Contact Your City Council
Address:
1950 Parkside Drive, MS/01
Concord, CA 94519
Phone: (925) 671-3158. Fax: (925) 798-0636
CityCouncil@cityofconcord.org
Note: For correspondence sent to City Council, City
Clerk or City Treasurer, please put Attention; followed by the name of
the specific elected official.
Elected Officials
Mayor Laura M. Hoffmeister
Laura
Hoffmeister, a lifelong Concord resident, was first elected to the City
Council in 1997 and reelected in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. She served
as Mayor in 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2011, Vice Mayor in 2000, 2004 and
2015, and Chair of the Concord Redevelopment Agency in 1999, 2003, and
2008.
Hoffmeister is active in her support of the various
veterans and support organizations including VFW Post 1525 - Clayton
Valley; Blue Star Moms and Diablo Valley Veterans. She is a past
recipient of Contra Costa Women's Hall of Fame Community Leadership
Award.
Prior to election, Hoffmeister served as Chair of the
Redevelopment Advisory Committee (RAC), Vice Chair of the Design Review
Board, and was an active member of the Economic Development Task Force,
Main Street Committee, County Connection Citizen Advisory Committee and
the Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce.
She formerly served on the boards of the Concord
Historical Society, American Association of University Women, and is a
graduate of Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce's "Leadership Concord"
Academy.
She holds a BS degree in City and Environmental Planning from the University of California, Davis.
Vice Mayor Ron Leone
Ron
Leone, a resident of Concord since 1978, was elected to the City
Council in 2010, re-elected in 2014. He served as Mayor in 2012 and Vice
Mayor in 2014. Leone served 35 years in education as a high school
teacher and principal. He was the teacher of the year in the San Ramon
Valley Unified School District and teachers' association president. He
coached high school baseball, and several championship mock trial and
constitutional academic teams.
Leone was raised in the lower socio-economic, Bay
View/Hunter's Point District of San Francisco, but worked his way
through college earning his BA and teaching credential from San
Francisco State and his MA and Administrative credential from St. Mary's
college in Moraga.
Prior to his election on the City Council he served as an
elected member of the Mt. Diablo Hospital District Board for 16 years;
he also served as the Chairman of the Board of the John Muir Hospitals
and the City's Planning Commission.
Councilmember Edi E. Birsan
Edi
E. Birsan was elected to the City Council in November 2012 after being
the runner-up in the 2010 election. He is an active community leader and
has served in many positions, from the Director of Community Services
for Concord-Diablo Rotary to the President of the Friends of the
Library, to volunteer for numerous non-profit organizations.
Birsan came to Concord in 1983 working for a global,
inter-modal container leasing company. He started his own company in
1986, which currently focuses on certification/inspection and service in
the inter-modal equipment field. He brings a history of running a small
business as well as world-class experience in pioneering efforts at
containerization of global trade.
Birsan was born and raised in New York City where he
earned his B.A. degree in dual majors of History and Political Science
from City University-CCNY. He and his wife (they were high school
sweethearts) have raised two generations in Concord and have lived in
the same house since 1983 in the area off of Monument Blvd.
Councilmember Tim Grayson
Tim
Grayson has been a Concord resident since 2001 and was elected to serve
on the Concord City Council in 2010, and re-elected in 2014. He served
as Vice Mayor in 2013, Mayor in 2014 -15, Chair and Vice‐Chair of the
Local Reuse Authority, and Redevelopment Chair and Vice‐Chair.
Grayson has been a general contractor since 1999,
currently serves as the Concord Police Critical Response Chaplain, and
leads a church congregation. He serves or has served on the following:
Association of Bay Area Governments (city delegate), Citizen Core
Emergency Response Team, League of Cities Community Services Committee
(State), League of Cities Annual Conference Committee, U.S. Conference
of Mayors Criminal and Social Justice Committee, U.S. Conference of
Mayors Tourism, Arts, Parks, Entertainment, & Sports Committee, and
member of the Concord Chamber of Commerce.
Grayson holds a B.A degree from Christian Life College in
Stockton. He has received the Presidential Volunteer Service Award for
the past six years, and successfully completed Levels I and II of the
League of Cities Leadership Program. He and his wife Tammy have been
married for 27 years and have two children, Joseph and Cassie.
