A Minnesota native, Tim Lies has lived in Belle Plaine for over 20 years with his wife, Kathy Farmer, and their six children. As a teenager growing up in South Minneapolis, Tim spent summers working at a church camp near Hinckley with disadvantaged children from Minneapolis. This job combined what would become two of Tim’s lifelong passions: the great outdoors and serving others.

An avid fisherman, camper and bicyclist, Tim has shared his love of Minnesota's natural resources with his children through countless camping trips, bicycling odysseys and fishing and canoe expeditions.Tim has served mentally and emotionally disabled people for his entire professional life and is currently the program manager of a crisis unit at Mount Olivet Rolling Acres in Victoria.

Elected to the Belle Plaine City Council, 2004

Chairs the Public Works and Public Safety Committees

City council liason to the Park Board

City's representative to the Scott County Association for Leadership and Efficiency(SCALE). Slated to chair in 2009. 

Chaired the Belle Plaine Park Board, 1998-2003

Planned, developed, and built a 12-acre park, creating the centerpiece of the Belle Plaine park system.

A driving force behind the development of recreational paths for public use in collaboration with local groups and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.

Board Member and current President of the Friends of the Minnesota River Valley,

2002-Present

Promoted a Minnesota River cleanup project with emphasis on local, grassroots support and community involvement.

Coordinated a community growth planning conference in Belle Plaine, centered on preserving natural spaces and resources.

Organizing member of the first Save the Wetlands Rally at the State Capitol.