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MUNCIE, Ind. The Muncie City Council on Monday overrode Mayor Dan Ridenour s veto of an ordinance changing some of the rules governing the Muncie Fire Merit Commission. The veto was the first mayoral veto in a decade.
The merit commission is a city-appointed board that is in charge of hiring, promotion and disciplinary action for the Muncie Fire Department.
Muncie Mayor Dan Ridenour vetoed the ordinance 7-21, without any indication beforehand that he was going to do so. The move caught several city council members off guard.
The most recent previous veto by a sitting mayor in Muncie was by former Mayor Sharron McShurley, who vetoed an ordinance in 2010 related to the Muncie Animal Shelter.