The government as it stands

Verified November 2026

The officers: Mishawaka's government, verified against the city's records in November 2026, is: Mayor Dave Wood, Republican, in office since 7 September 2010 and counted the city's twenty-first mayor; a Common Council of nine — Dale "Woody" Emmons, Matt Carroll, Lou Ann Hazen, Kate Voelker, Tony Violi and Ron Banicki from the six districts, and Gregg Hixenbaugh, Matt Mammolenti and Lacy Hahn at large, with Hixenbaugh as council president for 2026; and City Clerk Deborah S. Block. The council meets on the first and third Mondays at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 100 Lincolnway West — the same meeting rhythm the 1921 directory records, in the building the city moved into in 2022. The council sat on 9 November 2026; its recent acts in the record include declaratory resolution R2026-34, adopted 19 October 2026. Wood's standing beyond the city is part of the verification: he serves as president of Aim — Accelerate Indiana Municipalities — for 2025, as the Story of Mishawaka section records.

The verification, and its one variance: The chain of documents behind this snapshot runs from the city's 2021 financial report — which names the same mayor, the same clerk and the same council president — through the clerk's-office notices that still issue over Deborah S. Block's name in late 2025, to the Story of Mishawaka section's reading of the 2026 minutes themselves. One variance is carried openly: the mayor's December 2023 letter names the Third District's council member as Tony Hazen, in the council seated January 2024, while the 2026 roster verified from the minutes names Lou Ann Hazen in that district. Both documents are the city's; a mid-term replacement would reconcile them, and none of the sources read for this section records one. The present state is therefore printed with the variance standing, dated to its verification, rather than silently harmonized.

Sources:

1. The Story of Mishawaka section fragment of this build — the November 2026 verification from the city's 2026 minutes and notices: the mayor, the nine council members by district and at large, President Hixenbaugh for 2026, Clerk Deborah S. Block (minutes signed Debbie Ladyga-Block), the first-and-third-Monday meetings at 6:00 p.m., the sitting of 9 November 2026, resolution R2026-34 of 19 October 2026, and Mayor Wood's Aim presidency for 2025.
2. City of Mishawaka, Annual Financial Report (2021) — the officials schedule naming Mayor David A. Wood, City Clerk Deborah S. Block and Council President Gregg Hixenbaugh.
3. Mayor Dave Wood, "Mishawaka December Communicator" (27 November 2023) — the council seated January 2024, naming Tony Hazen in District 3: the variance printed above.
4. Office of the City Clerk, notices of September–December 2025 (mishawaka.in.gov) — the clerk's office still issuing over Deborah S. Block's name.