The Berne Common Council is elected every four years along with the Mayor and Clerk- Treasurer. The council is composed of four members elected from the districts as established and one at-large member. Each voter of the city may vote for one at-large candidate and one candidate from each of the established districts. The at-large candidate and the candidate from each district receiving the most votes from the whole city shall be elected to the Common Council. The members of council serve for four years, and can run for re-election as often as they wish. At the beginning of each year, the council elects one of its members to serve as President of the council to preside whenever the Mayor is absent.

Responsibilities of the Council: The City of Berne city government is divided between the Mayor and the Common Council. The Common Council holds the city’s legislative authority and makes the laws through ordinances, orders, resolutions and motions. The City Council has final authority over the city’s property, finances and appropriation of monies. The mayor presides at council meetings and votes only in cases of a tie.

Meeting Information: The City Council meets the second and fourth Monday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall, 158 West Franklin Street. The public is welcome to attend the meetings of the council.

Meet the Council Members

Curtis L Wurster, (R)
City Council District 1  Email Curtis

Curtis Wurster is the District 1 City Councilman and has served the City of Berne in this capacity  since first being elected in the fall of 1995.  Curtis is a graduate of Indiana University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. He is married to Jeannine (Fletcher) who is a 5th grade teacher in the South Adams School system.  Curtis and Jeannine have two children. Curtis is an owner and works at Bernhaus Furniture in Berne.

Curtis and Jeannine are active members in the First Missionary Church and had served as treasurer for 13 years. My hobbies include cooking on an outdoor smoker, running and weight lifting at the Wellness Center, racquetball, walking our dogs and reading. As a family they enjoy vacationing at their parents lake cottage wake boarding and boating.

I have always believed the Berne community a great place to live and raise my family and am happy to serve in whatever capacity I can to give something back.

Gregg A Sprunger, (R)
Council President
City Council District 2  Email Gregg

Gregg A. Sprunger is the District 2 City Council representative serving since 1989. Gregg is currently President of the Berne City Council and Berne Plan Commission. Gregg is employed at First Bank of Berne as Asst. Vice-President of Purchasing and Facilities Manager. He is a life-long resident of Berne. Gregg and his wife Barb are the parents of 3 children and 6 grandchildren.

Gregg and Barb are active members of First Missionary Church, where he serves as usher, greeter, audit committee member and various other activities. Gregg is also the treasurer for the Berne Rotary Club, Berne Republicans, Berne Girls Softball, South Adams Trails and South Adams Youth League. Gregg’s hobbies include landscaping, reading, and watching sports. Gregg is especially passionate about his favorite football team, the Green Bay Packers.

Gregg is honored to serve the City of Berne as a city councilman.

Mark Wynn, (R)
City Council, District 3  Email Mark

Mark Wynn is the District 3 City Council representative having been elected to his  first  term in the fall of 2003.
Mark is a 1988 graduate of South Adams High School and attended the University of Indianapolis.  Mark is the owner and president of Marquis Builders Inc.  and is a member of the National Federation of Independent Builders, the Better Business Bureau, the U.S., Berne and Geneva Chamber of Commerce.  Mark  is also  a member of Swiss Heritage Society, S.A. Sports Boosters and the SA Music Boosters and the Berne Pool Board where he currently serves as President. 

Mark and his wife, Jolene, have four children: Nathan, Megan, Brandon and
Kristen.    As a lifelong resident of Berne, Mark considers It an honor to serve the citizens  in the city he proudly calls home. 
 

Ron Dull, (D)
City Council District 4    Email Ron

Ron Dull is the District 4 City Councilman having been elected to this position for the first time in the City of Berne November 2007 election. Ron is married to Celia Dull and they reside on the East side of Berne and are the proud parents of five children, Amber, Drew, Tyler (TJ), Hannah, and Alex (AJ) and one grandchild.

Ron and Celia are active members of the First Missionary Church in Berne, where Ron is a member of the FMC Basic Needs Food Connection team and a SS teacher for 4th and 5th grade boys. He is also a member of the Swiss Heritage Society and the local Sons of The American Legion (SAL) chapter. Ron also serves as a Board Member for the Adams County Boys and Girls (B&G) Club, The South Adams Youth League and the Berne Park Board. Ron has served as the Chair of the Berne Democratic Party and has provided this leadership since 2006 and has coordinated the Berne Halloween Parade and costume contest for the Berne Democrats since the fall of 2006. Ron is an employee of Frontier Communications.

Ron looks at his City Council position as an opportunity to “give back to” and support the community he loves. “Since my college graduation over 27 years ago, Berne is the place I have chosen to live and raise a family.”  

Phil Provost, (R)
City Council “At Large”  Email Phil

Phil Provost is serving the citizens of Berne as Councilman-at-Large having been elected in the fall of 2011. Phil is a South Adams Middle School U.S. History teacher and has called Berne home since 1994.  Phil graduated from South Adams High School in 2001 and IPFW in 2007.  He is also a part of the Indiana High School Baseball Coaches Association.  He and his wife Haley have one son, Jacob.

" I love what Berne stands for with its heritage, its values, and the way our community works together to ensure the pursuit of happiness for its residents. My vision for Berne is that these qualities would be maintained and strengthened”.