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| Elect John Harelson, CPA, Treasurer, Josephine County |
John Harelson is Qualified to be Treasurer!
THE TREASURER MUST:
THE TREASURER:
- Have financial management experience and abilities.
- Understand the financial markets.
- Be able to maximize the County's investment returns.
- Represent the County before the financial community.
- Be able to manage complex information systems.
- Be able to to serve on County management committees.
- Be able to effectively lead hardworking, experienced staff
in giving high quality customer service. - Represent taxpayers' and taxing districts' interests
before the Board of County Commissioners.
THE TREASURER:
- Is the County Banker, manages cash and investments,
ranging from $30 million to over $65 million. - Accounts for all County income and pass-through
receipts, more than $85 million. - Collects and distributes property taxes for schools, cities,
the County and other taxing districts. - Accounts for and invests 46 Trust and Agency Funds.
- Manages and invests payments from the State of
Oregon, the U.S. Government, and other tax sources:
liquor, cigarette, highway, OLCC, lottery, grants, forest
receipts, etc. - Manages 47,000 property tax accounts.
- Issues 15,000 reminder notices and 4,000 delinquent
notices. - Manages efficient tax payments, at the courthouse, at
banks,through remote lockbox, internet based, and data
exchange systems. - Manages the tax foreclosure process, minimizing
negative impacts on taxpayers, districts and the County.
Only 3 home sites, abandoned by their owners, were
foreclosed in the period 2002-08.
Experienced:
Educated, Committed, Involved:
• Rogue Community College Board of Education
• Community Development Corp. of Josephine County.
- Treasurer, Josephine County since January 1997,
responsible for over $16,412,000 in investment earnings,
with no investment losses. - A Certified Public Accountant, with 38 years of
accounting and financial management experience.
Member of the AICPA and the Oregon Society of CPAs - Municipal Auditor, Josephine County & City of Grants
Pass. - Comptroller, City of Fairbanks, Alaska Municipal Utilities
System. - Knows how to manage complex financial systems.
- Acting Chief Financial Officer, Josephine County 2003-
2004. - Budget Officer, Josephine County 2004-05 and 2005-06.
Educated, Committed, Involved:
- Graduated Wilderville, Jerome Prairie & Grants Pass
High schools. - Business Degree from Southern Oregon College.
- Married 45 years, raised 2 children in Josephine County.
- Member, Grants Pass Rotary Club.
- Member, Rogue Community College Budget & Advisory
Committee. - Past Board member:
• Rogue Community College Board of Education
• Community Development Corp. of Josephine County.
| JOHN HARELSON, CPA is the “The Fully Qualified Candidate” For Josephine County Treasurer |
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