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Welcome to the Kittitas County Treasurer's office
Deanna Panattoni is the Kittitas County Treasurer.
The County Treasurer holds a key position of public trust in the financial
affairs of local government. Acting as the "bank" for the county, school
districts, fire districts, water districts and other units of local government,
the treasurer's office receipts, disburses, invests and accounts for the funds
of each of these entities. In addition, the treasurer is charged with the
collection of various taxes that benefit a wide range of governmental units.
The responsibilities of the treasurer are as follows:
- Receipting of Funds
- As the depository for all funds, fees collected by other county offices as
well as those collected by the various districts, are forwarded to the
treasurer for custody. State and federal monies allocated to local
governments are transmitted to the treasurer and are deposited to the proper
funds in accordance with current statutes. Monthly reports are prepared to
show the accounting transactions by fund for each unit of government.
- Collection of Taxes
- No treasurer shall accept tax payments or issue receipts for the same
until the treasurer has completed the tax roll for the current year's
collection and provided notification of the completion of the roll.
Notification may be accomplished electronically, by posting a notice in the
office, or through other written communication as determined by the
treasurer. Under state law, they are considered payable at that time but may
be paid in one-half installments with first-half due no later than April 30
and second-half due no later than October 31 if the tax is $50 or
greater--any tax or assessment under $50 is due in full.
The treasurer conducts an annual tax foreclosure sale on properties which
have three years delinquent taxes or assessments.
- Disbursement of Funds
- The treasurer redeems all school, county and district warrants from monies
available in the fund upon which they were drawn. If a fund has insufficient
monies, each warrant is registered and interest charges begin to accrue.
Then as monies become available, those warrants are called for redemption in
the order of their issuance.
- Investment of Funds
- Fund managers for different units of local government provide written
authorization for the county treasurer to invest monies not required for
immediate expenditure. The treasurer then places these monies in legally
authorized investments for the benefit of the specific units of local
governments.
- Miscellaneous Duties
- Bond sales authorized by the county and school or other local districts
are coordinated with the treasurer. A detailed record is kept of every bond
and its principal and interest payments. The treasurer also conducts the
sale of all county surplus items.
In Kittitas County the county treasurer's office handles the monies for the
following:
- Seven School Districts
- Eight Fire Districts
- Five Water Districts
- One Sewer District
- Two Hospital Districts
- One Cemetery District
- One Irrigation District
- Sixty-Three County Funds
- One P.U.D. District
- Eight Weed Districts
- Five Cities
- Forty State Funds
- One Soil Conservation District
Kittitas County has approximately 37,000 Real Property parcels, 2,400
Personal Property parcels, and 700 State-Assessed property parcels.
Additionally, in 2011, the Treasurers Office processed statements for 2,850
Irrigation District accounts, 113 Road Improvement District accounts, and 99
Utility Local Improvement District accounts.
The duties of the county treasurer are many and varied, each requiring the
efficient and reliable handling of public funds. With responsibilities extending
beyond the scope of county operations, the county treasurer plays a key
fiduciary role in the operation of the local government. |
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