The Baldwin County Commission on Jan. 6 approved routine procedural items including the Dec. 16, 2025 meeting minutes, authorized payment of invoices and ratified interim payments under an existing county policy.

Commissioner Gruber moved to adopt the Dec. 16, 2025 regular meeting minutes; Commissioner Underwood seconded and the chair called a voice vote. The chair announced the motion passed.

The clerk/readout presented the bill payment report. The transcript records the figures as '5 755 invoices' with a 'distribution totaling 5,000,000 $140,342.18' as read during the meeting; those figures in the audio/transcript were unclear and are reported here exactly as spoken. Commissioner Gruber moved to approve payment of the invoices; Commissioner Underwood seconded. The chair called a voice vote and the motion passed.

On agenda item BA 2 the commission ratified interim payments described in the record as '113 invoices' and a retotaling read as '10,277,000, $770.94.' Commissioner Gruber moved the motion and Commissioner McKenzie (transcript spelling varies between 'McKenzie' and 'McKinsey') seconded. The record cites policy 8.1 as the authorization for making and later ratifying interim payments. The chair called for a voice vote; the motion passed.

Commissioner Underwood moved to approve the consent agenda and a second was recorded; the consent agenda was adopted by voice vote.

No roll-call vote totals were recorded in the meeting transcript; the chair announced each motion as passed after voice votes. The meeting record does not specify departmental breakdowns for the invoice totals, nor does it provide an itemized ledger in the spoken record.

The chair closed the procedural portion of the meeting and opened commissioner comments.