Clerk Treasurer Appraiser Register of Deeds Engineer Planning & Zoning Attorney Road Department Solid Waste Noxious Weed Extension Council

The following lists are a sampling of the many ways that your local county government serves the residents of Anderson County, Kansas.

Commission

• Govern, set and enforce policies at weekly meetings
• Approve budgets for all entities and conduct budget hearings
• Oversee equipment purchases, hiring and firing of employees, tax sales, bill payment and emergency declarations
• Appoint members to boards and committees
• Serve on multiple regional boards including Hospital, RC&D, Multi-County Health, Southeast Kansas Regional Planning and Lake Region Solid Waste
• Serve as fence viewers

Clerk

• Serve as secretary to County Commissioners
• Sell ownership maps
• Provide income tax forms for the state
• Coordinate and pay invoices for all departments
• Answers vendor inquiries and analyze vendor accounts
• Record and post daily receipts and disbursements for county and balance with Treasurer
• Generate daily cash reports and monthly summary detail for each department
• Manage all employee benefits
• Collect timecards, prepare and distribute payroll for all departments
• Sell fish and game licenses
• Record hours worked, paid leave, comp time and pay rates for all employees
• Maintain employee personnel files and job descriptions
• Perform monthly bank reconciliation
• Prepare all year end forms for federal and state taxes
• Prepare monthly and quarterly payroll reports for federal and state
• Distribute reports to aid in preparing budgets
• File homestead and food sales tax claims
• Rent community building
• Manage voter registration
• Distribute memorial markers
• Oversee township, city and cemetery budgets
• Conduct elections
• Manage liability and workers compensation insurance
• Balance valuations and set levies
• Run tax statements
• Work with the 911 system
• Serve on the pandemic flu task force
• Redirect phone calls to the appropriate county offices

Treasurer

• Receive, enforce and distribute tax payments
• Work as Agents of the State issuing vehicle titles, tags and registrations
• Work as Agents of the State issuing drivers’ licenses, instruction permits and ID cards
• Provide real estate and personal property tax information
• Process advance payments for homestead system
• Process Neighborhood Revitalization rebates
• Assist with Payment under Protest process
• Assist with tax grievance issues and applications
• Assist with tax foreclosure sales
• File tax claims with bankruptcy trustees
• Request garnishments for payment of taxes
• Establish escrow accounts for customers, current and delinquent taxes
• Prepare actual and estimate reports for taxing entity budgets
• Issue all special plates and disabled cards
• Process vehicle title liens and releases
• Process title changes
• Maintain inventory control for the State of Kansas
• File Highway Use Tax and Federal ID number applications
• Work with sales tax collections, credits and exemptions
• Coordinate with Kansas Corporation Commission, United Carrier Registration System and Kansas Wildlife and Parks
• Perform drivers license accounting and reports
• Process address changes on driver’s license, taxes and vehicle registrations
• Prepare bank deposits, balance daily transactions and process accounting for all county department funds, balancing with clerk’s office daily
• Ensure public funds are protected by securities and invest funds
• Provide computer support and maintenance, set up and support county website, on-line services, PC hardware/software installation and maintenance, programming and application development

Appraiser

• List and valuate all taxable property
• Provide estimates of property market value
• Maintain and provide property maps
• Perform agriculture use verification
• Assist with property identification, ownership, property boundaries, and land use
• Assist with legal descriptions, deed interpretations, and mapping questions
• Perform sales verification
• Provide explanations of market value and market trends
• Perform residential and commercial index and depreciation studies
• Provide details of residential and commercial properties, such as area, age, number of bedrooms, etc.
• Provide split tax-value estimates
• Provide vehicle and “blue book” values
• Provide tax estimates on proposed structures
• Perform neighborhood and land value analysis
• Perform market analysis and build market models
• Conduct valuation appeals hearings
• Prepare and certify the appraisal roll
• Prepare information for State Board of Tax Appeals (BOTA)
• Represent county in BOTA and district court

Register of Deeds

• Record all qualified documents
• Maintain index of land ownership
• Assist with ownership, legal descriptions, lot sizes, easements, deed interpretations and mapping questions
• Maintain deeds with current ownership names
• Assist in ancestry searches
• Input and scan recorded documents electronically
• Microfilm all records for preservation
• Perform clerical tasks involved with recording land transfers, mortgages, oil and gas leases and real estate documents
• Distribute recorded documents to offices as needed
• Prepare and send reports to the Kansas Department of Revenue
• Provide applications for birth and death certificates and Social Security numbers

