Marion County commissioners approve prior meeting minutes, table annual leave policy and courthouse cleaning contract

Marion County commissioners in Hamilton approved the minutes from the Oct. 20, 2025 regular meeting and moved to routine financial items, then tabled consideration of a proposed annual leave policy and a proposed courthouse cleaning contract.

The meeting record shows a motion and second to approve the Oct. 20, 2025 minutes. After the minutes, commissioners took up a recommendation to approve accounts payable and a motion and second were recorded on that item. The record then moved to a proposed annual leave policy. An unidentified commissioner moved to table consideration of the annual leave policy until there could be more discussion; another commissioner seconded the motion and the chair called for a vote. The chair declared the motion carried.

When the commission reached agenda Item 5 — a recommended contract with Tammy Harris to clean the commission courthouse at $2,000 per month — a commissioner moved to table that contract as well and another commissioner seconded. Commissioners then discussed scope questions, including whether the contract would cover an office and the annex and whether additional input was needed from those who had contacted commissioners about the matter.

No ordinance, statute, or other legal authority was cited during the recorded discussion of these agenda items. The record shows procedural motions, seconding, and a vote to table the annual leave policy; formal roll-call vote tallies and individual votes by name were not recorded in the transcript for the other items.

Commissioners instructed staff to bring back additional detail where requested before further action on the annual leave policy or the cleaning contract.