 239-5265, janderzhon@city.ames.ia.us

• Tracy Warner, Municipal Engineer, (515) 239-5163, twarner@city.ames.ia.us
• Corey Mellies, Civil Engineer II, (515) 239-5276, cmellies@city.ames.ia.us
• Eric Cowles, Construction Supervisor, (515) 239-5277, ecowles@city.ames.ia.us
• Ben McConville, GIS Specialist, (515) 239-5162, bmcconville@city.ames.ia.us
• Engineering Test Lab, 515 Clark Avenue, (515) 239-5266

• John Forth, Facilities Maintenance, (515) 239-5166
• Matt Pepper, Grounds/Cemetery Supervisor, 310 E 9th St., (515) 239-5342, mbpepper@city.ames.ia.us

• Dave Battani, Street Maintenance Foreman, (515) 239-5543, dbattani@city.ames.ia.us
• Dale Weber, Utility Maintenance Supervisor, (515) 239-5551, dweber@city.ames.ia.us
• Tom Weese, Utility Maintenance Foreman, (515) 239-5554, tweese@city.ames.ia.us
• Carolyn Starr, Principal Clerk, (515) 239-5550, cstarr@city.ames.ia.us

• Gary Freel, Assistant Superintendent, (515) 239-5235, gfreel@city.ames.ia.us
• Lorrie Hanson, Principal Clerk, (515) 239-5137, lhanson@city.ames.ia.us

• Damion Pregitzer, Traffic Engineer, (515) 239-5275, dpregitzer@city.ames.ia.us

• Greg Matters, Traffic Signal Lead Technician, (515) 239-5541, gmatters@city.ames.ia.us 

• Luana Stoneking, Purchasing Agent, lstoneking@city.ames.ia.us
• Mike Adair, Procurement Specialist, madair@city.ames.ia.us
• Casey Bassett, Procurement Specialist, cbassett@city.ames.ia.us
• Edie Schmidt, Procurement Specialist, eschmidt@city.ames.ia.us
• Wanda Allen-Linn, wallen@city.ames.ia.us

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

• Richard Thrailkill, Printing Services Technician, (515) 239-5217, rthrailkill@city.ames.ia.us

• Kevin Anderson, (515) 239-5158, kanderson@city.ames.ia.us
• Heather Cromie-Roche (515) 239-5158, hcromie@city.ames.ia.us

• Carr Pool, 1610 Meadowlane Avenue, (515) 233-2679
• Municipal Pool, 20th & Ridgewood, (515) 232-4561

• Administration
• Laboratory Services
• Water & Pollution Control Plant
• Water Treatment Plant
• Water Meter Division

• John Dunn, Director, jdunn@city.ames.ia.us
• Christina Murphy, Assistant Director, cmurphy@city.ames.ia.us
• Barbara Schendel, Dept. Secretary, bschendel@city.ames.ia.us   

• Maryann Ryan, Supervisor, mryan@city.ames.ia.us

• Dave Blumer, Supervisor, dblumer@city.ames.ia.us
• Scott Cunningham, Cross-Connection Control Coordinator, scunningham@city.ames.ia.us
• Michele Gillespie, Principal Clerk, mgillespie@city.ames.ia.us

• Jim McElvogue, Superintendent, jmcelvogue@city.ames.ia.us
• Darrell Hunter, Maintenance Supervisor, dhunter@city.ames.ia.us
• Julie Erickson, Division Secretary, jerickson@city.ames.ia.us  

• Phil Propes, Superintendent, ppropes@city.ames.ia.us
• Dave Gammon, Maintenance Supervisor, dgammon@city.ames.ia.us