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The County Clerk's Office
The County Clerk's Office handles many administrative duties for Jefferson County. These duties include:
- Acts as the Secretary to the Board of County Commissioners by scheduling meetings, preparing and distributing the agenda and recording and distributing official meeting minutes.
- Responsible for keeping official record of the Board of County Commissioners
- Serves as the County Election Officer
- Responsible for Human Resources
- Administrator of County Payroll
- Administrator of Accounts Payable
- Prepares Jefferson County Budget
- Review budgets for all County taxing entities
- Prepare budgets for cemeteries, townships, fire districts, drainage and watershed districts
- Calculate and set mill levies for all taxing entities
- Swears in elected officials and various board members
- Certifies Tax Unit Boundary Maps
- Issues Cereal Malt Beverage Licenses
- Register Scrap Metal Dealers
- Sell Kansas Wildlife and Parks permits
- Maintains inventory for Jefferson County
- Assist with Homestead Tax and Food Sales Tax Filings
- Keeps Real Estate Ownership Records (Assessment Roll)
- Prepare and add special assessments and state assessed utilities to tax roll
- Prepares the tax roll for the County