Stan Klotz
Republican · IN · Marshall County Commissioner, District 1
Stan Klotz is the District 1 county commissioner and commission president. He has served on the county planning and drainage boards and previously on the Bremen school board.
Where Stan Klotz stands, based on their records
Supports
Environment and Public Health (6 records), Public Safety and Crime Control (2 records), Public Infrastructure (3 records)
Mixed record
Government Spending Reduction (4 support · 5 oppose)
Track record
Track record — Environment and Public Health
Environment and Public Health · 6 support
Asked his fellow commissioners to let him look for ways to improve health care access in Marshall County. He said local health services were being pulled and older residents were worried.
July 20, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: giant.fm
Voted with the full board, 3-0, to permanently ban data centers in the county. He also voted to require large battery storage sites to sit a quarter mile from neighboring property.
April 20, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Backed strict limits on large battery storage sites near homes, calling them a possible hazardous-materials site. He pointed to tornado damage at a solar farm in Wheatfield as an example of the risk.
April 20, 2026Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: giant.fm
Moved to pass a county zoning ban on storing or moving captured carbon dioxide gas in Marshall County. The ban passed 3-0 after the Plan Commission called it a threat to health and safety.
September 15, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Voted with the full board, 3-0, to adopt two-year pauses on new farm-scale solar farms, large battery storage sites, data centers, and carbon capture projects in the county.
February 3, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Proposed offering $450,000 for the former Bowen Center building, appraised near $960,000, to give the county health department more room. His plan had the health department pay $250,000 down and the county cover $200,000.
January 2, 2025Supports Environment and Public Health
Source: giant.fm
Track record — Government Spending Reduction
Government Spending Reduction · 4 support · 5 oppose
Proposed a pay raise of up to 3% for county workers in the 2027 budget. He noted county workers got a 2% raise in 2026.
June 24, 2026Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: giant.fm
Voted no on a $40,000 contract with the law firm Krieg DeVault to lobby state lawmakers and officials for the county in 2026. It passed 2-1.
December 15, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Co-signed a letter to the state environment agency (IDEM) asking it to dissolve the county's regional sewer district. The letter said the county could pay off the district's $1.3 million debt and that rates near $200 a month were unfair.
October 19, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: in.gov
Called for the county to seek to dissolve its regional sewer board, saying the board kept spending money. He said expected monthly sewer bills had risen from about $85 to over $200.
August 18, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: giant.fm
Voted no on giving the local group Dustin's Place another $75,000 in county money to renovate its building. He objected to spending tax dollars on a building the group did not own. It passed 2-1.
February 17, 2025Supports Government Spending Reduction
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Proposed offering $450,000 for the former Bowen Center building, appraised near $960,000, to give the county health department more room. His plan had the health department pay $250,000 down and the county cover $200,000.
January 2, 2025Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: giant.fm
Seconded and voted for a joint resolution with the county council to extend a special local income tax that pays for jail operations and other criminal justice costs. It passed 3-0.
November 15, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Made a motion for the commissioners to back more money for the 2021 county road program. The motion died because no other commissioner seconded it.
February 1, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Urged fellow county commissioners to spend more on county roads, saying years of neglect needed extra money. He suggested paying off the jail bond early to free $1.1 million to $1.4 million a year for roads.
January 19, 2021Opposes Government Spending Reduction
Source: max983.net
Track record — Public Safety and Crime Control
Public Safety and Crime Control · 2 support
Said he believed the county's license plate reader cameras helped police, while residents raised privacy concerns. He said he wanted the incoming prosecutor's review before deciding the cameras' future.
July 6, 2026Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: giant.fm
Seconded and voted for a joint resolution with the county council to extend a special local income tax that pays for jail operations and other criminal justice costs. It passed 3-0.
November 15, 2021Supports Public Safety and Crime Control
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Track record — Public Infrastructure
Public Infrastructure · 3 support
Seconded and voted for a resolution to move ahead with creating a county regional sewer district for set service areas. It passed 3-0.
November 15, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Made a motion for the commissioners to back more money for the 2021 county road program. The motion died because no other commissioner seconded it.
February 1, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Urged fellow county commissioners to spend more on county roads, saying years of neglect needed extra money. He suggested paying off the jail bond early to free $1.1 million to $1.4 million a year for roads.
January 19, 2021Supports Public Infrastructure
Source: max983.net
Track record — General
General · 5 records
Voted with the full board, 3-0, to reject the idea of a countywide noise ordinance.
March 16, 2026
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Spoke against a proposed countywide noise ordinance. He said the county lawyer doubted it was constitutional and that it was hard to enforce between neighbors.
March 16, 2026
Source: giant.fm
Was named the commissioners' representative on a county task force on rules for farm-scale solar, battery storage, data centers, and carbon capture.
May 5, 2025
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Kept his post as president of the Marshall County commissioners. A 2-1 vote to demote him was voided because the special meeting notice had no agenda.
March 20, 2023
Source: max983.net
Was elected president of the Marshall County Plan Commission for 2021. This board reviews zoning and land-use requests before the commissioners decide them.
January 28, 2021
Source: co.marshall.in.us
Past race Stan Klotz ran in:
- Marshall County Commissioner, District 1 · November 3, 2026 · Marshall County, Indiana · incumbent