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Email: Scott Smith
639-2076
Email: Ryan McCoy
 637-1704
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Email: Vikke Andersen
 637-8952
Email: Don Bemis
 906-0160
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Email: Tim Stegeman
637-8982
Email: Suzie Fitzgibbon
 637-3813
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The City of South Haven is a City Council and City Manager form of government. The city is divided into three wards.

City Council consists of the Mayor and two Council Members from each ward.

To be eligible for City Council, the candidate must have resided in the city for at least one year and is a registered voter of the city.

At each regular city election (held in odd years), the Mayor is elected for a two-year term and one Council Member from each ward is elected for a four-year term.

City Council meetings are held the first and third Mondays of every month at 7:30 p.m. in the City Council Chambers at City Hall. Meetings are open to the public. Workshop Sessions are held at 6:30 p.m. prior to the Council meetings. If further discussion of workshop items is needed, the workshop session is continued after the Council meeting. Workshop Sessions are also open to the public.

Ward One
Mayor Pro Tem
Scott Smith
Ward One
Ryan McCoy
Ward Two
Vikke Andersen
Ward Two
Don Bemis
Ward Three
Tim Stegeman
Ward Three
Suzie Fitzgibbon
Current year City Council meeting agendas and minutes can be found from the link at left. Prior year agendas and minutes are found at the Document Center
Scott Smith grew up in Alma, Michigan. In 1988, Scott graduated from Alma College with a BS in Biology. He received an MS in Occupational Therapy from WMU in 1992. A strong interest in Non-profit and governmental institutions led to a MA in Public Administration from WMU in 1993. He completed an MBA from WMU in 2003.

Scott moved to South Haven in 1995. He is employed at South Haven Community Hospital as the Director of Rehabilitation. In addition to serving on the City Council, since 1992 Scott has served previously on the ZBA and Liberty Hyde Bailey Board. He currently is the city representative to the Housing Commission.

Scott and his wife Listy are busy with their three children.
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Don Bemis was born and raised in Carlsbad, NM, and earned a Bachelor of Science in Geography (Urban and Regional Planning specialty) from New Mexico State University in 1975. He also earned a wife while in college. Don and Lois moved with two babies to South Haven during a blizzard in early 1979 and love it here anyway. They raised their five children in South Haven.

Don served on the South Haven Planning Commission for more than twenty years, including several terms as Chairman. He is employed in engineering at the Palisades Nuclear Plant. He also has worked as a sales and design engineer for manufacturing firms, and as a traveling consultant in the nuclear industry. When he is not at work, he may be doing woodworking at home, playing clarinet with the Casco Community Band, or writing stories.
Elected to City Council November 2001
Parks Commission Council Liaison 2002-2005
Re-elected to City Council November 2005
Board of Public Utilities Council Liaison 2006-present
South Haven Regional Airport Authority Council Liaison 2008

Education
Graduate South Haven High School
B.S. in Horticulture from Michigan State University, 1993
CFP (Certified Fence Professional American Fence Association) 2004
Professional
President and CEO, Terrain & Trim Landscape
Current Council Focus
Roads and Infrastructure
Municipal Coalition of Van Buren Cities and Towns

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