News From The Treasurer's Office
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Property taxes are due on Feb. 17, 2012 (for the 2nd half of the year). Tax bills should be in the mail by Jan. 15, 2012. Anyone who does not receive a bill by Jan. 30 and should have one: please call the Treasurer's office at 474-2370.
Manufactured homes: taxes are also due on Feb. 17, 2012.
Taxes may be paid with MasterCard or Visa, either in person or by phone.
Treasurer's office hours are: M-F 8AM-4PM.
As required by law, any payment made within 10 days after the due date is subject to a 5% late penalty and any payment made 10 days or more after the due date will have a 10% late penalty.
These penalties apply to real estate, manufactured homes and personal property taxes.
Please feel free to call our office with any questions. Thank you for allowing me to serve you.
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Primary Purpose of Department |
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| Ellery Elick is sworn in for his second term as county
treasurer on Aug. 28, 2009. |
The county treasurer has multiple roles which combine into one main function--that being the chief financial officer
for the county's funds. Those funds are derived from several sources. As the chief
tax collector, the treasurer oversees all forms of levied taxes including real estate
property, manufactured homes, personal property (both tangible and intangible*),
inheritance (estate) tax, and the collection of taxes from vendors and cigarette
licenses. In addition, all monies from other various county departments are paid into
the treasurer's office for distribution by the county auditor. The treasurer is responsible
for making sure all monies are balanced daily and deposited in a timely manner. As the
chief investment officer for the county, the treasurer has the responsibility to invest
all monies in sound, safe and quality investments to maximize earnings, and to also record
and distribute interest received accordingly. The treasurer serves on several county boards, including:
Board Of Revision, Budget Commission, Data Processing Board, and other committees as
requested.
*Intangible-property tax was the business tax collected on inventory, sales, etc.; this is no longer being collected because it has been phased out by the state legislature.
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Major Accomplishments of 2010 |
- The treasurer continues the practice of investing funds in local financial
institutions for maximum return on investments, while supporting the local economy.
- The treasurer cross-trained staff on job functions in order to provide better use of work time
and staffing.
- The office collaborated with the county prosecutor in development
of a plan for actively pursuing the collection of delinquent real estate and personal-property taxes; these collection efforts will be an ongoing process.
- The office now has
email and a website (www.picktreasurer.org).
- The office now accepts MasterCard & VISA for
payment of taxes; this was added at no expense to the county.
- The use of email tax-payment
processing for mortgage company payments is now in effect.
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Key Statistical Information For 2010 |
- Processed and mailed approximately 47,500 real estate tax-parcel bills.
- Processed and mailed approximately 3,900 manufactured-home tax-parcel bills.
- Receipted and deposited over $35.9 million in department pay-ins. (Pay-ins are other receipts from the various elected officials and/or departments such as Job & Family Services, etc. that are in addition to the tax collections.)
- Earned and receipted $301,450 in interest income for the general fund.
- Collected and deposited $1,737,746 in inheritance taxes.
- Collected and deposited $157,885 in personal-property taxes.
- Collected and deposited $274,978 in manufactured-home taxes.
- Collected and deposited $44,549,931 in real estate property taxes.
- Maintained investment portfolio of $20.1 million for the county.
- Collected over $624,000 in delinquent taxes through an improved systematic collection plan.
- Processed approximately 497 bankruptcies and foreclosure filings and passed
them to the prosecutor's office.
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Future Plans For The Department |
Plans are currently underway to improve the treasurer's website to include
taxpayer lookup of tax accounts and to develop an online bill-payment system.
Continued emphasis will be placed on delinquent tax collections; there will be increased
co-operation between the treasurer's office and the prosecutor's office in order to facilitate this goal.
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