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Auditor outlines elections, real estate and township pay issues during FY26 budget review
Summary
The auditor's office presented FY26 budget items including staffing and technology changes for elections, annual mailing costs, projected voting-equipment replacement and a discussion on township trustee/clerk pay that the board asked staff to analyze further.
Auditor's Office staff reviewed divisions and budget requests for FY26, focusing on training, the county's statutorily required tax mailing, election technology needs and an extended discussion about township trustee and clerk compensation.
Tim Jamieson, systems real estate tax manager, summarized the office's work: three divisions (elections, accounts payable/payroll and real estate), 8,755 claims processed in calendar 2024, more than 10,500 payroll payments and tax-bill calculations for more than 75,000 parcels. He flagged ongoing training needs because several long-tenured employees plan to retire and noted a new recurring printing/postage cost driven by state law that requires the county to mail notice packets to taxpayers.
Staff said the mandated property-tax mailing (a Senate/House-file requirement) ran about 43,000 pieces and cost less than the budgeted…
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