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Courthouse News - May 9, 2008 UNION COUNTY RECORDER, Paula White, 641-782-1725. Iowa Department of Natural Resources has set June 6-8 as free fishing days for Iowa Residents. Passport changes effective Feb. 1:
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. The June 3, 2008 Primary Election Ballot is ready for absentee voting. Requests for an absentee ballot can be mailed to the Auditor’s Office and a ballot will be mailed to the voter or a voter can come to the Auditor’s Office to vote. Voter Registration Deadline to get on the Register’s at the Polls for the Primary Election is Saturday, May 24, 2008. The last day to request an absentee ballot to be mailed to a voter is Friday, May 30, 2008. The voter can come to the Courthouse on Saturday May 31, or Monday, June 2, 2006 to vote an absentee ballot. As of January 1 of this year we now have same day voter registration at the polls. If you register at the polls, give yourself plenty of time. This is a new process for the poll workers and there are a few forms that need to be filled out before you can vote. Make sure to have your current and valid photo ID card with you. If you have any questions on the same day voter registration, please give us a call. The Auditor’s Office will be open on Saturday, May 24, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday, May 31, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Courthouse will be closed on May 26, 2008 to observe Memorial Day.
UNION COUNTY TREASURER - Linda Marley,641-782-1710. Property taxes were due by March 31st. Any parcel that was not paid by May 1st, should have received a delinquent notice in the mail listing the amount of taxes and penalty due. Parcels that are still not paid by May 29th will be published for tax sale in the Creston News Advertiser. The tax sale will be held Monday June 16th. The tax sale registration information is available in our office and online at www.iowatreasurers.org. The copy of the delinquent list will not be available until after June 6th. 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 1st. 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 appointment s 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
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 ROCK ROADS Union County Secondary Roads Department is in the process of contracting for road rock to be hauled by Schildbergs, Inc. Due to the harsh winter many roads were left with little or no rock on them and in many spots the road crews have been battling frost boil areas all spring long. So far this spring road crews have been patching the worst spots through out the county and have not yet started to haul permanent rock on roads. The Union County Engineer and the Board of Supervisors have agreed to contract approximately 30 miles of roads to be rocked by Schildberg crews. The cost for 30 miles of contracted rock is approximately $170,000. These dollars will come from the Secondary Roads Fund. SEAL COAT ROADS The harsh winter was also hard on the seal coat roadways. The roads department is planning on repairing bad spots with asphalt patching, and will re seal approximately 10 miles of roadway. This is a yearly maintenance item for the county as there are over 27 miles of seal coat roadways and they require resealing every 3 years. The County’s seal coat budget last year was $180,000. But due to rising oil prices and more areas to repair this year’s budget could be upwards of $250,000. This money will also come from the Secondary Roads Fund. The board is working with Mr. Nixon and bonding council to look into ways that we can change seal coats to asphalt pavement to help with the yearly maintenance on these roads. BRIDGES The department is in the process of replacing the bridge on the High and Dry Road next year. The project is still in the planning state and will be let for bids in the winter of 08/09. The new bridge will be a little longer, and much wider than the existing bridge and is anticipated to cost around $600,000. Eighty percent of this cost will come from the County’s federal bridge replacement fund. Union County receives approximately $180,000 a year in federal aid for bridge replacements. This money is only to be used on federally approved routes. The remaining twenty percent will be paid out of the County’s Farm to Market fund. Union County receives approximately $540,000 a year to be spent on reconstruction projects on Farm to Market routes.
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