County Commissioners

The Franklin County Commissioners meet four Mondays every month, except if a Holiday falls on a Monday and then will meet on Tuesday. The time on the first three Mondays is 9:00 am, the fourth (or fifth) Monday meeting is at 1:00 pm.

Meetings

Click on the date to read minutes from the meetings listed.

2008 OC/CIC Meetings

March 5	March 13	March 20
March 27	April 3	May 1

2008 Commissioner Meetings

January 7	9:00 a.m.	July 7	9:00 a.m.
January 14	9:00 a.m.	July 14	9:00 a.m.
January 22 (Tues.)	9:00 a.m.	July 21	9:00 a.m.
January 28	1:00 a.m.	July 28	1:00 a.m.
February 4	9:00 a.m.	August 4	9:00 a.m.
February 11	9:00 a.m.	August 11	9:00 a.m.
February 19	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)	August 18	9:00 a.m.
February 25	1:00 p.m.	August 28	1:00 p.m.
March 3	9:00 a.m.	September 2	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)
March 10	9:00 a.m.	September 8	9:00 a.m.
March 17	9:00 a.m.	September 15	9:00 a.m.
March 24	9:00 a.m.	September 22	1:00 p.m.
March 31	No Meeting	September 29	No Meeting
April 7	9:00 a.m.	October 6	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)
April 14	9:00 a.m.	October 14	9:00 a.m.
April 21	9:00 a.m.	October 20	9:00 a.m.
April 28	1:00 p.m.	October 27	1:00 p.m.
May 5	9:00 a.m.	November 3	9:00 a.m.
May 12	9:00 a.m.	November 10	9:00 a.m.
May19	9:00 a.m.	November 17	9:00 a.m.
May 27	1:00 p.m. (Tues.)	November 24	1:00 p.m.
June 2	9:00 a.m.	December 1	9:00 a.m.
June 9	9:00 a.m.	December 8	9:00 a.m.
June 16	9:00 a.m.	December 15	9:00 a.m.
June 23	No Meeting	December 22	No Meeting
June 30	1:00 p.m.	December 29	1:00 pm.

Note: All Day Meetings start at 9:00 A.M. to ?

Afternoon Meetings start at 1:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M.

2007 Commissioner Meetings

January 2, 2007	9:00 a.m.	July 2, 2007	9:00 a.m.
January 8, 2007	9:00 a.m.	July 9, 2007	9:00 a.m.
January 16, 2007	9:00 a.m.	July 16, 2007	9:00 a.m.
January 22, 2007	No Meeting	July 23, 2007	No Meeting
January 29, 2007	1:00 p.m.	July 30, 2007	1:00 p.m.
February 5, 2007	9:00 a.m.	August 6, 2007	9:00 a.m.
February 12, 2007	9:00 a.m.	August 13, 2007	9:00 a.m.
February 20, 2007	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)	August 20, 2007	9:00 a.m.
February 26, 2007	1:00 p.m.	August 27, 2007	1:00 p.m.
March 1, 2007	9:00 a.m. (Bid Opening)	September 4, 2007	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)
March 5, 2007	9:00 a.m.	September 10, 2007	9:00 a.m.
March 12, 2007	9:00 a.m.	September 17, 2007	9:00 a.m.
March 19, 2007	9:00 a.m.	September 24, 2007	1:00 p.m.
March 26, 2007	1:00 p.m.	October 1, 2007	9:00 a.m.
April 2, 2007	9:00 a.m.	October 9, 2007	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)
April 9, 2007	9:00 a.m.	October 15, 2007	9:00 a.m.
April 16, 2007	9:00 a.m.	October 22, 2007	9:00 a.m.
April 23, 2007	1:00 p.m.	October 29, 2007	1:00 p.m.
April 30, 2007	No Meeting	November 5, 2007	9:00 a.m.
May 7, 2007	9:00 a.m.	November 13, 2007	9:00 a.m. (Tues.)
May 14, 2007	9:00 a.m.	November 19, 2007	9:00 a.m.
May 21, 2007	9:00 a.m.	November 26, 2007	1:00 p.m.
May 29, 2007	1:00 p.m. (Tues.)	December 3, 2007	9:00 a.m.
June 4, 2007	9:00 a.m.	December 10, 2007	9:00 a.m.
June 11, 2007	9:00 a.m.	December 17, 2007	9:00 a.m.
June 18, 2007	9:00 a.m.	December 24, 2007	No Meeting
June 25, 2007	1:00 p.m.	December 31, 2007	9:00 am. (time change)

2006 Commissioner Meetings

January 3, 2006 9:00 A.M (Tues.) July 3, 2006 9:00 A.M..

