County Treasurer
April Bowersock
P.O. Box 56
209 S. Blackhoof Street
Wapakoneta, Ohio 45895
Phone: 419-739-6745
Biography of April Bowersock
April and her husband have two daughters and reside in Wapakoneta, Ohio. April is a graduate of Wapakoneta High School and is a life long resident of Auglaize County. She is the current Treasurer and past Council President of St. Paul United Church of Christ in Wapakoneta. April also serves as Treasurer and Board Member of Wapakoneta Chapter Dollars for Scholars. She is a member and past President of the Auglaize County Republican Women’s Club. She has 18 years finance experience in banking and 25+ years of management experience
April has served the Citizens of Auglaize County as Treasurer since December 2004. April immediately developed an auto pay, direct debit program for the payment of real estate taxes and sewer payments. April also implemented a program to allow credit card payments via over-the-counter, by phone or online for real estate taxes, mobile homes taxes and sewer payments.
Duties of the Auglaize County Treasurer
County treasurers, who are elected to four-year terms, serve as the county banker, safe keeper of all taxes and investor of local funds. The responsibilities of county treasurer include:
- Collection of local taxes, particularly the real property and personal taxes. They are also responsible for taxes on manufactured homes, inheritance, hotel-motel and special assessments.
- Safekeeping of taxes collected in taxing districts such as schools, cities, townships and villages
- Preparations of daily and monthly financial statements of deposits submitted to the County Auditor
- Investment of undisbursed funds to earn revenue for the general operating fund.
- Serves on the County Investment Board to provide financial data, investment instruments, financial forecasting, and current and future interest rate schedules.
- Oversight of complaints from property owners who feel their property taxes are too high
- Approval of spending levels for schools, cities and townships
- Assessment of computer needs for the county.
Staff
The Treasurer's office has a staff of 3 full time employees:
Janet Wellmen
Barb Smith
Ruth Smith
Several part time employees help at real estate tax collection time during the year.
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Page Last Modified: June 23, 2010
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