Government: Open Questions

EACH GAP WITH ITS SETTLING SOURCE · AS OF NOVEMBER 11, 2026

The gaps are part of the record, and they are printed where a reader will look for the fact: GAP-WKGOV-1 — the November 3, 2026 result for Walkerton Town Council Ward 2, Christy Donlon (D) against Rick Coffman (R); settled by the St. Joseph County Clerk's certified precinct summary for the 2026 general election, the counterpart of the May summary this section used. GAP-WKGOV-2 — the ward assignments of Council Members Jeffrey Fansler, Karol Jackson, and Joyce Joiner among Ward 3, Ward 4, and the at-large Ward 5; settled by the Clerk's candidate filings and the town's council records. GAP-WKGOV-3 — the current judge of the Walkerton Town Court; the last of record is Daniel P. Chamberlin, term 2016–2019; settled by the Indiana Judicial Branch's directory entry for the court and the Clerk's election records. GAP-WKGOV-4 — the name of the Town Administrator, an office the council president's own words attest in 2026; settled by the town's salary ordinance and the Indiana Gateway employee compensation report for Walkerton Civil Town. GAP-WKGOV-5 — the Walkerton Fire Territory's chief, carried in this section at directory strength (Kenny Eggleston, with Assistant Chief John Paschen); settled by the Fire Control Board's and the territory's records and the town's minutes. GAP-WKGOV-6 — Lincoln Township's county representation: its commissioner district as between District 2 (Rafael Morton) and District 3 (Anthony "Tony" Hazen), and its County Council letter district, whose seat was not among those decided in 2026; settled by the county's adopted district maps and the Clerk's precinct ballot record. GAP-WKGOV-7 — the council presidency between Karol Jackson's term (ending December 31, 2019) and Gene Reese's presidency of 2026; settled by the town's minutes and the State Board of Accounts' schedules of officials for 2020–2025. GAP-WKGOV-8 — the public-works and utility superintendency, where aggregator listings conflict (Lippert, Zehner, Rice); settled by the Gateway employee compensation report. GAP-WKGOV-9 — the town's modern annexation record: the town's older copy patrols "1.7 square miles," the 2010 census measured some 1.96, and no annexation ordinance after the plats was reached; settled by the town's ordinance book. GAP-WKGOV-10 — the sitting membership of the Lincoln Township Board during 2026, before the Barden–Sheaks–Winchell board takes its seats on January 1, 2027; settled by the township's annual report and Gateway filings.

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1. The gaps are stated from the searches and records itemized in the entries above; each settler named is the record class that holds the fact.