Hamilton County Councilman Mark Hall’s June Timesheet

Welcome to The Timesheet. This column is a report of work done on behalf of the people of Hamilton County. It’s to be informative, too – a place to learn about projects and how our county government works.

As your employee, it’s important to me that you know what is being worked on as transparently as possible in county government. You hired me as your County Councilman, and my hope is that you will choose to be informed by regularly reading this column, getting involved, considering volunteering, and by asking questions.

Council meetings are at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month at the Hamilton County Government and Judicial Center in downtown Noblesville. Meetings are also available to watch online for those unable to attend in person.

Here is where my time this past month has been spent.

In addition to the County Council public meetings, June work included: watching Board of Commissioners meetings, attending Cicero Town Council and Noblesville City Council public meetings, Council Executive Session, a Regional Development Commission meeting, a Noblesville Future Vision advisory committee meeting, and a joint Council and Commissioners meeting to discuss the Hamilton County Utility District’s Phase 2 expansion into Jackson Township.

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The June in-person Personnel Committee meeting was canceled and replaced with a poll of the voting members.

Requests for consideration were received from the Emergency Operations department to reclassify the Planning Section Chief to Deputy Director, to hire a new Emergency Management Director at the BL2 level (above entry level for that position), and to reclassify the Manager of Compliance & Professional Standards to the Director of Operations position.

After analysis, discussion, and revision, the requests were sent to the entire council with favorable recommendations for approval.

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The Finance Committee did not meet in June. The insurance committee did not meet in June.

However, in response to my request for the proposed operating budget from the Hamilton East Public Library for their third branch location, the new branches budget was provided and reviewed. The recommendation to build the third branch has been approved but it is part of my fiscal oversight responsibility to examine the new locations budgeted costs and use of taxpayer funds.

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During June, I received seven constituent service requests and communications.

A neighbor wrote to Mayor Scott Willis and me about traffic speeds in the Scofield Farms Boulevard area of Westfield. This is the area where recently a small child lost their life in a tragic accident. I replied as best possible with empathy and offering my personal condolences. The specific solution, however, rests with the local authority over those roads.

I received constituent requests regarding road conditions on Point Lane in Cicero, 216^th Street (Carrigan Road) between Schulley and Mill Creek, and 226^th Street and Hickory Ridge area for a Comcast line that was down. These were all researched for jurisdiction and sent to the Highway department. Each response was passed along to the individual constituent.

I received two calls and one email regarding Soil & Water and Health Department social media posts that constituents believed promoted an inappropriate topic using taxpayer funds. After reviewing the source and department social media policies, and after speaking with Commissioner Heirbrandt, the questions were referred to the Commissioners’ Director of Administration, who addressed the matter directly with the department heads. I then followed up with each constituent about the resolution of their concerns.

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Of special note in June was attending the Westfield Chamber of Commerce’s State of Healthcare Luncheon, meeting with Turning Point Indiana representative Kyle Mattern, and attending the State of the County address.

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Lastly, I received the compilation book of grant requests for the County. The binder is hundreds of pages long, full of requests that are submitted by nearly one hundred organizations. These requests total almost $3 million. I have served on the county grant request review committee for the last several years. This process was in place when I began serving and the number and dollar amount of requests increases each year. However, the amount awarded to requestors each year has become smaller. It is my position that we should support organizations whose work replaces services that Hamilton County Government would otherwise have to provide. Apart from those services, the taxpayer’s money should be used elsewhere.

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It was an honor to represent you as an elected state delegate at the Indiana State GOP Convention where nearly 1,800 delegates from around the state elected Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer candidates for the general election this fall.

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This is my timesheet. This is where my time went during June 2026. While my job is primarily the financial oversight of the county budget, it is important that I understand the Board of Commissioners’ priorities and balance them with the stewardship of taxpayer dollars. That is the job, and I am excited to do the people’s business.

As a taxpayer myself, and listening to so many of you, our employers, it’s important for the taxpayers to have access to all the information you want. I work for you, and although you may not choose to do a deep dive into what your County Council does, it’s important that you can always do so.

Feel free to contact me at (317) 832-1104 or mark.hall@hamiltoncounty.in.gov with questions, feedback, or if you would like to talk about county business.