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Tax collector compensation and Conneautville agreement draw public comment; commissioners sign intergovernmental tax-collection deal
Summary
A Conneautville Borough vacancy prompted an intergovernmental agreement to have the county treasurer administer tax collection for the year; the county’s tax-collector compensation resolution drew public comment from a county tax-collector association president seeking wording clarifications.
Crawford County commissioners on Feb. 5 approved an intergovernmental agreement to provide tax-collection services for Conneautville Borough during a temporary vacancy and heard public comment urging edits to the county’s forthcoming tax-collector compensation resolution.
County Treasurer Christine (last name not given in the record) presented a resolution establishing tax-collector compensation for the 2026–2029 tax years and a proposed intergovernmental agreement with Conneautville Borough, where the borough’s tax-collector office is currently vacant. The resolution packet also included a printing contract for 2025 real-estate tax bills and an extension for the tax-claim software maintenance contract.
Sarah Madbeck, identified in the record as Woodcock tax collector and president of the Crawford County Tax Collectors Association, spoke during public comment and requested specific edits to the compensation resolution. “We noticed that in paragraph 7, the word June is still has not been changed to July where that was supposed to have been updated. So we would like that updated,” Madbeck said. She also asked that new paragraph 14 explicitly state that a tax collector who provides the required TXT file will receive the 25¢ incentive payment, noting the current wording does not clearly guarantee that payment. Madbeck raised concerns about the process used by Conneautville Borough to fill a vacancy and said a joint collection arrangement with a neighboring tax collector (one step earlier in the statutory sequence) had been offered but not pursued.
Commissioners and staff discussed the mechanics. One commissioner said the county could sign the intergovernmental agreement to allow bills to be reprinted promptly; county staff reported no objection among the commissioners to doing so. On the Conneautville vacancy, a commissioner explained some municipalities may be unfamiliar with all options for addressing a vacancy and suggested outreach or education from tax-collector association members.
The transcript records commissioners agreeing to move forward with the Conneautville intergovernmental agreement (no objection recorded). The record does not show a final signed vote in open session on the county-wide compensation resolution immediately after the public comment; Madbeck’s requested wording clarifications were noted and staff said they would work on formatting and file-format issues for uploading tax data into the tax-claim system.
Ending: County staff said they would follow up with the borough and with tax-collector association representatives. The county’s next full session is scheduled for Feb. 12.
