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Bay City Commission appoints Mark Zanotti as Fifth Ward commissioner after six-candidate interviews
Summary
After interviewing six candidates for the Fifth Ward vacancy, the Bay City Commission appointed Mark Zanotti by a 5-0 roll-call vote; commissioners had ranked candidates on a points system after public comment.
Bay City — The Bay City Commission voted 5-0 on Aug. 25, 2025, to appoint Mark Zanotti to the vacant Fifth Ward commissioner seat. Commissioner Cubitt moved to appoint Zanotti; Commissioner Coakley seconded the motion, and a roll-call vote produced five yes votes, after commissioners tallied rankings from interviews earlier in the evening. The commission set the term to run through December 2026.
The appointment filled a vacancy the commission addressed in a special meeting that had been scheduled to hear six applicants. Each candidate was allotted 15 minutes and answered 10 preset questions in a round-robin interview format before commissioners privately ranked their choices and assigned point values. The commission announced that Zanotti had…
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