Jackie Meck was elected to a four-year term as Buckeye Mayor in May 2008. A Buckeye native, Mayor Meck has served previously as town mayor from 1973 to 1975 and as a member of the town council from 1968 to 1975 and from 2002 to 2006.

Mayor Meck is the retired general manager of the Buckeye Water Conservation and Drainage District.  Mayor Meck currently serves on the board of directors for Maricopa Association of Government (MAG), on the Maricopa Association of Government (MAG) Transportation Policy Committee and is on the board of trustees for West Valley Hospital.  Mayor Meck has also served on the board of directors of the Greater Phoenix Economic Council, WESTMARC, and Valley Metro RPTA. Mayor Meck is a past president of the Buckeye Valley Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Gila River's El Rio Restoration Project Executive Committee.

Mayor Meck is a past chairman of the town's Pioneer Days Celebration, and is a member of the Buckeye Elks and Lions Clubs, the Buckeye Valley Museum, the West Valley Fine Arts, the Phoenix Art Museum and Heard Museum.

Mayor Meck and his wife of 49 years, Verlyne, have three grown children and four grandchildren.