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As of 11 November 2026 · pointers to Government
The town's government stands as the government section digs it, seat by seat; this article carries its present state and its one open count. The five-member council, elected at large, sits as: President Marcy Kauffman (term to 31 December 2026), Vice President Jerry Colanese, and members Nancy Pemberton, William (Will) Short, and Alison Abbott; Clerk-Treasurer Julie Brown holds her office into the fall of 2026 on the town's own postings; Town Hall stands at 124 East Michigan Street, and the council meets the first and third Tuesdays. The fire territory the town built with Olive Township in 2020 and extended to Hudson Township in 2022 stands as constituted, its station downtown housing five paid firefighters at all times, Chief Josh Schweizer in command. Two of the town's seats — the president's and Short's — were decided at the election of 3 November 2026 among Dan Caruso (D), Marcy L. Kauffman (D), and Marcellus (Marcel) Lebbin (R), vote for two, after the ballot-access fight the government section tells whole; the winners are not in the record reached for this build, and they stand here as they stand there — as the build's head named gap, settler the St. Joseph County Clerk's November 2026 precinct summary or the Election Board's certification, the holders-to-be taking their seats 1 January 2027 and printed until then as winners unseated, never as holders. The county layer above the town is in dated transition: on the unofficial returns, Bill Redman (D) defeated Commissioner Carl Baxmeyer in District 1 — the district the Tribune states includes New Carlisle — and takes the seat 1 January 2027, the board flipping to a 2–1 Democratic margin with the seating, Baxmeyer the November 2026 holder; the county council flips from 5–4 Republican to 7–2 Democratic on the same unofficial returns. Nothing in this article reaches past its pointers: the successions, the minutes lines, and the gaps stand whole in the government section.
Principal sources: this build's Government (the roster, the November 2026 cycle, and the county layer, at the strengths there printed); the South Bend Tribune candidate and returns coverage (October–November 2026).