Governance

Governance

The voting membership of the Mo-Kan Regional Council consists of 52 persons, one from each municipality and county within our service area with any municipality or county over a population of 10,000 people receiving an additional voting member per 10,000 population. As such, the City of St. Joseph has 8 board members while Buchanan County and the City of Atchison are eligible to appoint two members each. Bob Burns, City Administrator of the City of Lathrop, serves as the current Chair of the Board of Directors.

Mo-Kan Regional Council Directors

  • Andrew County: Brad Jarvis
  • Buchanan County: Scott Nelson
  • Buchanan County: Gary Miller
  • Clinton County: Tyler Walock
  • DeKalb County: Tanya Zimmerman
  • Atchison County: VACANT
  • Doniphan County: Joyce Simpson
  • Amazonia: VACANT
  • Atchison: Mark Westoff
  • Atchison: TBD
  • Bolckow: VACANT
  • Cameron: Lance Rains
  • Clarksdale: Todd Throckmorton
  • De Kalb: VACANT
  • Denton: VACANT
  • Easton: Robert Groce III
  • Effingham: Cathy Martin
  • Elwood: VACANT
  • Fillmore: Teresa Douglas-Ford
  • Gower: Ken Pike
  • Highland: VACANT
  • Lancaster: VACANT
  • Lathrop: Robert Burns
  • Maysville: Michele Allwood
  • Morrill: VACANT
  • Muscotah: VACANT
  • Osborn: VACANT
  • Plattsburg:  Steven F. Garrett
  • Rosendale: VACANT
  • Savannah: Tyler Swink
  • St. Joseph: VACANT
  • St. Joseph: VACANT
  • St. Joseph: VACANT
  • St. Joseph: VACANT
  • St. Joseph: VACANT
  • St. Joseph: VACANT
  • St. Joseph: VACANT 
  • Stewartsville: Tom Lawson
  • Trimble: Glenn Harmon
  • Troy: Jim Richardson
  • Union Star: VACANT
  • Wathena: Aaron Cluck
  • Agency: Kerri Krumme
  • Amity: VACANT
  • Cosby: VACANT
  • Country Club: Josh Weaver
  • Lewis and Clark: VACANT
  • Rushville: VACANT
  • Turney: VACANT
  • Weatherby: VACANT

Board Meetings

  • Agenda
  • Minutes (available August 28, 2025)

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Contact Info

816-233-3144
trevor@mo-kan.org

Office Address

224 North 7th Street, Saint Joseph, MO, 64501