Mayor Robert "Ottie" Baecker
Mayor Baecker has been the Mayor of Independence since 2004
Term Expires: April 2026
He can be reached at mayor@independence.wi.gov
Ward 1
Jason Ekern (firstwdod@independence.wi.gov)
Term Expires: April 2025
Committee Member of the Following Areas:
- President of the Council
- Taxation & Finance (Chair)
- Ordinance and Resolutions
- Streets & Utilities
- Water & Sewer Commission Board (Liaison)
- Summer Rec Board Member
- Fire Department Committee Board (Liaison)
Cleo Skroch (firstwdev@independence.wi.gov.)
Term Expires: April 2026
Committee Member of the Following Areas:
- Property and Aesthetics & Safety (Chair)
- Taxation and Finance
- Law Enforcement & Personnel
- Library Board (Liaison)
- City Hall Committee (Liaison)
- Ambulance Board (Liaison)
Ward 2
Tim Hanson (secondwdev@independence.wi.gov)
Term Expires: April 2025.
Committee Member of the Following Areas:
- Law Enforcement & Personnel (Chair)
- Taxation & Finance
- Streets & Utilities
Linda Longmore (secondwdod@independence.wi.gov)
Term Expires: April 2026
Committee Member of the Following Areas:
- Purchasing, Real Estate, Insurance, & Personal Property (Chair)
- Ordinance & Resolutions
- Property Aesthetics & Safety
- City Hall Committee (Liaison)
Ward 3
Debra Marsolek (thirdwdev@independence.wi.gov)
Term Expires: April 2026
Committee Member of the Following Areas:
- Ordinance and Resolutions (Chair)
- Purchasing, Real Estate, Insurance, and Personal Property
- Property Aesthetics & Safety
- Park Board (Liaison)
Randy Symicek (thirdwdod@independence.wi.gov)
Term Expires: April 2025
Committee Member of the Following Areas:
- Streets and Utilities (Chair)
- Purchasing, Real Estate, Insurance, and Personal Property
- Law Enforcement & Personnel
- Fire Department Committee Board (Liaison)
- Zoning Board of Appeals (Liaison)
- Community Development Authority (Liaison)
- Lake Dredge (Liaison)