Auditor-Treasurer

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Responsibilities of the Auditor-Treasurer's department:

• Administering the property tax system, including all levy and tax increment financing data, tax settlement process, parcel ownership database, delinquent taxes, and tax forfeiture.
• Maintaining tax books showing taxes paid or unpaid.
• Mailing statements and collecting payment for all real estate, personal property, severed mineral interests, manufactured homes, and tree growth taxes.
• Settling and distributing taxes collected for local taxing districts of the county (towns, cities, school districts, and special taxing districts).
• Maintaining computerized parcel-based mapping for the geographic land records information system.
• Providing tax record information to realtors, mortgage companies, escrow agents and completing tax certificates and tax searches.
• Serving as chief election officer of the county.
• Serving as chief general accounting officer: accounts payable, accounts receivable, central payroll and benefit administration, and preparation of periodic financial reports and annual financial statement.
• Serving on the budget committee and providing accounting/technical support for the annual budget and truth in taxation process.
• Disbursing county funds at the direction of the county board to cover county liabilities, and serving as chief investment officer to invest available fund balances under statutory guidelines.
• Providing licensing services for retail sales of liquor, beer, tobacco, precious metals, transient merchant, mass gathering permits, public fireworks displays, and gambling permits/exemptions.
• Collecting deed and mortgage registration taxes.
• Administering vital statistics – birth, death, marriage, notary public applications and service.

2016 Financial Statement Audit
2016 State Audit Report

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