Marion County commissioners move to mirror 2026 federal mileage rate for county travel

Marion County commissioners moved during their December meeting to adopt the Internal Revenue Servicestandard mileage rate of 68cents per mile for county business and to mirror the federal rate for the next four years.

The proposal was introduced under the agenda item to consider the countymileage reimbursement rate. Commissioners noted the countyhad used a 70cent rate previously and that the newly published IRS figure for 2026 had dropped to 68cents. The presiding official said: "I would like to make a motion that the commissioner's court approves the mileage rate as a standard mileage rate to mirror the, standard mileage rate for the federal government for the next 4 years." The judge indicated the court was "actually all in favor." The transcript contains no recorded roll-call vote.

Why it matters: the change affects how county employees and officials are reimbursed for business travel and will set the county's per-mile reimbursement for routine travel reimbursements until the next scheduled review in 2029.

County officials said the proposal is intended as a housekeeping measure to align county reimbursement with the federal standard to simplify administration. The court did not record a detailed tally or named votes in the transcript; the presiding official stated the court supports adopting the federal rate and that the next formal discussion point about mileage would occur in 2029.

The court's action, as recorded in the meeting transcript, was procedural and focused on adopting an administrative standard rather than making a budgetary appropriation at the meeting itself. The commission did not provide a roll-call or published ordinance number tied to the change during the recorded remarks; staff said routine adoption mirrors IRS guidance.