Rex Duncan serves as Finance Commissioner and Mayor Pro Tem on the Du Quoin City Council. In that role he oversees administrative and financial assets of the City. He works closely with Mayor Rednour and City Administrator Bastien to ensure that City finances are stable and well-managed. In the absence of the Mayor, Rex serves as interim mayor. Prior to his current position, he served six years as Water and Sewer Commissioner and, from 2000 to 2003 as City Clerk and Budget Director. In the 1990's, Rex chaired the Zoning Planning Committee and helped write the first zoning ordinances for the City.

During the day, he works as Director of Community Development and Outreach at Southern Illinois University. He is the University's liaison to Connect SI, a 20-county regional economic and community development initiative housed under the Office of the President of Southern Illinois University. Rex is the President of the Board of Directors of the Connect SI Foundation.

He also serves as President of the Board of Directors of Champion Community Investments, a 501(c)(3), not-for-profit corporation providing community development in five southern Illinois counties. That organization now supports a multi-million dollar effort to provide low-interest loans to regional businesses.

A 1972 graduate of Du Quoin High School, he holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business from Eastern Illinois University and a Master of Science degree in Education from Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He and his wife Linda reside on Blackburn Street.

To contact Rex, feel free to call the city administrator's office at 618.542.3841 or email him at rexduncan@duquoin.org.