Editing Waterloo, Iowa (section)

== Government ==
{{see also|List of mayors of Waterloo, Iowa}}
[[File:Pete Buttigieg with Quentin Hart (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Waterloo's current mayor, Quentin Hart, in 2019]]

Waterloo is administered by the [[Mayor–council government|mayor and council]] system of government. One council member is elected from each of Waterloo's five wards, and two are elected at-large. The current mayor is Quentin Hart. He is the city's first black mayor.

The city holds elections to elect its mayor and city council every two years, in odd-numbered [[off-year election]]s. Mayoral elections are held every two years, meanwhile each city council seat is up for grabs every four years.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Member
! Seat
! Entered office
! Next election
|-
| Quentin Hart
| Mayor
| January 1, 2016
| 2025
|-
| Rob Nichols
| At-large
| January 1, 2022
| 2025
|-
| Steve Simon
| At-large
| January 1, 2024
| 2027
|-
| John Chiles
| Ward 1
| January 1, 2022
| 2025
|-
| Dave Boesen
| Ward 2
| January 1, 2020{{efn|Boesen originally served in one of the at-large seats until December 31, 2023. He was elected to the Ward 2 seat in the 2023 city elections, and took office on January 1, 2024.}}
| 2027
|-
| Nia Wilder
| Ward 3
| January 1, 2022
| 2025
|-
| Belinda Creighton-Smith
| Ward 4
| March 14, 2023
| 2027
|-
| Ray Feuss
| Ward 5
| December 17, 2018
| 2025
|}