OWENSVILLE —During the second monthly meeting of the Owensville Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, Feb. 17, an ordinance was set to be passed to authorize Mayor Kevin McFadden to execute an agreement …
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OWENSVILLE —During the second monthly meeting of the Owensville Board of Aldermen on Tuesday, Feb. 17, an ordinance was set to be passed to authorize Mayor Kevin McFadden to execute an agreement with the Gasconade County Collector to provide the city with tax collection services.
This ordinance was brought forward after current County Collector Shawn Schlottach submitted her letter of retirement or resignation, effective March 31, to the Gasconade County Commission on Jan. 29.
Schlottach advised in her letter that with her resignation being accepted, she made the recommendation to appoint current Deputy Collector Glenda Shockley as interim Collector of Revenue beginning April 1, and the Commission voted unanimously in support.
This appointment will continue through the current term.
She provided reasoning for her recommendation to include Shockley’s 20 years of service to taxpayers as Deputy Collector and plan to file for the position on Feb. 24.
The change requires a new agreement between the city and the new interim collector.
Approval of the ordinance will allow the city to enter into a cooperative agreement with Shockley being compensated at the rate of three percent of the total straight ad valorem tax amount collected by the collector for the city; the county being compensated in the amount of one and a half percent of the total straight ad valorem tax amount collected by the collector in consideration of the city’s use of county employees, equipment and costs in collection of said city taxes including the cost of printing city tax books; and the county retaining one and one half percent of the total straight ad valorem tax amount collected by the county for the county reassessment fund, replacing the monthly one and a half percent that was being paid by the city to the county annually.
The collector will send out and collect tax bills related to all real and personal property ad valorem taxes. Her responsibility will not include collection of delinquent property ad valorem taxes presently on the city’s books, if any.
“It has been an honor to also serve,” Schlottach said. “Thank you for this opportunity and for all the years of working together. It was a good adventure!”
