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Auditor

Auditor and staff

    Missy Eilander        Diana Dawley, Auditor/Commissioner of Elections      Laura Moore
    Jan.2007                 March 1986                                                             April 2006
   
                                    Debbie Hershey                   Dixie Hudnut
                                    Jan. 2006                            Jan. 1994

Duties of the Poweshiek County Auditor



Clerk to the Board of Supervisors


Ø Schedules and posts Board of Supervisors Agenda. Records and preserves Board minutes and publishes proceedings in official newspapers.

Ø The Auditor is the Custodian of the Courthouse under the direction of the Board of Supervisors.

Ø Responsible for official documents, Resolutions, contracts, leases and ordinances.



Financial accounting


Ø Compile, calculate and monitor the County operating budget

Ø Prepare annual financial report

Ø Record all financial claims against the County and issue checks for all claims allowed by the Board of Supervisors.

Ø Prepare County payroll and issue payroll checks to all employees

Ø Serve as Trust Officer of the County Self Funded Health Insurance Plan



Elections


Ø Registers voters and maintains all voter registration records

Ø Prepares and supervises the printing a ballots

Ø Issues absentee ballots

Ø Trains election workers

Ø Conducts elections – Primary, general, city, school and special

Ø Prepare canvass and certificates of election



Real Estate


Ø Maintain official county plat books showing owners of all lands and town lots in Poweshiek County.

Ø Enter all real estate deeds in plat and transfer books after being recorded. Record and file change of title estates.

Ø Compute tax levies, prepare tax list, and certify same to the County Treasurer for collection.

Ø Prepare real estate valuation reports for other taxing entities budget preparation

Ø Administer tax incremental financing districts



Miscellaneous

Ø Secretary for the Civil Service Commission

Ø Issue Cigarette license to all applicants outside the City limits with Board of Supervisors approval

Ø Sell plat books

 

Click here for the Auditors Reports and Forms Page

Click here for Election Results Primary 2008

Click here for Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board information letter about campaign finance.

 

Office Hours 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M.

PHONE 641-623-5443
FAX 641-623-2363


ADDRESS:
POWESHIEK COUNTY AUDITOR
P.O. BOX 57
302 E. MAIN
MONTEZUMA, IA 50171

 

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