Town Council
The Town of Wellton has a Council-Manager government structure. It is governed by a Mayor, four council members, and a Town Manager. The Town Council is elected to serve four year staggered terms. After each election, the council selects one of its member to serve as Mayor and one of its member to serve as Mayor Pro Tem.
The Council meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00PM in the Town Council Chambers. Special meetings, in addition to, or in lieu of these meetings, may be held. Meetings scheduled which do not have a quorum of the members present will not be held.
Town Hall is located at 28634 Oakland Avenue, Wellton, Arizona. The Council Chambers is located in the rear of Town Hall.
* Terms expire November 2018
** Terms expire November 2020
Mayor: Cecilia C. McCollough*
Mayor Pro Tem: Brian Claar**
Councilmember: Kenneth Baughman*
Kenneth Baughman was born November 22, 1959 in Yuma, Arizona. Kenneth has lived in the Wellton-Roll-Tacna area for the majority of his life. Kenneth attended Mohawk Valley School and graduated from Antelope Union High School. Kenneth was self-employed at Baughman’s Chevron and Towing Service in Tacna for several years, in 1989, Kenneth attended and graduated from the United States Border Patrol Academy at Fort McClellan in Anniston, Alabama and served as a United States Border Patrol Agent in Temecula, California for a short time, Kenneth then went to work for the Southern Pacific Railroad in Los Angeles, California as a Locomotive Engineer for a few years. Kenneth started at the Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District in 1991 as a Vacation Relief Zanjero, transferred into the Electrical Systems Department as a Systems Analyst in 1998 and was promoted in 2007 to his current position of Assistant Manager of Operations. Kenneth currently serves on the Executive Committee of the Agri-Business and Water Council of Arizona, the Imperial Dam Advisory Board and the Wellton Town Council.
Councilmember: Lisa J. Jameson*
Councilmember: Michelle Jones**
Town Staff
Title/Name
Town Manager/Clerk
Larry Killman
Deputy Town Clerk
Sandra Jones
Grants Coordinator
Yolanda Galindo
Finance Director
Shantel Quinonez
Utility/Accounts Payable Clerk
Marisol Hernandez
Permit Clerk/Receptionist
Ashley Espino
Public Works Director
Joseph Grant
Golf Course/Parks Superintendent
Adolfo Ponce
Water Treatment Operator
Brandon Howard
Police Chief
Donald Jones
Fire Chief
Mark Rivera
Town Magistrate
M. Russell Jones
Contract Staff
Town Attorney
Gary Verburg – Gust Rosenfeld
Town Engineer
Nicklaus Engineering