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Marion County Commission Official Minutes — August 12, 2026

Approved minutes of the August 12, 2026 Marion County Commission meeting. Records (1) Thrasher engineer Kevin Watkins testifying that post-pandemic federal infrastructure funds have expired and grants are increasingly difficult to secure, with Commission President Linda Longstreth stating "All these small towns are having problems"; (2) Administrator Kris Cinalli announcing "no action" on the Worthington dissolution petition; and (3) Page 32, where County Attorney Charles Shields and Commissioner Ernie VanGilder declare commissioners are neutral judges who cannot advise Andrea Zaleski or take sides—followed seconds later by Cinalli offering to help Zaleski via email and Commissioner Bobby DeVaul instructing her to copy Shields.