Council Member Vern Bisterfeldt

Vern Bisterfeldt was elected to the Boise City Council on November 6, 2001. His public service spans almost a half-century, including service in the military, as an Ada County Commissioner, and 28 years as a member of the Boise Police Department.

He chaired the Ada Planning Association Board (now COMPASS), the Ada City-County Emergency Management Board, the Commissioners and Clerks Association of the Idaho Association of Counties.  He is a founding member and first President of the Treasure Valley Partnership and co-founder (with Commissioner Roger Simmons) of the Treasure Valley Hydrologic Study.

Vern has completed course work at Boise State University and the University of Virginia. He completed the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and graduated from the FBI Academy and the National Intelligence Academy. He taught at the Idaho Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) Academy and served as director of the City/County Vice and Intelligence Squad.

He is a Police Medal of Honor winner and in 1999, he was honored by having the Vernon L. Bisterfeldt City-County Law Enforcement Building named for him.  He is active in the Grandparents as Parents organizations.

He and his wife, Shirley, of 52 years have three children, 4 grandchildren and 3 great granchildren.

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Liaison:
Administrative Policy Group - Finance and Administration, Human Resources, Information Technology and Legal
Fire and Police

Representative:
Audit Committee
COMPASS
Emergency Management