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Bay City commission appoints Katie Doyle to fill 3rd Ward seat after ranked-choice tie
Summary
After interviewing eight applicants and receiving public comment heavily favoring a different candidate, the Bay City City Commission broke a ranked-choice tie and selected Katie Doyle to serve as 3rd Ward commissioner through Dec. 31, 2026. The commission then approved a resolution to appoint her by roll call.
Bay City’s City Commission appointed Katie Doyle to the vacant 3rd Ward seat at a Nov. 24, 2025 special meeting after ranking eight applicants and resolving a tie between Doyle and Jeff O’Shea.
During the meeting, commissioners interviewed eight candidates who each answered a standardized set of questions about priorities, community engagement and how they would represent the ward. The commission used a rank-order scoring method (each commissioner ranked all candidates 1–8; the chair reversed the order into point values and tallied results) to produce a composite recommendation. After the initial tally produced a tie between Katie Doyle and Jeff O’Shea, commissioners…
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