Elma City Council & City Boards

The City of Elma supports Fair Housing practices.  Call 641-393-2543 if you have any Fair Housing concerns.

The City of Elma, City Hall and City Clerk's office is located in the Elma Community Complex building on Oak Street.  City Council meetings are now officially being  held at the community room in the former school gymnasium on the 2nd Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. and are open to the public.  The City Clerk's office hours are as follows:

Mondays/Tuesdays/Thursdays/Fridays  8:00-11:30 a.m
Wednesdays 8:00-11:30 am and 12:30-4:00 p.m. 

Mailing address for any City business, the Mayor, City Clerk, City Maintenance employee or any City Council Member is: 
City of Elma,  P.O. Box 497 in Elma, IA 50628-0497. 
The phone number is 641-393-2543
e-mail address has changed to elmacityclerk@gmail.com.

Current City Officials are:  Randy Thoren, Mayor          Emily Ptacek,Mayor Pro-Tem           Shannon Gebel, City Clerk          Brian, Public Works Director

Current City Council Members and the committees on which they serve:

Finance & Insurance:  Emily Ptacek & Laura Schroeder
Water & Sewer:  Jake Burke & Josh Smith
School Building:  Emily Ptacek & Laura Schroeder
Streets & Storm Drainage:  Jake Burke & Laura Schroeder
Crime, Weeds & Civil Defense: Jake Burke &  Andrew Casler
Yard Waste, Landfill & Garbage:  Jake Burke & Andrew Casler

Elma Boards:
Elma Park Board:  Samantha Burke, Tony Lentz, Kevin O'Brien, Janet Platte & Ed Voves
Memorial Hall Board: Dave Fangman, Tom Miller, Tony Roethler & Mike Zeimetz
Library Board:  John Boyle, Nicole Dockendorf & Sharon Zobeck

Other Representation
Council Landfill Rep: Jake Burke
Council BRIDGE Rep:  Laura Schroeder
Fire Department Commission:  Josh Smith, Tony Roethler & Emily Ptacek

On-going into 2023!    Housing Programs & Spruce Up Elma funding for assistance in home purchase,  improvements or repairs!  See details below!

 March 2021 news release:  Property Tax Levy, public hearing notice :