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The Marion City Council voted Tuesday to approve a $54,500 agreement with Pete Lammer, a Marion firefighter who was demoted in November from battalion chief to firefighter and paramedic.

Lammer was demoted on Nov. 2 and filed an appeal with the city on Nov. 4. According to a specification of charges and grounds provided to the city by fire chief Tom Fagan, Lammer had shown a “persistent pattern of poor leadership, decision-making and judgment in his role as battalion chief.”

Fagan cited several incidents he said showed the leadership and decision-making issues, including an instance in January 2024 when Lammer allowed a firefighter to drive an apparatus the firefighter was not cleared to dr

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