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Hancock County Commission approves 2025 business mileage rate increase and routine county bills
Summary
The commission approved adopting the IRS 2025 business mileage rate of 70¢ per mile for county travel and approved routine financial items including general county bills totaling $97,421.99 and PCard charges of $22,272.81; multiple routine minutes and probate items were also approved
Hancock County commissioners on Jan. 9 voted to adopt the IRS 2025 business mileage rate of 70 cents per mile for county travel and approved a series of routine financial and procedural items.
The commission approved adopting the IRS standard mileage increase from 67¢ to 70¢ per mile for calendar year 2025. A commissioner moved to approve the change for the full calendar year; the motion was approved on a recorded voice vote summarized in the minutes as 3–0.
Other votes and approvals recorded at the meeting included:
- Approval of the Jan. 2, 2025 commission meeting minutes (motion carried). - Approval of the Dec. 23, 2024 commission meeting minutes; one commissioner abstained because they were not a commissioner at that time. - One exoneration order was approved. - Approval of probates and estates (motion carried). - Approval of general county bills: all funds total $97,421.99; PCard all funds total $22,272.81. - Approval of animal shelter levy fund bills and requisitions (reviewed and approved). - Sheltered workshop levy fund: none at this time. - Approval of library levy fund bills and requisitions (reviewed and approved).
Most motions were made from the bench; the transcript does not consistently identify which commissioner moved or seconded each motion. Where vote tallies were recorded in the minutes, the clerk summarized them as approvals (for example, the mileage rate motion was recorded as "approved 3–0").
A commissioner noted the next commission meeting is scheduled for Jan. 23 at 2:30 p.m. in the same courtroom. The meeting also included a congratulatory remark naming Pat McGeehan as the newly selected house majority leader; that remark was ceremonial and did not require action.
Votes at a glance: - IRS business mileage rate (2025): change to 70¢/mile — approved (recorded as 3–0). - Dec. 23, 2024 minutes: approved — abstention recorded (one commissioner). - Jan. 2, 2025 minutes: approved. - Exoneration order: one approved. - Probates and estates: approved. - General county bills (all funds): $97,421.99 — approved. - PCard (all funds): $22,272.81 — approved. - Animal shelter levy fund bills: approved. - Sheltered workshop levy fund bills: none. - Library levy fund bills: approved.
No contested votes or prolonged debate on these items was recorded; the matters were presented as routine approvals and carried by voice vote recorded in the minutes.
