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A SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT TO THE NEWPORT MINER & GEM STATE MINER

Who’s In Charge 2015 Guide to Government January 2015 Editor’s Note: The following information will also be posted on The Miner’s website, www.pendoreillerivervalley.com. If changes are warranted throughout the year, contact The Miner at 509-447-2433. The Miner staff contacted each of these agencies through letter and/or telephone to update the information.

Pend Oreille County County Offices Website: pendoreilleco.org Pend Oreille County offices are located at the following locations, all in Newport: • County Courthouse, 625 W. Fourth St. - Assessor, Auditor, Commissioners, Human Resources, Public Works, Community Development, Treasurer. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. • Courthouse Annex, 418 S. Scott Ave. Weed Board • Sheriff’s Office, 331 S. Garden Ave. Sheriff’s Offices, County Jail and 911 Dispatching. • McNally Hall of Justice, 229 S. Garden Ave. - Superior Court, Clerk’s Office, District Courtrooms and Office, County Prosecutors and Juvenile Department. Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. • Counseling Services, 105 S. Garden Ave. - Mental Health, Chemical Dependency Services and Prevention • Information Technology and Emergency Management, 101 S. Garden Ave • WSU Extension – 227 Garden Ave.

Commissioners

Pend Oreille and West Bonner Counties

Manus

Skoog

Kiss

executive body in county; including, but not limited to, approve taxes; adopt a balanced budget, operate budgets under control of appointed department heads; oversee public roads and works; counseling; planning of unincorporated areas; and other services which are not clearly the responsibility of another elected official. Appoint citizens to commissions and boards; represent the county locally, regionally and statewide on various boards such as public health and economic development. Mail: P.O. Box 5025, Newport, WA 99156 Board meets every Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. in commissioners’ office, main floor of the courthouse. Clerk of the Board: Elizabeth Braun Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday

Human Resources

509-447-6499

Duties: Receive and process all county employment applications; maintain personnel records; etc. Mail: P.O. Box 5025, Newport WA 99156 Human Resources Coordinator: Shelly Stafford

Auditor

509-447-4119

509-447-6474

District 1: Karen Skoog, member (2016) District 2: Mike Manus, vice chairman (2018) District 3: Steve Kiss, chairman (2016) Four-year terms Annual salary: $53,148 Duties: Serve as chief legislative and

Fax: 509-447-2475 Marianne Nichols (2014) Four-year term Annual salary: $56,642.64 Nichols Duties: Finance – Maintain county’s central computerized

accounting system, issuance of disbursements and responsible for financial accounting and reporting for expenditures, grants, budgets, and monthly and annual reports. Elections – Administer federal, state, county, municipal and special purpose elections. Licensing – Issuance of licenses for vehicles and vessels, titles, registrations, license plates and renewal tabs. Recording – Maintain historic records in perpetuity, including real property and marriage licenses. Public Records Officer Mail: P.O. Box 5015, Newport, WA 99156

Assessor

509-447-4312

Fax: 509-447-6450 James McCroskey (2018) Four-year term. Annual salary: $56,642.64 Duties: Determines the market value of all private McCroskey real and personal property within the county; constructs a property tax roll and establishes levy rates based on the taxing districts budgets according to state law; keeps records of ownership/ tax payers and legal descriptions of all private property; keeps maps of ownership including approximate property boundaries; administers senior/disabled citizen property tax exemption; and administers current use assessment programs. Mail: P.O. Box 5010, Newport, WA 99156

Treasurer

509-447-3612

Fax: 509-447-0318 Terri Miller (2014) Four-year term. Annual salary: $56,642.64 The treasurer serves Miller multiple state and local governmental entities and is accountable directly to the citizens. Primary

responsibilities include: Collecting real and personal property taxes (including performing foreclosures on real property and distraints of personal property), special assessments, excise tax, and miscellaneous receipts from other county districts and departments and collection of delinquent accounts; accounting for all funds and deposits of revenues for the state, county, cities and junior taxing districts (schools, port, cemeteries, fire, hospital, and water/sewer) mailing financial statements to all monthly; determining adequate liquidity in funds for issuance of warrants for payment to vendors for various entities; administering short- and long-term debt financing; managing the cash flow of the county and investing funds not needed for immediate expenditures for the county and junior taxing districts; coordinating banking services. Mail: P.O. Box 5080, Newport, WA 99156

Public Works 509-447-4513 Fax: 509-447-5890 Located in the lower level of the County Courthouse. Mail: P.O. Box 5065, Newport WA 99156 Castro • Administration Sam Castro, director of public works Don Ramsey, county engineer • County Road Division 509-447-4513 Responsible for all county Ramsey road work and projects performed by three county road maintenance districts and construction work; administers county road and equipment funds; designs road projects and issues calls for bids. Also responsible for road survey design and contract administration of county road construction projects. Mail: P.O. Box 5040, Newport, WA 99156 • Solid Waste Division 509-447-4513


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