Legislative Governing body of the County. Commission members are: District 1: Joel Arends, (605) 254-2624, [email protected] District 2: James C. Jibben, (605) 214-1224, [email protected] District 3: Tiffani Landeen, (605) 366-4458, [email protected] District 4: Michael Poppens, (605) 214-5379, [email protected] District 5: Jim Schmidt, (605) 366-2877, [email protected]

The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, Preparing the County's budget, Audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, Figuring the mil levy, and Head election officer of the County. Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply. Based on eligibility guidelines, Welfare services include medical assistance, utilities assistance for disconnect notices on heating bills, and burial and funeral assistance.

The Commission Office provides administrative support to five elected, part-time County Commissioners. Regular Commission meetings are held the first, third and fourth Tuesday morning of the month at 9:00am in the Commission Meeting Room. Commissioners are empowered to super-intend the fiscal concerns of the County and to make orders respecting the care and preservation of all property belonging to the County. Accordingly, Commissioners conduct long-range planning, approve budgets, adopt Resolutions and Ordinances, enact policies and procedures, and further administer the various appointed County departments. Jean Bender(605) 367-4206 (office)[email protected] Karsky(605) 351-8571 (cell)[email protected] Bleyenberg(605) 914-0108 (cell)[email protected] Kippley(605) 691-9918 (cell)[email protected] Beninga(605) 367-4206 (office) [email protected]

This county office assists with the following services: Voter registration Election information Notary Public services available. Bring photo ID. - Providing support to the County Commissioners: Travis Mockler Micheal Manning Phyllis Packard Elizabeth Smith Richard Hammond

The auditor is the keeper of the county records and acts as bookkeeper of county business. The auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings - including scheduling, agenda, and business follow-up, Preparing county budget, Audit bills or other claims against county and prepare warrants in payment of these bills, Figuring mil levies, and Head election officer of the county. Notary public services available.

Auditor's responsibilities include commissioners proceedings, agendas, and records, accounting records, revenue and expense reports, voter registration and elections, Beer and liquor licenses, Figures real estate and mobile home taxes, and Handles county bid lettings. Auditor and Treasurer work in conjunction to pay county bills. Notary Public services available. Welfare's responsibilities include manages medical indigent claims, manages employee drug and alcohol testing programs, and other resources may be available upon application.

The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, preparing the County's budget, audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, figuring the mil levy, head election officer of the County, County liquor licenses, figures real estate and mobile home taxes, Medical Indigent claims, and Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply.

Auditor services include: - The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, Preparing the County's budget, Audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, Figuring the mil levy, and Head election officer of the County. Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply. Welfare services include: - Provides both economic and medical assistance to residents of Beadle County on a one time basis. Economic assistance is for current amounts only. No payment for deposits of any kind. Rent, Utility assistance for current bills may be available for water, lights, and heating, and Medical, hospitalization, and burial assistance requires pre-approval if not for emergency services. All other resources must have been exhausted first. Assistance does require payback and county lien is filed until paid in full. Planning & Zoning services include: - Takes applications for building permits, administers the County zoning ordinances and makes recommendations to the Commission for granting or denying the permits. Assist with educational programs, Investigate complaints and zoning violation, Modify county ordinances, Prepare annual department budget and public meeting agendas, Property rezoning and platting, Review concentrated animal feeding operations, and Site plan reviews. Update County Commission and Planning and Zoning Commission on current activities, trends, changes in law, and policies. -

The elected officials charged with administering the Perkins County government. Please visit www.perkinscounty.org/commissioners for meeting and commissioner contact information. Commissioners - Districted: Mike Schweitzer (1): [email protected], Todd Campbell (2):[email protected], Wayne Henderson (3): [email protected], Kyle Carmichael (4): [email protected], Rust Foster (5): [email protected]

The elected officials charged with administering the Tripp County government. Please visit http://trippcounty.us/commisioners.html for commissioner contact information.

The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, preparing the County's budget, audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, figuring the mill levy, and head election officer of the County. Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply.

The elected officials charged with administering the Walworth County government. Please visit the website for commissioner contact information.

Commissioners' office and Commission Department Director's office: coordinates board agendas, packets, schedules, and ongoing projects, acts as a liaison between the board and county departments, media, public, and other governmental entities, prepares budget requests and analysis, county representative for labor relations with the county's two labor unions including negotiations and grievance resolution, and county information. Human Resources: recruitment, hiring, performance management, safety programs, wages, benefits, liability and workers compensation, and employee and management training efforts. Information Technology (IT): resource allocation, network administration, and help desk support. Geographic Information Systems (GIS): creates addresses for the county, creates and maintains all GIS layers, maps for the county, and the Beacon website, creates and updates parcel data, creates soil reports, maintains 911 layer and Master Street Address Guide (MSAG), research and analyze data using reports and maps, updates customer records and addresses for the city and utility companies. Buildings and grounds maintenance: county buildings and grounds projects, maintenance, and staffing. Veterans Services: advocacy for veterans and their families when applying for benefits.

