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Auditor
Contact Information
County Auditor
Monroe County Courthouse
10 Benton Ave East
Albia, Iowa 52531
About Auditor
The Auditor prepares meeting agendas and notifies the media, maintains all official records
of meeting minutes, Board voting records, resolutions, contracts, and correspondence.
The office publishes the proceedings and other legal notices.
The auditor administers all federal, state, and local elections that take place in the county. Responsibilities include voter registrations, absentee voting, recruitment and training of precinct election officials, printing and counting ballots, receiving nomination papers and notifying voters of elections, certifying results to the state or political subdivision involved and issues certificates of election to the proper person.
The Auditor receives and compiles budget information from the various county departments and presents it to the Board of Supervisors and monitors the budget throughout the fiscal year. Budgets of other governmental entities are filed with the Auditor such as: Schools, Cities, Townships, Agricultural Extension, Emergency Management, County Assessor, E911 Service Board, etc.
The Auditor completes an annual financial report at the end of each fiscal year. Payroll is processed by this office. Claims for all services and materials rendered and charged to the various county departments are submitted to this office for payment.
The Auditor enters and maintains records of all real estate transfers in the county.
The Auditor keeps the plat maps and transfer books current so the public can examine them and determine property ownership.
The Auditor receives the assessed valuations from the county assessor and applies the biannual equalization and annual rollback to produce the taxable valuation for each property in the county. The auditor processes taxes and produces a tax book for the county treasurer.
The Auditor processes cigarette licenses, beer & liquor permits for businesses in unincorporated areas.
Documents
Proposed Property Tax Levy FY23.24 Notice
Proposed Property Tax Levy FY 22.23 Notice
Designation of Polling Sites
Statement of Tax Rates 2009-2010
Statement of Tax Rates 2010-2011
Statement of Tax Rates 2013-2014
Statement of Tax Rates 2014-2015
Statement of Tax Rates 2015-2016
Statement of Tax Rates 2016-2017
Statement of Tax Rates 2017-2018
Statement of Tax Rates 2018-2019
Statement of Tax Rates 2019-2020
Statement of Tax Rates 2020-2021
Statement of Tax Rates 2021-2022
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