2025 Fort Wayne City Council Attendance Tracking Year End Recap

 

Below you will find charts and individual attendance information for each council member for 2025.

Martin Bender At-Large 

Attended 42 of 42 meetings: 100.00%

Missed no meetings 

Rohli Booker 6th District 

Attended 38 of 42 meetings: 90.5%

Missed 4 meetings: 4/15, 5/20, 7/22, 9/16

Michelle Chambers At-Large

Attended 39 of 42 meetings: 92.9%

Missed 3 meetings: 7/8, 8/26, 10/21

Paul Ensley 1st District

Attended 41 of 42 meetings: 97.6%

Missed 1 meeting: 7/22

Tom Freistroffer At-Large

Attended 35 of 42 meetings: 83.3%

Missed 7 meetings: 4/15, 7/15/, 9/16, 10/7, 10/14, 10/21, 10/28

Nathan Hartman 3rd District

Attended 39 of 42 meetings: 92.9%

Missed 3 meetings: 3/11, 8/19, 11/25

Russ Jehl 2nd District

Attended 33 of 42 meetings: 78.6%

Missed 9 meetings: 2/4, 3/18, 4/15, 6/17, 7/15, 7/22, 9/16, 11/25, 12/16

Dr. Scott Myers 4th District

Attended 36 of 42 meetings: 85.7%

Missed 6 meetings: 2/25, 7/8, 8/19, 8/26, 11/18, 11/25

Geoff Paddock 5th District

Attended 42 of 42 meetings: 100%

Missed no meetings. 

Notes: 

42 meetings 1/7/2025 - 12/16/2025

Official attendance was taken by City Clerk Lana Keesling for 30 meetings. Deputy Clerk Stacy Reed took attendance for 10 meetings. Council Attorney Joseph Bonahoom took attendance at the inaugural meeting on January 7, as is the normal practice beginning each year before turning the meeting over to Ms Keesling. 

The Fort Wayne City Council Attendance Tracking Project is an independent organization and is not affiliated with the City of Fort Wayne, Fort Wayne City Council, or any other governmental agency. The express purpose of this organization is to collect, analyze, and report the attendance trends of members of the Fort Wayne Common Council, information that is not readily available to the general public.