The town council meets on the first Tuesday of each month at the Town Hall. Residents of the town are encourage to attend. 

Minutes of Town Council Meetings and work sessions have been moved to "Meeting Minutes"

Town Council Members

The Town Council is elected by the voters for two year terms. Elections are held in May of each year with two council seats elected one year and three seats elected the following year.  

Town Council Member  Backgrounds 

Mayor - Charles W. “Willard” Oland has been a resident of Laytonsville for the past 40 years. Willard served as Clerk/Treasurer for the Town from 1977 to 2000.  Willard retired from a predecessor of the Bank of America in 1991.  Willard has three children and two grandchildren.  All three children attended Laytonsville Elementary School.

Dan Prats

Charles Bradsher  has been a resident of Laytonsville for the past five years and has and has served as a Council Member since 2002. Charles works for the Department of Defense in Fort Belvoir, VA and also serves in the Army National Guard. Charles and his wife Kris have one son, Chip (4).

Dave Preusch has been a resident of Laytonsville for the past 11 1/2 years. Dave has served as a Council Member for the Town for the past 8 years. Dave works at Michael Baker, Jr., Inc. a civil engineering design company. Dave and his wife, Sherry, have two daughters, Jessica (14) and Jennifer (16).

James A. Ruspi My wife, Jill, and I have been residents of Laytonsville since 1979. However, since 1965 we have lived in other nearby areas in Montgomery County. Our four children attended Laytonsville Elementary School before going to Gaithersburg High School. After graduating from Penn State University with a BS in Electrical Engineering, I started working for the USDA where I worked for 37 years. I retired in 2003 after working as a Program Manager for over 7 years. I am active in church and am a Past President of the Laytonsville Lions Club. I also served for 5 years on the Laytonsville Zoning Board of Appeals. My hobby is gardening and I spend much of my time interacting with our 9 grandchildren, all of whom live nearby.

Past Town Managers and Mayors 

CHAIRS OF BOARD OF MANAGERS

MAYORS