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Marceline, MO
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Candidate filing for the Marceline City Council closed at 5:00 pm on Tuesday,
December 28, 2021. The General Election for the City of Marceline will be
held on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. This year, two (2) Councilmembers
will be elected at large to serve a three (3) year term. Currently, the
seats are held by Councilwoman Lacey Meissen and Councilman Jeri Holt. The
candidates vying for the open seats include candidates Josh Shoemaker, Todd
Fellows and Brian Baker. Once the candidates are elected to the open
Council seats, those persons will be sworn in on the Monday following the
election, April 11, 2022.
The following are brief candidate biographies submitted to the City:
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Candidate Josh Shoemaker is a lifelong Marceline resident and a member of
the graduating class of 2001. His wife, Megan, is a 5th grade teacher at
Disney Elementary and their three children Hudson (12), Carson (9), and
Emerson (7), all are active members of the community. Candidate Shoemaker
has spent 17 years in education splitting his time between teaching at
Marceline R-V and currently serving as District Superintendent at
Keytesville R-III. Having previously been on the Council and serving as
Mayor in the past, Shoemaker seeks membership on the Council as a continuing
opportunity to serve.
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Candidate Todd Fellows is a resident of Marceline, MO since 2000. He is a
1982 graduate of Centennial High School in Utica, NE and earned his diploma
from Southeast Community College in Milford, NE in 1993. Candidate
Fellows has worked in the Missouri Public School System for over 17 years as
well as many years in maintenance in Nursing homes in the area. Prior
to maintenance positions, he was a licensed welder for many years. Fellows
also provides music entertainment in the area by offering DJ services for
weddings and other venues over the last 15 years. He is married to
Colleen Fellows who works at Pioneer Nursing home in Marceline, MO. They
have been married for over 16 years. All of their children have attended
and/or graduated from Marceline Public Schools. Fellows has various
experiences in bringing people together and listening to the needs of others
and is looking forward to listening to the concerns and interests of the
citizens of Marceline and advocating for them. He would like the
opportunity to further serve this community.
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Candidate Brian Baker has lived in Marceline since 2012 and has served as
Pastor of First Baptist Church since September of that year after serving
five years at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church near Bucklin and a year teaching
at Hannibal Middle School. He is a native of Hannibal and studied at
Truman State University in Kirksville, receiving a B.A. in History (2005)
and an M.A.E. in Secondary Social Studies Education (2008). Candidate
Baker also continued studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in
Kansas City and received an M.Div. in 2018. Baker has been active in
the Marceline community in that time as President of Marceline Ministerial
Alliance, Ministries in Linn County, and the Marceline Rotary Club, and has
also served on the City of Marceline's Planning Commission and the
Marceline-Bucklin Enhanced Enterprise Zone Board since 2015. In
addition, Brian has served as the accompanist for Marceline High School
music programs since 2016 and volunteers in other capacities with a number
of local schools and other organizations that benefit area youth.
Individuals wishing to be registered to vote for the
upcoming election in April can do so by filing with their County Clerk by March
9, 2022.
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