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Commissioner of Public Health and Safety
 Dave Blackburn was first elected to the Dixon City Council in 1991 and has been re-elected in 1995, 1999, and 2003. He has served as the Commissioner of Public Health and Safety for all four terms and oversees the Dixon Police Department, Dixon Fire Department, and the Dixon Building Department.
He is a graduate of St. Mary's School, Dixon High School, Illinois State University (BS/Polictical Science-1975), and Northern Illinois University (MPA/Public Administration-1991). He has also attended Sauk Valley Community College and done post-graduate work through Western Illinois University.
Commissioner Blackburn is employed by Dixon Public Schools #170 as Business Manager. He is also a 30 year member of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers Local #498, Rockford, Illinois, although he has not worked actively at the trade for the past 13 years. He is married and has two children. He is also a member of the Knights of Columbus Council #690, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks Lodge #779 and the Illinois Association of School Business Officials.
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Police and Fire Commissioner
 Bob Shomaker has served as Commissioner on the Police and Fire Board since 1987. Commissioner Shomaker has been an Independent Insurance Agent for 28 years in Dixon. He graduated from Dixon High School, Georgia Southern University (1972) with a B.S in Criminal Justice. Commissioner Shomaker is married with two children.
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Police and Fire Commissioner
 Isaac Mercer has served as Commissioner on the Police and Fire Board since 1990. Commissioner Mercer moved to Dixon in 1946 and started working at the steel mill in Sterling. He retired from the steel mill in 1982.
Commissioner Mercer served two years in the Korean War and was active for six years in the Army Reserve. He received an honorable discharge from the military in 1969. He and his wife Earline have been married for 54 years and now have six children with 9 grandchildren.
He was a cofounder of the youth baseball league and also coached for 43 years. Commissioner Mercer is an active volunteer in the following organizations; Meals on Wheels, Hospice, and a Charter Member on Habitat for Humanity. He has been an active member with the Second Baptist Church for 48 years and has served as an usher, trustee, Sunday school teacher, and treasurer. Commissioner Mercer worked as bailiff in the Lee County Court House. He has been a Reserve Deputy with the Lee County Sheriff's Department for the past 23 years.
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