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Council elects Yale as president; Bender wins vice president vote 6-3
Summary
At the Jan. 7 organizational meeting, Fort Wayne City Council members elected Yale as council president by unanimous voice vote and selected Marty Bender as vice president in a 6-3 roll-call result over Jeff Paddock.
The Fort Wayne City Council elected Rush Yale as its 2025 council president and chose Marty Bender as vice president at the council’s organizational meeting on Jan. 7, 2025.
Yale was nominated from the floor and, after the council closed nominations, was elected by a unanimous voice vote during the roll call proceedings. The clerk announced the floor closed with nine voting members present before the voice vote.
The vice president contest drew a roll-call vote after nominations for two candidates, Councilman Jeff Paddock and Councilman Marty Bender. After members spoke in support of both nominees, the council…
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