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Meeting documents · Common Council

Common Council special meeting minutes — January 6, 2026

January 6, 2026 · 4 pages

This text was read off the city’s scanned PDF by optical character recognition. It will contain misreadings — names and numbers especially. The original scan is the record — read it here ↗

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MARION COMMON COUNCIL AGENDA ey

PRESIDENT - NICK MCKINLEY VICE PRESIDENT - GARY FORDYCE

Special Meeting - Marion City Hall Council Chambers CITYof MARION
Date: January 6, 2026 COMMON COUNCIL
Time: 6:00 P.M.

Election of president and vice president.

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SPECIAL MEETING ~ MARION COMMON COUNCIL -— January 6, 2026 — 6:00 P.M. —
CITY HALL

The Common Council of the City of Marion, Indiana met in a special session on TUESDAY, the 6th day
of January 2026, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall.

On the call of the roll the members were shown to be present or absent as follows:

Present: Cain, Marshall, Fordyce, Brunner, Cline, Devine, Whitton, Cowgill, and McKinley

Absent:

NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT

David Cain nominated Brian Cowgill for president.

Mike Cline nominated Gary Fordyce for president.

Votes were as follows:

Cowgill: Cain, Marshall, Brunner, Devine, Cowgill, McKinley
Fordyce: Fordyce, Cline, Whitton

Brian Cowgill was voted in as council president for 2026.

NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT

David Cain nominated Erika Devine for vice president.

Mike Cline nominated Gary Fordyce for vice president.

Gary Fordyce respectfully declined the nomination.

Votes were as follows:

Devine: Cain, Marshall, Fordyce, Brunner, Cline, Devine, Whitton, Cowgill, McKinley.
Erika Devine was vote ‘in as council vice president for 2026.

They m sting aoe ? 6:11 pm.

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MARION COMMON COUNCIL AGENDA ey

PRESIDENT - NICK MCKINLEY VICE PRESIDENT - GARY FORDYCE

Special Meeting - Marion City Hall Council Chambers CITYof MARION
Date: January 6, 2026 COMMON COUNCIL
Time: 6:00 P.M.

Election of president and vice president.

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SPECIAL MEETING ~ MARION COMMON COUNCIL -— January 6, 2026 — 6:00 P.M. —
CITY HALL

The Common Council of the City of Marion, Indiana met in a special session on TUESDAY, the 6th day
of January 2026, at the hour of 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, City Hall.

On the call of the roll the members were shown to be present or absent as follows:

Present: Cain, Marshall, Fordyce, Brunner, Cline, Devine, Whitton, Cowgill, and McKinley

Absent:

NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT

David Cain nominated Brian Cowgill for president.

Mike Cline nominated Gary Fordyce for president.

Votes were as follows:

Cowgill: Cain, Marshall, Brunner, Devine, Cowgill, McKinley
Fordyce: Fordyce, Cline, Whitton

Brian Cowgill was voted in as council president for 2026.

NOMINATION FOR VICE PRESIDENT

David Cain nominated Erika Devine for vice president.

Mike Cline nominated Gary Fordyce for vice president.

Gary Fordyce respectfully declined the nomination.

Votes were as follows:

Devine: Cain, Marshall, Fordyce, Brunner, Cline, Devine, Whitton, Cowgill, McKinley.
Erika Devine was vote ‘in as council vice president for 2026.

They m sting aoe ? 6:11 pm.

low n Cowgill- “President a