Clayton County, Iowa - Clayton County Auditor

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Courthouse Hours:

Treasurer

M-F 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

Assessor/Auditor/Recorder

M-F 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM

Supervisors

M & W 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

County Auditor & Commissioner of Elections

Dennis Freitag

Office location: Courthouse

Position: Elected to four year terms

The County Auditor is the ex-officio clerk of the Board of Supervisors and the following are some of his duties:

Custodian of the courthouse & grounds
Enters all real estate deeds in plat and transfer books
Maintains the official plat book and record of owners of real estate
Custodian of the bond of all county officials
Keeps a record of the proceeding of the Board of Supervisors and publishes the proceedings in the official newspapers of the county
Assesses property omitted by the County Assessor and the Board of Review
Keeps and records reports of county officers and townships
Prepares the county budget
Issues retail cigarette permits, beer and liquor licenses
Computes tax levies, prepares tax list and certifies the same to the County Treasurer for collection
Issues warrants of the County Treasurer for claims allowed by the Board of Supervisors
Maintains records of accounts of county patients at state hospitals
Prepares a ledger account of receipts and disbursements from the various funds
Reports to the Department of Management, Department of Revenue & Finance, Secretary of State, State Registrar of Voters, Department of Human Services, Department of Natural Resources, Auditor of State, Treasurer of State, and Department of Economic Development
Prepare and publish financial report
Prepare county payrolls, accounts receivable, and accounts payable
Certify an abstract of taxes
Agent for Board of Supervisors for sale of surplus property
Act as central grants administrator
Courthouse computer system coordinator
Prepares the agenda for the Board of Supervisors
Files manure management plans for public viewing
Election duties:

Clerk of the official canvass of elections

Supervision of lay-out and printing of all ballots

Custodian of the voting machines

Register voters & maintains those records

Supervision of delivery of ballots including absentees

Recruit & train precinct election workers

Publish legal notice of upcoming elections

Contacts:

Phone: (563) 245-1106

Fax: (563) 245-2353

Email:

Dennis Freitag, County Auditor - dfreitag@claytoncountyiowa.net
Jan Garms: accounts payable - jgarms@claytoncountyiowa.net
Bill Armstrong: IT, elections - barmstrong@claytoncountyiowa.net
Peggy Lane: payroll, benefits, real estate - plane@claytoncountyiowa.net
Jennifer Garms: GIS, elections, accounting - jmgarms@claytoncountyiowa.net

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Last Modified: 4/23/2008