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Mayor John Bacon

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Olathe Mayor John Bacon

Mayor

  • Term: Jan. 2024-Jan. 2028 

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Mayor John Bacon is in his ninth term on the Olathe City Council. He's been Mayor since August 2020, filling the seat left after the passing of Mayor Michael Copeland.

  • John was first elected to the Olathe City Council in April 1995, to represent Ward 3. 
  • In April 2001, he was appointed to fill the at-large seat vacated by Mayor Copeland and was re-elected in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015, and again in 2019.
  • He was appointed Mayor Pro Tem in January 2020.

Previous Service

  • Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farm Foundation Board 
  • Kansas State Board of Education (1999-2019, Past Vice Chair)
  • National Association of Board of Education (Finance Committee)
  • Kansas State High School Activities Association Board of Directors and Executive Board
  • Kansas Foundation for Ag in the Classroom Board of Directors
  • Security Savings Bank Board of Directors

John is a graduate of MidAmerica Nazarene University. He is a shareholder in Bacon & Associates CPA with his wife Melanie. They have three children and five grandchildren.