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Quorum Court approves amendment to agenda rules and per diem language in Ordinance 26-38
Summary
The Marion County Quorum Court approved Ordinance 26-38 to amend rules for submitting items after agenda close, require sponsor names on ordinances, and revise per diem language; debate centered on whether the change limits justices' ability to place emergency items on the docket.
Clerk Moffett read Ordinance 26-38, a draft amendment to ordinance 25-1 that would change the court's order of business and clarify how items may be submitted after an agenda closes. The ordinance adds criteria for emergency submissions, requires that elected officials' names and the names of sponsoring justices or committees appear on ordinance submissions, and amends per‑diem language (the draft in the transcript lists a per‑diem figure as 'per diem of $2.83 25' and assigns $70 per meeting for committee attendance).
Justice (S2) argued the change could reduce an individual justice's ability to place items for discussion, saying it "gives up a lot of your...abilities of the court" and warned that requiring higher thresholds could curtail oversight. Supporters said the measure would ensure proper committee review and clarify sponsorship. After roll-call responses from individual justices, the motion passed.
The ordinance text as read in the meeting procedure included specific procedural language about committee referral and emergency sponsorship; the court adopted the ordinance as presented. The transcript contains what appear to be transcription artifacts in the per‑diem figure; the exact numeric language in the adopted ordinance should be confirmed in the official ordinance text filed with county records.
