Marion County Courthouse
Photo courtesy of Marion County

Established in 1964, the Marion County Board of Commissioners replaced the Marion County Court, which had presided over the county for more than 100 years in this capacity, as the chief administrative and legislative body for the county. The Board is comprised of three members elected at-large, serving four-year terms. Positions 1 and 2 face election the same year while Position 3 faces election alone two years later.

Marion County Commission
Photo courtesy of Marion County

The Board is partisan — the only county elective office that is still so. One consequence is that commissioners must always be elected at the November general election. For any other elective county office, if a candidate receives a majority of the vote at the May election there is no need to face the electorate again. Currently, all three members are Republicans.

You can use this page to contact the Board by e-mail (e-mail client software required), visit this site's page for each commissioner, or visit the Board's section of the Marion County government web site.

E-mail the Board of Commissioners

Commissioner Patti Milne

Commissioner Janet Carlson

Commissioner Sam Brentano

Visit the Board of Commissioners' web site