Poweshiek County Auditor

                      Dixie Hudnut - Jan. 1994          Debbie Hershey - Jan. 2006

                      Laura Moore - April 2006          Missy Eilander - Jan. 2007



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

Ø Passport applications (Click here for the passport information page)

Click here for the Auditors Reports and Forms Page

Click here for Poweshiek County Voting Precincts

Click here for 2011 School Election Official Results
Poweshiek County

Click here for 2011 Poweshiek County
City Elections Official Results

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

PHONE 641-623-5443
FAX 641-623-2363
Auditor's e-mail: ddawley@poweshiekcounty.org

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