A special supplement to the newport miner & gem State Miner
Who’s In Charge 2017 Guide to Government Pend Oreille and West Bonner Counties
January 2017
Auditor
Pend Oreille County
509-447-6474
County Offices Website: pendoreilleco.org Pend Oreille County offices are located at the following locations, all in Newport: • County Courthouse, 625 W. Fourth St.: Assessor, Auditor, Commissioners, Human Resources, Public Works, Community Development, Treasurer Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday • Courthouse Annex, 418 S. Scott Ave.: Community Development (as of March 1, 2017) • Sheriff’s Office, 331 S. Garden Ave.: Sheriff’s Offices, County Jail and 911 Dispatching • McNally Hall of Justice, 229 S. Garden Ave.: Superior Court, Clerk’s Office, District Courtrooms and Office, County Prosecutors and Juvenile Department Hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MondayFriday • Counseling Services, 105 S. Garden Ave.: Mental Health, Chemical Dependency Services and Prevention • Information Technology and Emergency Management, 101 S. Garden Ave • WSU Extension and Weed Board, 227 Garden Ave. (as of March 7, 2017)
Commissioners 509-447-4119
District 1: Chairwoman Karen Skoog (2020)
Skoog
Manus
Kiss
District 2: Member Mike Manus (2018) District 3: Vice Chairman Steve Kiss (2020) Four-year terms Annual salary: $53,945.28 Serves as chief legislative and executive body in county, including, but not limited to: approve taxes, adopt a balanced budget, operating budgets under control of appointed department heads; oversee public roads and works, counseling, planning of unincorporated areas, and other services which are not clearly the responsibility of another elected official; appoint citizens to commissions and boards; represent the county locally, regionally and statewide on various boards such as public health and economic development. P.O. Box 5025, Newport, WA 99156 Board meets every Monday and Tuesday at 9 a.m. in commissioners’ office, main floor of the courthouse. Clerk of the Board: Rhonda Cary Office hours: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday
Human Resources 509-447-6499
Plans, organizes and manages County Human Resources programs P.O. Box 5025, Newport WA 99156 Human Resources Manager: Spencer Shanholtzer
Fax: 509-447-2475 Marianne Nichols (2018) Four-year term Annual salary: $57,492.24 Maintains county’s central computerized accounting system, issuance of disbursements and responsible for financial accounting and reporting for expenditures, grants, budgets, and monthly and annual reports; administer federal, state, county, municipal and special purpose Nichols elections; issuance of licenses for vehicles and vessels, titles, registrations, license plates and renewal tabs; maintain historic records in perpetuity, including real property and marriage licenses; public records officer P.O. Box 5015, Newport, WA 99156
Assessor
509-447-4312 Fax: 509-447-6450 James McCroskey (2018) Four-year term Annual salary: $57,492.24 Determines the market value of all private real and personal property within the county; constructs a property tax roll and establishes levy rates based on the taxing districts budgets according to state law; keeps records of ownership/tax payers McCroskey and legal descriptions of all private property; keeps maps of ownership including approximate property boundaries; administers senior/disabled citizen property
tax exemption; and administers current use assessment programs. P.O. Box 5010, Newport, WA 99156
Treasurer
509-447-3612 Fax: 509-447-0318 Terri Miller (2018) Four-year term Annual salary: $57,492.24 Collects real and personal property taxes, including performing foreclosures on real property and distraints of personal property, special assessments, excise tax, and miscellaneous receipts from other county districts and departments and collection of delinquent accounts; accounting for all funds and deposits of revenues for the state, county, Miller cities and junior taxing districts such as schools, port, cemeteries, fire, hospital, and water/sewer; mailing financial statements; determining adequate liquidity in funds for issuance of warrants for payment to vendors for various entities; administering short- and long-term debt financing; managing the cash flow of the county and investing funds not needed for immediate expenditures for the county and junior taxing districts; coordinating banking services. P.O. Box 5080, Newport, WA 99156
Public Works Department 509-447-4513
Fax: 509-447-5890 Located in the lower level of the