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Cass County approves contractor to post delinquent-tax notices with geotagged yard signs ahead of Aug. 6 tax sale
Summary
The Cass County Commission on June 17 approved Resolution 2658 authorizing an agreement with Friends in the Business LLC to post delinquent-tax notices for the 2026 annual tax sale. County staff said the vendor will place yard signs, photograph them, and store timestamped geodata to document notice and protect taxpayers' due-process rights.
The Cass County Commission on June 17 approved Resolution 2658 to hire Friends in the Business LLC to post delinquent-tax notices ahead of the county’s 2026 annual tax sale.
Commissioners voted 2-0 to approve the contract after a staff presentation from Mr. Mullendor, who described the vendor’s role in safeguarding the county’s notice process. “This is an important part of what we do during [the] tax sale process. We want to make sure the taxpayers have this 14th Amendment rights protected to due process,” Mr. Mullendor said.
Mr. Mullendor told commissioners that properties still eligible for the sale on Aug. 6 will receive a yard sign; the vendor will photograph each sign and create a digital file with an embedded geodata timestamp. He said the county will keep files in a Dropbox account and on a thumb drive, providing a time-and-date-stamped record for each property subject to sale. The vendor will also work in nearby Jasper County the weekend of Aug. 6–8; the contract covers properties in Cass County.
The chair called for a motion to approve the resolution; the motion was seconded and recorded as two in favor, zero opposed. No mover or seconder names were recorded in the meeting transcript.
The contract is intended to document notice delivery to satisfy due-process protections prior to the scheduled tax sale on Aug. 6, 2026.
