Burgermeister Zuken

Apparently, the nominal Big Enchilada of Mechanicsburg, but all is not as it appears. When Baron Klaus Wulfenbach stepped into the chaos that resulted from the destruction of Castle Heterodyne by The Other and the subsequent disappearance of the Heterodyne Boys, he wanted some governing body he could work with rather than the anarchy that appeared to prevail in the town. (Little did he know.) He accordingly created a  town council that seems to do the governing, and the good citizens of Mechanicsburg are happy to let him have his illusions. Zuken's title implies that, at story time, he's at the head of this motley crew, and outsiders such as Ardsley Wooster are willing to buy the charade until disabused.

It's not clear that we've ever seen him, but in all likelihood, the flashback illustrating the council shows him sucking up to Carson von Mekkhan, the real power in town. On the other hand, the sycophant in the flashback may be an earlier Burgermeister, as von Mekkhan looks considerably younger in that illustration than at present. Either way, Carson's opinion of him is not high.