City Council At Large
Raymond Kirtley (Democrat)
Raymond M. Kirtley, a native of Montgomery County is a
1970 Crawfordsville High School graduate and received his A.B. degree in
Political Science from Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) in 1974.
In 1980 he graduated from the Indiana School of Law (Indianapolis, IN)
and admitted to the Indiana Bar in 1981. Prior to attending law
school, he was employed by Dun and Bradstreet, Inc. and American
Fletcher National Bank in Indianapolis, IN. Before returning to
Crawfordsville in July 1981 to begin his private law practice, he was
appointed and served as an Indiana Deputy Attorney General assigned to
the Appellate Division. He has served as Montgomery County Chief
Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and was counsel for the Montgomery County
Department of Public Welfare. In 1984 he was elected Judge of the
Montgomery County Court serving three full terms and retired from the
bench December 31, 2002. Judge Kirtley was a member of the Indiana
Judges Association and is a graduate of the National Judicial College,
University of Nevada (Reno, NV) and Indiana Judicial College. He
served on various committees within the Indiana Judicial Conference and
was the judicial representative on the Governor's Commission for a Drug
Free Indiana from 1994 through 2002 appointed by Governors Bayh and
O'Bannon. Prior to joining Kirtley, Taylor, Sims, Chadd & Minnette,
P.C., he was employed as a trust officer with Community Trust and
Investment Company (Crawfordsville, IN). He served as an Indiana
Senior Judge from 2006 to 2007. He is a member of the First United
Methodist Church (Crawfordsville, IN) and has held various leadership
positions within his community, including President of the Montgomery
County Chapter of the American Red Cross, Crawfordsville Public Library
Building and Preservation Corporation, Family Crisis Shelter, United
Way, and the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. He and his wife Nancy have
three daughters
Committees
- Traffic, Parking, and Safety (Chairman)
- Ordinances and Petitions
- Planning and Community Development Liaison
- CEL&P Liaison