Minnesota Association of County Officers

Counties Engage in Redistricting Tasks

By Patty O’Connor, Director of Taxpayer Services, Blue Earth County and MACO member

Armed with the results of the 2010 federal census, a judicial panel appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court unveiled its plan for redistricting on Feb. 21. The Minnesota Legislature has the responsibility to redraw district lines every 10 years following the federal census to re-balance districts relative to shifts in population. If legislators fail to reach agreement on their own, the courts step in to re-draw the lines.

Re-drawing congressional, legislative, and Metropolitan Council districts at the state level is a process that signals the beginning of responsibilities at the local level. County boards are responsible for redistricting county commissioner districts, city councils for redistricting city wards, and school boards for redistricting board member districts. Read more...

MACO Winter Conference

MACO Presents Awards to Outstanding Members

The Minnesota Association of County Officers named Cindy Schultz, McLeod County Auditor-Treasurer, to its Honor Roll at the Annual MACO Conference held January 9-13, 2012 in Bloomington, MN.

The Honor Roll is the highest honor awarded each year by the MACO organization. The award is presented by the president of MACO to an individual or individuals in recognition of outstanding service and contributions to the Minnesota Association of County Officers. The Honor Roll has been given annually since 1996. Schultz was recognized for her efforts in promoting the best interests of the MACO organization including her many years in a key organizational role of the annual MACO conference.   

MACO is comprised of county Auditors, Treasurers, Recorders, Financial Officers and Registrars in Minnesota. All 87 Minnesota counties are members. The MACO organization is made up of two individual associations – one comprised of Auditors, Treasurers and Financial Officers and a separate association of Recorders and Registrars. These two individual associations combine to make up MACO: the Minnesota Association of County Auditors, Treasurers and Financial Officers (MACATFO) and the Minnesota County Recorders Association (MCRA).

In additional to the Honor Roll, awards also are presented to an outstanding Auditor, Treasurer and Recorder Of The Year.

Donald Kuhlman, Watonwan County Auditor, received the outstanding Auditor Of The Year award from the Minnesota Association of County Auditors, Treasurers and Financial Officers.

Jon Clauson, Chippewa County Auditor-Treasurer, received the outstanding Treasurer Of The Year award from the Minnesota Association of County Auditors, Treasurers and Financial Officers.

Mary Ann DeGroot, Pipestone County Recorder, received the outstanding Recorder of the year award from the Minnesota Association of County Recorders.

Also at the annual MACO meeting and conference, Fran Windschitl, Rice County Auditor-Treasurer, was elected president of MACO for 2012. Newly elected members of the MACO Board of Directors were Randy Schreifels, Stearns County Auditor-Treasurer; and Larry Dalien, Anoka County Director of Property Records.