Annually the Auditors office assesses each manufactured home and prepares a tax duplicate. Tax bills are sent to each owner semi-annually. The Auditor is the Sealer of Weights and Measures for the entire county, thus protecting the general public from the possible loss which may occur from faulty measuring devices, such as scales and pumps. He is charged with the responsibility of insuring that all state laws relating to weights and measures are strictly enforced. The Auditor's office is the focal point in the county for the issuance of licenses for dogs, kennels, vendors, cigarettes, and junk yards.
Dog licenses comprise the largest number of licenses sold.
The annual dog registration is a service designed to benefit the animal, its owner and the community. Dog licenses sold in 1994 added up to 5,846. Vendor's licenses authorize businesses to sell tangible property to the public collecting Sales Tax of which part is returned for use on the local level. The Auditor is the permanent Secretary of the Budget Commission which also includes the County Treasurer and the Prosecutor. It is the responsibility of the Commission to annually review the tax budgets of all the taxing districts within the county and to determine that all tax levies are properly authorized in addition, the commission allocates to local governments and libraries the monies for which they are eligible.