How accounting works here: The County budget is administered by the BOCC through its Finance Division. Payroll and benefits are processed by Human Resources, while the Auditor's Office performs payroll auditing.
Sue Higginbotham is retiring at the end of this year so currently both her and Julie Cloninger are Chef Administrators as Julie prepares to assume the role. We are also hiring an Elections Manager in September to fill the other part of Sue's job (Elections & Voter Registration Management.)
County Seat: South BendPopulation (OFM 2026): 23,950Home Rule Charter: NoEmployees in Office: 9 FT, 2 PT
Elections
Division notes: During the 2026 election cycle, Esme will be the primary contact and Elections Administrator as both Dotsi and I are running for Auditor.
How accounting works here: We don't have accountants on staff, we do hire a cpa firm to help us with our year end reporting and financials. Stacie Dacy is our payroll manager and Kaitlyn Moser does AP for the county.