Owatonna Mayor Tom Kuntz has been appointed to the National League of Cities policy committee for a one-year term.

Kunz will meet with the group next month in Washington, D.C., reports the Owatonna People's Press.

The third-term mayor joins a dozen other Minnesotans on the NLC's Community & Economic Development Policy & Advisory Committee, made up of 75 local officials from around the country.

Other Minnesotans on the committee with Kunz are:

• Raenne Danielowski, Council Member, Big Lake
• Rick Cannata, Mayor, Hibbing
• Amy Schmidt, Associate City Attorney, Bloomington,
• Elizabeth Knight, Council Member, Brooklyn Park,
• John Gibeau, Mayor, Ceylon,
• Traci Goble, Mayor, Georgetown,
• Dave Roeser, Council Member, Lino Lakes,
• Terry Schneider, Mayor, Minnetonka,
• Dean Hove, Council Member, Red Wing,
• Debbie Goettel, Mayor, Richfield,
• Sandra Means, Council Member, Rochester,
• Jeff Weisensel, Councilmember, Rosemount.