Courthouse News & Announcements

Courthouse News - April 4, 2008

UNION COUNTY RECORDER, Paula White, 641-782-1725.

Congratulations to John Tapken, Union County Conservation Director, on his upcoming retirement.  Doug Jones & staff will be having a come & go retirement party at Three Mile Lodge, Thursday, April 24 from 4-7 pm.  Stop by and congratulate John.

Passport changes effective Feb. 1:

1. A New Passport Card for land & sea travel to Mexico, Canada, Bermuda & the Caribbean can be applied for, but will not be processed until late spring.
2. Fee changes for passports also went into effect.  The federal fee went up $8.00 and the county share went down $5.00.  The net result is a $3.00 increase.  Processing times are still 4-6 weeks.
3. Now children under 16 will require two parent consent.

Log onto the federal website: travel.state.gov for additional information or call our office.

The Iowa Recorder’s Association has a new website available to search land transactions at no fee.  www.iowalandrecords.org.

Boaters Take Note:  Casual sales (sales between individuals) are subject to Iowa Sales Tax and depending on the point of delivery, local option tax.  You need a Bill of Sale from the seller, registration and a title if the boat is 17’ or longer.

The Union County Website is www.unioncountyiowa.org.  Forms are available to request a vital record, marriage application, passport application or bill of sale form.  If you have a problem with any of these services, please call the office so we can help you.

 

UNION COUNTY AUDITOR - Sandy Hysell, 641-782-1701.

UNION COUNTY TREASURER - Linda Marley,641-782-1710.
Drivers License (hours 8:30-4:00).

Property taxes were due by March 31^st.  Any parcel that is not paid by May 1^st, will receive a delinquent notice in the mail listing the amount of taxes and penalty due.  Parcels that are still not paid by May 30^th will be published for tax sale in the Creston News Advertiser.  The tax sale will be held Monday June 16^th.  The tax sale registration information will be available in our office and online at www.iowatreasurers.org after June 1^st. 

The Senior Citizen/Disabled property tax credit forms are available now.  They need to be filled out and returned to our office prior to Jun 1^st.  The income maximum for this year is $19,503.00. 

Due to budget constraints, Denny will still be doing drive tests all day every Wednesday but only every other Friday morning.  Drive tests appointments are only scheduled once all necessary testing has been completed.  The schedule has been running a week to 10 days out right now so be sure to allow yourself plenty of time when testing and scheduling drives. 

www.iowatreasurers.org

www.getyourtags.com

  

UNION COUNTY ASSESSOR - Gene Haner, 641-782-1735.

Please check and make sure you have a current Homestead and Military Exemption on your property.  If you have purchased a different home, make sure you have signed up for these exemptions.

The qualification for any honorably discharged member of the United Armed Forces has been changed to be eligible for the military exemption on your property taxes. Now if you have served eighteen months or more in the armed forces irregardless of when you served, you are now eligible for a Military Exemption or if you have served for twenty years in the Reserves or the National Guard you are also eligible for the military credit. What is required to sign for this credit is either a DD-214 from the regular service or a complete listing of years served from the Guard or Reserve.

You are also required to inform this office if you have removed or built any new buildings or dwellings or if you have remodeled any buildings or dwellings.

Family Farm Credit is now a one-time sign up and can be signed at any time for qualifying owners.

 

UNION COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS-Mike King, Chairperson, Ron Riley, Vice-chair, Bob Brown, Don Irelan, Tom McCann—782-1720

On October 1, 2007 the Prairie Solid Waste Agency landfill transitioned to the Prairie Solid Waste Agency transfer station.  The new 5490 square foot transfer station is located at the sight of the former landfill.

The transfer station handles approximately 20,000 ton of solid waste per year while serving 24,000 residents in Adams, Taylor, and Union Counties.  Facility users deposit their waste into one of three Transtors, which are stainless steel holding bins.  The containers operate on hydraulics that then tip into the transfer trailers for removal.  Two of the Transtors are for commercial dumping and one of the Transtors is for non-commercial dumping.  When the trailers are filled they are then transferred to Metro Park East Landfill in Mitchellville, Iowa.  An average of three to four loads of waste is taken to Metro Park daily, Monday through Friday.

The transfer station operations and hauling are contracted by Brian Gay Construction of Villisca, Iowa. The Prairie Solid Waste Agency has one full-time employee, the office manager, and five part-time employees.  The part-time employees include two scale people, two who work at the Regional collection center and one who is a demanufacturer. Other services provided by Prairie Solid Waste Agency are household hazard waste disposal, tire recycling, electronic recycling, and freon and non-freon appliance disposal.

Prairie Solid Waste Agency transfer station is in full operation and it is their intent to meet the area’s long term waste disposal needs. Ron Riley is the Landfill county rep.

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