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New York

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Treasurer 383 Broadway Building B, 2nd Floor Fort Edward, New York 12828 Telephone (518) 746-2220 Office Hours:  8:30 AM - 4:30 PM, Monday thru Friday Welcome to the Treasurer's home on the Washington County's web... Our site will continue to be updated... Check back for updates and announcements! Treasurer - Home County Treasurer Phyllis Cooper Deputy County Treasurer Albert Nolette The Treasurer’s Office is administrative and is not legislative.  State and Federal laws allow little or no discretion in the administration of this office.  This guarantees integrity, fairness and a check and balance in the administration of its duties and responsibilities. The Washington County Treasurer’s Office pledges to maintain strict compliance to State and Federal mandates and regulations in order to guarantee the protection of and a true and accurate accounting of the taxpayer’s dollars.  The Treasurer’s Office, with its well trained and experienced team, strives to serve every person requiring its services in a professional and efficient manner.   Duties and Responsibilities By New York State, County Law §550 County Treasurer duties, the  County Treasurer receives and is the custodian of all monies belonging to the county or in which the county has an interest. The County Treasurer is responsible for the complex accounting of all financial transactions of the County, the investment of County funds, administration of the bi-weekly payroll for over 900 County employees, collection of delinquent real property taxes and in rem tax enforcement proceedings in compliance with Article 11 of the  New York State Real Property Tax Law, and a variety of other duties all subject to the rigid scrutiny of Federal and New York State Compliance Audits as well as annual audits of the financial records conducted by  an independent auditing firm  in compliance with the Single Audit Act of 1984. Independent Auditors' Report, Financial Statements and Supplementary Information December 31, 2008 Staffing Principal Account Clerk (Accounting) Principal Account Clerk (Payroll) Principal Account Clerk (Tax Collection and Enforcement) Bookkeepers (3) Sr. Account Clerks (2) Organizational Chart *Links to external sites are provided as a convenience.  Washington County has no control over the format or content of any information found on any external site. Accounting Payroll  - Tax Services  -  School and Villages  Real Property  Sewer Dist #2 Miscellaneous

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