Dave Napier serves as Mayor of West St. Paul, Minnesota. The Mayor is one of seven elected officials on the West St. Paul City Council. West St. Paul operates under a council-manager form of government: the council sets city policy and the city manager handles day-to-day operations. The Mayor presides over council meetings and votes as a council member only in specific circumstances defined by the city charter. The current mayoral term expires in December 2026. The Mayor seat is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot.
Regular City Council meetings are generally held on the second and fourth Monday at 6:30pm. Work sessions are usually held before regular meetings and start times should be verified from published agenda headers.
This is a citywide seat. City voters generally vote for this seat when it appears on their official ballot.
Seat structure source: West St. Paul City Council (Official record, accessed 2026-05-31)
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Verified public facts
Mayor of West St. Paul
December 2026
Phone: 612-562-9773 (listed by the city)
EDA President role found in November 2024 minutes and a 2025 resolution signature block.
Current 2026 EDA officer status should be verified before treating this as an active current role.
Who is Dave Napier?
Public context status
Meet Your Reps has found limited public biography context from an official city publication. This page uses it only as self-stated context and keeps official office, term, contact, and authority claims separate from biography.
Local connection
In a city newsletter column, Napier wrote that he grew up near Emerson Avenue and Charlton Street.
Committee and board roles
EDA Board Member (all council members serve on the EDA Board). EDA President role found in 2025 records; current 2026 officer status should be verified.
Official profile page
View official city profileReviewed 2026-06-04. Residents can verify this through the official city website.
What this office does
Attribution limit:All authority descriptions cover what the office can do under the charter. Do not attribute individual mayoral actions to this profile unless a meeting record or roll call confirms the specific action.
Source note:The West St. Paul city charter is published online as a convenience. The official printed charter is maintained by the City Clerk. The online version is not the final legal authority. West St. Paul City Charter
What the public record shows
West St. Paul City Council scheduled an immigration enforcement response package including resolutions on rent support, food support, city policy on federal activity, and a letter on eviction moratorium
The February 9, 2026 regular City Council meeting agenda listed General Business Item 10A: Immigration Enforcement Activity Response. Five attached documents were scheduled: a Crisis Rent Support Grants Resolution, a Crisis Food Support Grants Resolution, Resolution 26-009 on police department support, Resolution 26-016 Alt 1 on city policy regarding federal immigration activity, and a Letter of Support on an eviction moratorium. The city's Immigration Resources page states that West St. Paul Police will not ask about immigration status, will not enforce civil immigration law, and will not arrest or detain based on immigration status. Source: official HTML agenda for the February 9, 2026 meeting (wspmn.gov AgendaCenter, accessed 2026-06-03). Local reporting describes passage of approximately a dozen measures but individual resolutions are reported by media and are not yet confirmed by official machine-readable minutes.
Source limit: The agenda confirms this item was scheduled for February 9, 2026. Individual resolution adoption has not been confirmed from official machine-readable minutes.
When voters get a say
Next voter say
November 3, 2026
West St. Paul, Dakota County, MN
The Mayor seat is on the November 3, 2026 general election ballot. Candidate filing closed June 2, 2026. The candidate withdrawal deadline passed June 4, 2026. The Minnesota Secretary of State filing page shows Dave Napier filed for Mayor as of June 6, 2026. The state primary date is August 11, 2026, if a primary is needed. Verify final ballot wording when sample ballots are posted.
Offices on ballot
- Mayor
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Where this information comes from
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West St. Paul City Charter
West St. Paul City Charter (current PDF)
West St. Paul City Charter, Section 2.06: The Mayor (American Legal Publishing mirror)
West St. Paul Mayor, Dave Napier
West St. Paul staff directory, Dave Napier
West St. Paul City Council
West St. Paul City Council Staff Directory
West St. Paul Elections and Voter Services
West St. Paul Agendas and Meeting Minutes
West St. Paul City Meeting Videos
West St. Paul Economic Development Authority
West St. Paul Newsletter
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