Rick Bartz

Business Manager-Financial Secretary

• IBEW, Local Union 949 member since March 1994
• Employed at Alliant Energy for over 12 years as a Service Representative
• Union Steward for 3 years
• Unit Chairman for 3 years
• Appointed as Business Representative in June 2006
• Appointed as Business Manager-Financial Secretary in July 2021

Contact Information

Office: 952-890-8484 Ext 106
Cell: 507-456-3383
Email: rbartz@ibewlocal949.org

Union Contracts

Alliant Energy

  ~ Buffalo/St Ansger

  ~ Clinton

  ~ Decorah/West Union

  ~ Chatfield

  ~ Fulda

  ~ Lansing

  ~ Fox Lake

Heartland Power

  ~ Decorah/West Union

Xcel Energy

  ~Engineers

  ~Maintenance Planners

  ~Quality Control

  ~RP/Chem

  ~Buyers

  ~Instrument & Control Specialist

Mike O’Connor

Business Representative/Organizer

• IBEW, Local Union 949 member since November 1998
• Employed at CenterPoint Energy for over 10 years as a Master Service Technician
• Union Steward for 4 years
• Labor Management Committee for 1 year
• Appointed as Business Representative in March 2008
• Organizer since March 2014

Contact Information

Office: 952-890-8484 Ext 105
Cell: 612-845-0653
Email: moconnor@ibewlocal949.org  

Union Contracts:

Avison Young

CenterPointEnergy

  ~Mankato

  ~Burnsville

  ~Coon Rapids

  ~LuVerne

  ~Willmar

  ~Brainerd

Goodhue County

Hutchinson Municipal

Lake City Municipal

Peoples Coop

  ~Outside Unit

  ~Clerical Unit

Waseca Municipal

Todd Ingalls

Business Representative

• IBEW Local Union 949 member since November 2002
• Employed at Consolidated Communications for over 10 years as a Telephone Technician
• Union Steward for 5 years
• Unit Chairman for 4 years
• Appointed as Business Representative in October 2012

Contact Information

Office: 952-890-8484 Ext 109
Cell: 507-602-2011
Email: tingalls@ibewlocal949.org  

Union Contracts:

Consolidated

Emily Telephone

Fairmont Municipal

Frontier Comm

  ~Int'l Falls

  ~Cannon Falls

  ~Hector

  ~Warren

  ~McGregor

  ~Mound

  ~Chisago/Lindstrom

  ~Milaca

  ~Two Harbors

Intek Plastics

City of Kasson

Spring Valley

City of Windom

City of Winnebago

Bill Lachowitzer

Business Representative

• IBEW Local Union 949 member since December 1994
• Employed at Otter Tail Power Company for over 21 years as a Lead Relay Technician
• Union Steward for 16 years
• Unit Chairman for 14 years
• Otter Tail Power Negotiating Committee & Joint Safety & Apprenticeship Committee since 2002
• Appointed as Business Representative in October 2015

Contact Information

Office: 952-890-8484 Ext 107
Cell: 218-770-9360
Email: wlachowitzer@ibewlocal949.org  

Union Contracts:

Alexandria Municipal

Brown County REC

City of Canby

Lake Region

MN Valley

North Dakota Telephone

New Ulm Municipal

OtterTail Power

  ~Bemidji

  ~Crookston

  ~Fergus Falls/Hoot Lake

  ~Milbank

  ~Canby/Brookings

Runestone Electric

Luke Lallemont

Business Representative

• IBEW Local Union 949 member since January 2004
• Employed at Xcel Energy for over 15 years as a Foreman Lineman
• Union Steward for 7 years
• Appointed as Business Representative in July 2019

Contact Information

Office: 952-890-8484 Ext 108
Cell: 651-380-0431
Email: llallemont@ibewlocal949.org

Union Contracts:

Dakota Electric

  ~Outside Unit

  ~Clerical Unit

Freeborn-Mower

MiEnergy

City of Rochester

  ~Outside Unit

  ~Clerical Unit

South Central REC

Xcel Energy

  ~Red Wing

  ~Mankato

  ~Faribault

  ~Minot

  ~Sioux Falls

  ~Brainerd

  ~Field Collectors

President: August 2019

Vice President: January 2011

Executive Board Member: December 2011

Employer: Center Point Energy

Vice President: May, 2022

Executive Board Member: December, 2019

Employer: Xcel Energy - Prairie Island

Recording Secretary:  October, 2019

Executive Board Member:  January, 2017

Employer: Rochester Public Utilites

Executive Board Member: August 2019

Employer: Center Point Energy

Executive Board Member: March, 2021

Treasurer: January 2022

Employer: Dakota Electric