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Bay City Commission appoints Katie Doyle to 3rd Ward after ranked‑choice tie
Summary
After a ranked‑choice tally that produced a tie, the Bay City City Commission selected Katie Doyle to fill the 3rd Ward vacancy and approved a resolution at a Nov. 24, 2025 special meeting; the formal roll‑call vote recorded the appointment and set the term to end 12/31/2026.
The Bay City City Commission voted to appoint Katie Doyle to the 3rd Ward seat at a Nov. 24, 2025, special meeting, approving a resolution by roll call after a ranked‑choice tabulation and a tie‑breaking step.
The appointment followed interviews of eight candidates to fill the vacancy. Clerks used a ranked scoring method (1–8) to tabulate commissioners’ preferences; the initial point totals produced a tie between Doyle and Jeff O’Shea. Commissioners discussed procedures to break the tie and used either the preexisting rankings or a subsequent collection of preferences to determine Doyle as the…
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