January 9, 2006 9:00 A.M. July 10, 2006 9:00 A.M.

January 17, 2006 9:00 A.M.(Tues.) July 17, 2006 9:00 A.M.

January 23, 2006 NO MEETING July 24, 2006 NO MEETING

January 30, 2006 1:00 P.M. July 31, 2006 1:00 P.M.

February 6, 2006 9:00 A.M. August 7, 2006 9:00 A.M.

February 13, 2006 9:00 A.M. August 14, 2006 9:00 A.M.

February 21, 2006 9:00 A.M. (Tues.) August 21, 2006 9:00 A.M.

February 27, 2006 1:00 P.M. August 28, 2006 1:00 P.M.

March 6, 2006 9:00 A.M. September 5, 2006 9:00 A.M. (Tues.)

March 7, 2006 9:00 A.M. (Special) September 11, 2006 9:00 A.M.

March 9, 2006 9:00 A.M. (Emrgcy) September 18, 2006 9:00 A.M.

March 13, 2006 9:00 A.M. September 25, 2006 1:00 P.M.

March 17, 2006 11:00 A.M. (Bid Opening for Metamora Sewer)

March 20, 2006 9:00 A.M.

March 27, 2006 1:00 P.M.

April 3, 2006 9:00 A.M. October 2, 2006 9:00 A.M.

April 10, 2006 9:00 A.M. October 10, 2006 9:00 A.M. (Tues.)

April 17, 2006 9:00 A.M. October 16, 2006 9:00 A.M.

April 24, 2006 1:00 P.M. October 23, 2006 1:00 P.M.

October 30, 2006 NO MEETING

May 1, 2006 9:00 A.M.

May 8, 2006 9:00 A.M. November 6, 2006 9:00 A.M.

May 15, 2006 9:00 A.M. November 14, 2006 9:00 A.M (Tues.).

May 22, 2006 1:00 P.M. November 20. 2006 9:00 A.M.

May 29, 2006 NO MEETING November 27, 2006 1:00 P.M.

June 5, 2006 9:00 A.M. December 4, 2006 9:00 A.M.

June 12, 2006 9:00 A.M. December 11, 2006 9:00 A.M.

June 19, 2006 9:00 A.M. December 18, 2006 9:00 A.M.

June 26, 2006 1:00 P.M. December 26, 2006 1:00 P.M. (Tues.)

Commissioners

District 1

Eric Roberts
Highland, Whitewater, Springfield, Bath, and Fairfield townships

District 2

Don Vonder Meulen
Metamora, Brookville, and Butler townships

District 3

Thomas Wilson
Posey, Laurel, Blooming Grove, Salt Creek, and Ray townships

A prospective Commissioner must reside in a certain district, but be elected by a majority vote of the county.

The terms of office of County Commissioners are four years, on a staggered basis. In general, the Board of Commissioners is responsible for the administration of all county business. The Commissioners may enact ordinances to meet local conditions and exercise other authority vested in the Board by the legislature.

Contact Information

1010 Franklin Ave.

Brookville, IN 47012
765-647-4985
Fax 765-647-6926
commissioners@franklincounty.in.gov
Secretary: Susan Jones

Office Hours

8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Responsibilities

The County Commissioners are the legislative and executive body of the county and are responsible for:

Ordinances and resolutions adopted into the County Government System.
In charge of all County Buildings, Property and Equipment.
Auditing and authorizing of claims against the county.
Receiving of bids and authorization of contracts.
Administering highway funds and work with County Engineer to perform bridge and road development.
Establishing and maintaining an adequate system of books and records of the County Highway Department as prescribed by the State Board of Accounts.
Performing certain election functions, including the establishment of precincts, providing of polling places, and necessary equipment.
Preparing that part of the annual budget over which County Commissioners exercise direct control.
Serving, with the County Surveyor, as members of the County Drainage Board.
Making recommendations to the County Council on the salary to be paid to each county officer (observing statutory minimums) as well as the compensation to paid employees.
Making appointments to the Wage Determination Committees of those public construction projects exceeding $150,000 in construction costs.
Issuing of bonds or notes in connection with the borrowing of money for the county (subject to approval of the County Council).
Establishing an animal shelter.
Fixing and posting speed limits and yield or stop signs on any street, road, highway or railroad crossing within their jurisdiction.
Appointments to Health Board, Planning Boards and other boards throughout the County.
Coordinating environmental concerns for County.
Overseeing communications and risk management.