Councilmember Daniel C. Helix
Daniel
C. Helix was appointed to the City Council in February 2011to fill a
vacant position, and was subsequently the top vote-getter in the
November 2012 election. He served as mayor in 2013. Helix was previously
elected to the City Council in 1968, was reelected in 1972 and served
as Mayor from 1972-74. In 2007-08, he served as co-chair of the
Community Advisory Committee for the Concord Naval Weapons Station Reuse
Project.
Helix is a past president of the Rotary Club of Concord
and the former Mt. Diablo Hospital Foundation, now John Muir Health,
Concord Campus. He served on the Board of the All Wars Memorial
Foundation and is active in numerous philanthropic and military
organizations. He served on a U.S. Congressional Commission considering
changes in the Department of the Army and Governor Schwarzenegger's
Military Base Retention Commission.
Helix earned a bachelor's degree in History from the
University of California at Berkeley, and a master's degree in Political
Science at the San Francisco State University. Both degrees were
conferred magna cum laude. He is a graduate of the Army's Command and
General Staff College and the War College. Helix retired as a major
general in the U. S. Army in 1989. He completed a 41-year career serving
both on active duty and with the Army Reserve.
Helix is a published author of an award-winning novel set
in the Korean War era and has several published articles and short
stories that have been published in military journals. He lives in
Concord with his wife, Mary Lou. They have two children and five
grandchildren.
Concord City Treasurer Tim McGallian
Tim
McGallian was appointed to the City Treasurer position by the City
Council after the retirement of Thomas Wentling in July 2015. McGallian
previously served on the City of Concord Planning Commission from 2010
to 2015 and is president of the Todos Santos Business Association Arts
Foundation.
McGallian was vice-chair of the Board of Directors of the
Greater Concord Chamber of Commerce from 2010 to 2015, and chaired the
Chamber’s Government Affairs and Economic Development Committee from
2008-2012.
He also has been active in community organizations, and
served as president of the Greater Concord Kiwanis Club from 2009 to
2011 and as president of the St. Agnes School Board from 2008-2015. He
has worked with the Boy Scouts, and served as head coach for the Concord
American Little League and CYO Basketball.
McGallian is a Business Underwriting Specialist for State
Farm Insurance for Alameda & Contra Costa Counties. He holds a BA
in Strategic Management and another in Marketing from Sacramento State
University. He had his wife, Michelle, have three children: Andrew
Alyssa and Audrey.
Council Standing Committees
There are currently five standing City Council
Committees, each of which is made up of two Councilmembers. The
committees meet monthly and make recommendations to the City Council for
action on items they have considered.
The Mayor makes new committee assignments following the
reorganization of the City Council at the end of the calendar year.
Committee members serve one-year terms. Committee agendas are available
on the City's Web site.
| Committee |
Chair/Member |
Meeting Time |
| Housing and Economic Development |
Leone/Helix |
4th Monday, 5:30 pm, Garden Conference Room |
| Infrastructure and Franchise |
Helix/Birsan |
2nd Monday, 5:30 pm, Garden Conference Room |
| Policy Development and Internal Operations |
Hoffmeister/Leone |
2nd Thursday, 5:30 pm, Garden Conference Room |
| Recreation, Cultural Affairs and Community Services |
Grayson/Hoffmeister |
4th Thursday, 5:30 pm, City Manager's Conference Room |
| Youth and Education |
Birsan/Grayson |
3rd Monday, 5:30 pm, Garden Conference Room |
| External Appointments |
Member/Alternate |
| Association of Bay Area Governments General Assembly (ABAG) |
Grayson/Helix |
| Central Contra Costa Transit Authority (CCCTA) |
Hoffmeister/Leone |
| Central County Literacy Coalition |
Birsan/Hoffmeister |
| Citizen Core Emergency Response Team |
Grayson/Helix |
| League of California Cities (East Bay Division) |
Leone/Grayson |
Transportation Partnership and Cooperation Regional Committee (TRANSPAC)
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Leone/Grayson |
