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

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