Posts Tagged ‘Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein’
County in good financial shape
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners heard a positive report about the county’s financial standing during its Monday morning meeting. Keith Slussen of Columbia accounting firm Fick, Eggemeyer & Williamson…
Read MoreCounty board hears about truancy
Monroe-Randolph Regional Superintendent of Schools Kelton Davis discussed “rampant” truancy in the bi-county area during Monday’s meeting of the Monroe County Board of Commissioners. While no extra funding will be…
Read MoreNew pagers for fire departments
It’s all systems go for local fire departments since a new set of pagers have been activated. Monroe County Public Safety Director Kevin Scheibe during Monday’s meeting of the Monroe…
Read MorePrange praised upon passing
Retired longtime Monroe County Treasurer Merrill Prange passed away Sunday at the age of 74 in his hometown of Fults. Prange served 30 years as treasurer from 1978 to 2008. …
Read MoreMonroe County OKs budget
The “double-edged sword” of increased tax revenues, which Monroe County Treasurer Kevin Koenigstein pointed out in March during his first quarterly budget review of Fiscal Year 2022, has found its…
Read MoreCounty talks FY23 budget
After department-level hearings last month, a special meeting Nov. 7 and a regular meeting Monday morning, the Monroe County Board of Commissioners is nearly ready to approve the county budget…
Read MoreCounty hears tax, road updates
After two days of budget hearings last week in preparation for creation of the Fiscal Year 2023 budget, the Monroe County Commissioners had a relatively light agenda Monday morning. Monroe…
Read MoreProperty taxes down; bills almost ready
Monroe County Treasurer/Collector Kevin Koenigstein has released 2021 property tax rates along with payment deadlines for taxes payable in 2022. Koenigstein noted overall taxes collected for Monroe County are lower…
Read MoreCounty talks dispatching, EMS, warrants
The Monroe County Board met in regular session Monday morning and passed several items relating to county dispatch, emergency medical services and search warrant protocol. The first item approved was…
Read MoreProperty tax process advances
Monroe County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.000, according to the Illinois Department of Revenue. The equalization factor — or multiplier, as it is commonly…
Read MoreMonroe County Board hears updates
The Monroe County Board of Commissioners dealt with a relatively light agenda Monday morning. With June 1 being the halfway mark of Monroe County’s fiscal year, commissioners heard a semi-annual…
Read MoreProperty assessments up on average
Monroe County property assessments for 2021, as published in this week’s issue of the Republic-Times, are up about 5 percent on average. Monroe County Assessor Carl Wuertz said that when…
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