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The City of Hugoton is led by a mayor-council form of government with the council consisting of five members elected to four-year terms. The mayor is also elected for a four-year term.

Appointed officials must be reappointed annually.

Elected Officials

Mayor Jack E Rowden Term expires April 2011
Council Gary Baughman Term expires April 2009
  Kim Harper Term expires April 2009
  Greg Gill Term expires April 2009
  Bob Mason Term expires April 2007
  Mike Eshbaugh Term expires April 2011

Appointed Officials

City Attorney Wayne Tate
City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks
Judge of the Municipal Court Sherri Leonard
City Treasurer Belva Hickey
Police Chief Steve Lewis
Building Inspector Tony Martin
Outside Utilities Supervisor Dean Banker
Electric System Supervisor Gary Rowden

The governing body has regularly scheduled monthly meetings on the first Monday after the fourth day of each month at 5:15 p.m. The meetings are held in the council room in the city office building at 631 South Main, Hugoton.

Community residents are welcome to attend the regular meetings of the council. Anyone wishing to be included on the agenda for a meeting should contact City Clerk Thomas G. Hicks at the City Office during normal business hours at 620-544-8531. Minutes from the monthly meetings are available to the public in print form at the City Clerk's office, or they can be accessed on this website.

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PAST MAYORS OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON

(The City of Hugoton did not function from 1892-1912. Stevens County operated the city government.)

  1. 1887-1888    C.L. HARLAN

  2. 1888-1889    B.E. STEHLE

  3. 1889-1890    JAMES JOSLIN

  4. 1890-1891    JOHN COLE

  5. 1891-1892    R.C. CRAWFORD

  6. 1912-1917    E.R. KINGERY

  7. 1917-1919    H.B. WHEATON

  8. 1919-1925    R.L. SMITH

  9. 1925-1927    F.M. JOHNSON

  10. 1927-1933    U.G. CHARLES

  11. 1933-1935    N.J. MADDEN

  12. 1935-1937    H.I. MCBEE

  13. 1937-1941    JOHN F. FULKERSON

  14. 1941-1943    HARRY LIGHTCAP

  15. 1943-1947    JOHN F. FULKERSON

  16. 1947-1949    L.A. BARNES

  17. 1949-1953    VIRGIL PARKER

  18. 1953-1956    W.F. RAMEY

  19. 1956-1957    G.D. THOMPSON

  20. 1957-1961    RAYMOND MOORE

  21. 1961-1963    DANNY THOMPSON

  22. 1963-1965    EARL BIGBEE

  23. 1965-1969    PHILIP PARSONS

  24. 1969-1971    EARL BIGBEE

  25. 1971-1975    ROBERT BROWN

  26. 1975-1983    PAUL L. THOMAS

  27. 1983-1987    ROBERT R. GILL

  28. 1987-1995    TOM L. GREENWAY

  29. 1995-2007    NEAL R. GILLESPIE

  30. 2007-Pres.    JACK E. ROWDEN

PAST CITY CLERKS OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON

  1. 1887-1889    A. CAMPBELL

  2. 1889-1890    R.C. CRAWFORD

  3. 1890-1892    THOMAS MARTIN

  4. 1912-1913    W.B. CRAWFORD

  5. 1913-1913    S.A. COFFMAN

  6. 1913-1914    WW. HAYWARD

  7. 1914-1915    C.F. BELL

  8. 1915-1917    E.B. MCCONNELL

  9. 1917-1920    JOHN A. FIRMAN

  10. 1920-1933    C.F. BELL

  11. 1933-1935    J.S. BROLLIER

  12. 1935-1936    I.B. ERWIN

  13. 1936-1937    R.L. JOHNSON

  14. 1937-1972    DON M. BRUBAKER

  15. 1972-1972    LOUIS E. DUGGAN

  16. 1972-1972    J.F. HARRIS

  17. 1972-1978    RALPH F. PETERSON

  18. 1978-PRES.  THOMAS G. HICKS

PAST CITY ATTORNEYS OF THE CITY OF HUGOTON

(Some dates are missing from the records)

  1. 1913-1915    F.A. MCCOY

  2. 1923-????     W.E. EDDY

  3. 1933-1935    C.T. PARKER

  4. 1935-????     L.L. MORGAN

  5. 1949-????     J.S. BROLLIER

  6. 1955-1987    BERNARD NORDLING

  7. 1987-2003  ERICK E. NORDLING

  8. 2003-Pres    WAYNE TATE

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Last updated August 17, 2007 .

 

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