Yakima County Treasurer

Description

The County Treasurer holds a key position of public trust in the financial affairs of local government. Acting as the bank for the County, local cities, school districts, fire districts, special purpose districts and other units of local government, the Treasurer's Office receipts, disburses, invests and accounts for the funds of each of these entities. In addition, the Treasurer is charged with the collection of various taxes that benefit a wide range of governmental functions. Salary: 89,844

Application Guidelines

The filing window for this position begins the Monday two weeks prior to Memorial Day and ends on the Friday of that week (5 days). Candidacy filing papers can be acquired at and are submitted to either the county elections office or the Secretary of State Office in Olympia. For non-partisan offices, if there is only two candidates filed for a position they will run against each other in the November election. If more than two candidates file for a non-partisan office, than the non-partisan office will go through the August primary and the top two vote getters will advance to the November election for the seat. For a partisan office, the candidates will run in the August primary even if only two people are participating. This may create scenarios where the same candidates participate for the same seat in the August primary and November election. For any further questions, the Yakima County Elections office can be reached at 509-574-1340 or [email protected] and the Secretary of State Office can be reached at (360) 902-4151 or [email protected]. ***Washington is one of the only states with online filing for candidacy. For more information regarding filing online, please see here: http://wa-yakimacounty.civicplus.com/DocumentCenter/Home/View/7303

Submit application to:
Yakima County Auditor, 128 N 2nd St #117, Yakima, WA, 98901, US