Board-Meeting

Com­mon Council

Com­mon Council

The Mar­i­on Com­mon Coun­cil is both the City’s leg­isla­tive and finan­cial body.

Mem­bers of the Com­mon Coun­cil or City Coun­cil” are part-time elect­ed offi­cials who serve for a term of four years. They are not sub­ject to term lim­its and may run for reelec­tion as many times as they wish. As the City’s leg­isla­tive body, the Coun­cil uses many of the pow­ers giv­en to cities through the pas­sage of ordi­nances and appro­pri­a­tion of monies.

The Coun­cil fix­es the annu­al salaries of all elect­ed offi­cials of the City, which may not be changed in the year for which they are fixed, or reduced below the pre­vi­ous year’s level.

The Coun­cil also estab­lish­es the salaries of mem­bers of the City’s police and fire depart­ments. It also has the author­i­ty to reduce, but not increase, any oth­er items in the City bud­get as sub­mit­ted by the may­or for its approval.

A Coun­cil mem­ber must have been a res­i­dent of the dis­trict from which he or she is elect­ed, if any, for at least six months before the elec­tion, and must have been a res­i­dent of the city for at least one year before the elec­tion. If the Coun­cil mem­ber ceas­es to be a res­i­dent of the city or a res­i­dent of the dis­trict from which the coun­cil mem­ber was elect­ed, the mem­ber for­feits his or her office.

Three mem­bers of the Com­mon Coun­cil rep­re­sent the city at-large (city­wide), and six mem­bers rep­re­sent six indi­vid­ual dis­tricts or wards, to make the city an even bet­ter place to live and work. 


Mem­bers

At-Large (city­wide):

Jim Brun­ner
Bri­an Cowgill (Vice Pres­i­dent)
Nick McKin­ley (Pres­i­dent)

Wards (indi­vid­ual districts):

Ward One: Gary Fordyce, Sr.
Ward Two: Mike Cline
Ward Three: Eri­ka E. Devine
Ward Four: Eric Mar­shall
Ward Five: Andy Whit­ton
Ward Six: David Cain


Meet­ings

First and third Tues­days of the month at 7pm in the first floor Cham­bers of City Hall


Con­tact your Councilperson

Jim Brunner

Jim Brun­ner (At-Large)
765.251.0916
jbrunner@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov



Brian Cowgill

Bri­an Cowgill (At-Large)
765.603.0481
bcowgill@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Nick McKinley

Nick McKin­ley (At-Large)
765.618.4175
nmckinley@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Gary Fordyce

Gary Fordyce, Sr. (Ward One)
765.667.4078
gfordyce@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Mike Cline

Mike Cline (Ward 2)
765.506.2721
mcline@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Erika Divine

Eri­ka E. Devine (Ward 3)
765.618.9242
edevine@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Eric Marshall

Eric Mar­shall (Ward Four)
765.618.9012
emarshall@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Andy Whitton

Andy Whit­ton (Ward 5)
765.618.0963
awhitton@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov



David Cain

David Cain (Ward Six)
765.618.6657
dcain@​cityofmarion.​in.​gov


Martin Harker

Mar­tin Hark­er — Coun­cil Attor­ney
765.664.9041
mharker@​khclegal.​com


What’s my dis­trict? See Ward Map.

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