This office is the keeper of the County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, Preparing the County's budget, Audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, Figuring the mil levy, and Head election officer of the County. Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply. Also issues drivers licenses. Only accepts driver license applications/documents for licensing, then issues a paper permit (cards are printed in Pierre then mailed to the applicant weeks later). Cannot process new CDL applicants or non-citizens. Now available in Spanish: driver license application, study manuals and written test. Driving part of the test is still given via English as the spoken language.

Offers services to eligible voters. Registration of new voters, updates to existing voters and verification of voter data. Administers elections on behalf of the county. Point of contact for the county commission, serving as their clerk during meetings and in compiling data for their use. Arranges the agenda and appointments. Administers the county level indigent care for those who can not afford treatment. Specific criteria is in statute for what is eligible and ineligible. Manages the mental health budget for when people receive treatment but can not afford to do so on their own. Programming is contracted with Community Counseling Services of Huron.

Keeper of county records and acts as a bookkeeper for county business. Schedules county commission meetings, preparing the agenda, taking minutes of commission meetings, following up on commission decisions and preparing the county budget. Audits bills or other claims against the county and prepare the vouchers in payment of these bills. In charge of each county office budget, payroll and employee benefits, fixed assets records, insurances, and monthly and annual financial reports. Calculates the tax levies for all taxing entities, computes tax bills in the county and apportions the taxes collected by the treasurer. - Election supervisor for the county Election duties include voter registration, securing polling places, hiring and training election workers, ballot preparation, setting up ballot marking devices and ballot scanners, counting and canvassing of ballots and reporting election results.

Brown County has a board of 5 Commissioners who are elected to staggered terms of 4 years. They are responsible for the oversight of every service that Brown County provides. County Commissioners are responsible for the care and preservation or sale of all county property; the audit of accounts of all officers having the care, management, collection or disbursement of any money belonging to the county; levying taxes; construction and repair of bridges; to open, lay out, vacate and change highways; to purchase or acquire grounds for courthouse, jail or other building sites; to establish election precincts in the county and appoint the judges of elections; and as a board of equalization, to equalize the assessment roll of the county in the manner provided by law; to furnish necessary equipment and supplies for county offices; to superintend the fiscal concerns of the county and secure their management in the best possible manner; to regulate the transaction of business in alcoholic beverages; to make ordinances prohibiting the sale or exhibition of any obscene matter; and for zoning, solid waste and water management along with a host of other issues that arise affecting Brown County. The Commission holds regular meetings every Tuesday.

The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, preparing the County's budget, audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, figuring the mil levy, dead election officer of the County, and Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply.

The elected officials charged with administering the Jerauld County government. Commissioners - Districted: - Fred Krohmer (1) 38458 232 St., Wessington Springs, SD [email protected] - Shane Mentzer (2) PO Box 365, Wessington Springs, SD [email protected] - Walt Hein (3) PO Box 108, Wessington Springs, SD [email protected] - Charles Bergeleen (4) PO Box 113, Wessington Springs, SD [email protected] - DeVonne Losing (5) 39159 221st St., Alpena, SD [email protected]

This office is responsible for oversight of county government; care and preservation or sale of all county property; audit of accounts; levying taxes; construction and repair of bridges and highways; purchase or acquire grounds for courthouse, jail, or other building sites; equalize the assessment roll of the county in the manner provided by law; supervise the fiscal concerns of the county and secure management; and establish and make revisions to ordinances for zoning, solid waste and water management.

County Commissioners: Ron Rossknecht, District 1, 605-391-1162 Lloyd LaCroix, District 2, 605-545-4269 Deb Hadcock, District 3, 605-389-0395 Travis Lasseter, District 4, 605-391-0416 Gary Drewes, District 5, 605-940-1120

The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up, preparing the County's budget, audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, figuring the mil levy, and head election officer of the County. Notary Public services available, some fees may apply.

The elected officials charged with administering the Ziebach County government. Please visit website for meeting and commissioner contact information.

The Auditor is the keeper of County records and acts as a bookkeeper of County business. The Auditor is responsible for County Commissioner meetings including scheduling, agenda, business follow-up. Also includes preparing the County's budget, Audit bills or other claims against the County and prepare the warrants in payment of these bills, Figuring the mil levy, and is the head election officer of the County. Notary Public services available. Some fees may apply.

The Commissioners meet every Tuesday (except the 5th Tuesday of the month) at 9:00am at the Codington County Courthouse. Please visit https://www.codington.org/commissioners-agenda/ for meeting agendas and https://www.codington.org/commissioners/ for commissioner contact information.