They are responsible for setting salaries, the annual budget, and special spending.

The commissioners are charged with executing the acts legislated by the council, collecting revenue, and managing the day-to-day functions of the county government.

The judge on the court is elected to a term of four years and must be a member of the Indiana Bar Association.

Each of these elected officers serves a term of four years and oversees a different part of county government.

[6] Scott County is part of Indiana's 9th congressional district and is represented in Congress by Republican Trey Hollingsworth.

[7] As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 24,181 people, 9,397 households, and 6,648 families residing in the county.

[17] In late 2014 and early 2015, 17 HIV infections arising from Scott County initiated an Indiana Department of Health investigation that would result in the state declaring a public health emergency.

The outbreak was fueled in part to intravenous drug use resulting from the opioid epidemic compounded by poor access to HIV testing.

[18] The public health crisis led to governor Mike Pence signing an executive order allowing a needle exchange site to open; before that time, needle exchanges were illegal in the state of Indiana.