Engineer

• Provide bridge and road design
• Perform right-of-way acquisition
• Maintain road records
• Perform traffic studies and road vacations
• Issue road and moving permits
• Provide 911 addresses and coordinate with cities and post office
• File for federal and state disaster assistance
• Perform biennial bridge inspections and load ratings
• Maintain county road map and bridge files
• Make determinations on rule exception applications to the sanitation code
• Prepare and maintain operation plans and permits
• Advertise bids for equipment, materials and construction projects
• Prepare five-year construction plan for federal aid projects
• Coordinate and work with KDOT on federal aid projects
• Assist with construction observation

Planning & Zoning

• Implement zoning regulations, sanitation code and comprehensive plan
• Issue building and sanitation permits
• Serve as floodplain, Local Environmental Protection Plan and Welda sewer administrator
• License all local sanitation contractors
• Make recommendation to Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals
• Participate in watershed district meetings

Attorney

• Numerous duties required by state statue and judicial rules
• Represent county in civil and criminal actions
• Organize and review case files
• Issue subpoenas
• Prepare journal entries
• Provide discovery to attorneys
• Provide notice to victims and witnesses
• Respond to open records act requests
• Observe urinalysis collection
• Collect payments for worthless checks
• Handle truancy and diversion cases
• Supply copies of briefs
• Assist with small claims and protection from abuse

Road and Bridge

• Construct and maintain gravel and chip-seal roads, bridges, culverts, ditches and entrances
• Remove snow and ice from roadways
• Apply dust control
• Install and maintain roadway signs
• Provide traffic control
• Mow roadsides and ditches
• Provide fleet maintenance
• Maintain Swank Park
• Clear brush and fallen trees from right-of-way
• Close roads when required from flood, tornado, accidents, etc.
• Perform minor facility maintenance for courthouse, community building, fair grounds, sheriff’s office
• Assist cities within the county with road, ditch and entrance maintenance
• Assist churches and cemeteries with minor maintenance

Noxious Weed

• Enforce noxious weed control
• Spray county and state right-of-ways and keep records of same
• Supply and sell chemical for residents
• Inspect state selected acres

County Sheriff

• Investigate criminal activity and vehicle crashes
• Enforce state laws and county resolutions
• Handle concealed carry applications
• Prepare case files for prosecution
• Serve out-of-county papers
• Document shift activities
• Fingerprint for various professional licenses
• Perform vehicle inspections
• Provide funeral escorts
• Assist with storm watching
• Provide security for county events
• Maintain jail roster and activity reports
• Generate monthly report of civil papers, citations and transport miles
• File and serve protection from abuse and protection from stalking orders
• Assist with court ordered civil standbys
• Register drug, violent and sex offenders
• Instruct county schools in DARE
• Serve warrants and court papers
• Store and control evidence
• Provide courtroom and courthouse security
• Assist other agencies with investigations (GPD, KHP, KBI, etc.)
• Conduct home visits with SRS and court services officers
• Conduct residential watch of unoccupied residences
• Transport and incarcerate prisoners
• Conduct sheriff’s sales

Solid Waste

• Disposal of municipal solid waste, construction and demolition waste, and household hazardous waste
• Recycle common materials
• Provide for disposal on Saturdays
• Serve on Lake Region Solid Waste Board of Directors
• Maintain charge accounts at the waste station
• Prepare and maintain waste station operation plans and permits

Emergency Management

• Coordinate and compile damage assessment reports
• Coordinate requests for state and federal emergency assistance
• Conduct risk vulnerability assessments, incident reporting, and emergency response operations planning and management
• Maintain the Code Red system
• Conduct NIMS training of staff and other emergency personnel
• Coordinate the annual Wolf Creek disaster drill
• Serve on Local Emergency Planning Committee
• Present demonstrations at civic organizations

Rural Fire

• Manage eight fire stations and 150 firefighters
• Respond to emergencies involving fire, rescue, and hazardous materials incidents
• Assist in determining fire cause and origin
• Prepare and maintain fire reports
• Track and document firefighting equipment requiring testing and re-certification
• Receive, deliver, set up, and train firefighters on new equipment
• Provide public safety and fire prevention programs
• Perform inspections per mandated requirements by the State of Kansas and other entities
• Oversee the Anderson County Firefighters Relief Association insurance and perform Secretary/Treasurer duties associated with the Association

In addition to the above listed duties, all departments are charged with the following tasks

• Answer questions and supply information to the public through phone calls, publications and personal assistance
• Develop and monitor budgets
• Attend respective county official meetings at district and state levels
• Attend training and continuing education classes
• Coordinate with and prepare annual reports for respective state departments
• Research grant opportunities
• Track and report receipts
• Procure equipment, machinery and supplies
• Maintain inventory of assets
• Maintain records as required by the Kansas State Historical Society
• Watch Kansas legislative sessions and testify if necessary
• Train and job share across department lines whenever needed

a href=