Lawrence County, Missouri

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Bids for Health Dept. construction to be opened Oct. 5

 

Bids for construction of the new Lawrence County Health Department will be opened at 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023. Pre-bid meeting was held Sept. 14. Estherly Schneider & Associates is the architect for the project. Branco Enterprises is contractor. The health department will be constructed at 1549 Missouri Drive, south of Interstate.

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Construction under way on Law Enforcement Center

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Brief groundbreaking ceremonies for the new Lawrence County Law Enforcement Center were held Thursday, Feb. 9, at the building site at 1525 Missouri Drive, Mt. Vernon.

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The $22 million facility will bring sheriff’s office operations together under one roof and replace the current 1984 jail with a modern, more efficient 120-bed detention center. It is designed to allow two future 96-bed expansions. Voters approved a 3/8-cent sales tax last year to finance the construction. Elevatus Architecture designed the facility; and Nabholz Construction is construction manager at risk.

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Photo ID, from left: Rick Fobair and Michael McNamer of Nabholz Construction; County Commissioners David Botts, Bob Senninger and Tim Selvey; Timothy Virgin of Nabholz; architectural graduate Nicholas Bloom of Elevatus Architecture; jail administrator Doug Bounous; Sheriff Brad DeLay; and Michael Gouloff, CEO of Elevatus Architure.

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Did you miss the tax deadline? Here's how you can pay

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Lawrence County real and personal property taxes were due by Dec. 31.

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You may check how much you owe and pay online at www.lawrencecountycollector.com.

You also have the option of paying by phone (1-800-652-0405). Follow the prompts. There are extra charges for credit card payments.

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You can pay in person at the office of the County Collector. The office is open 8 a.m. to 3:55 p.m., but staff advise taxpayers to arrive by 3:30 p.m. The County Collector's Office is located on the main floor of the Historic Courthouse, 1 Courthouse Square, Mt. Vernon.

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Failure to receive a tax statement does not exempt you from paying taxes by the Dec. 31 deadline.

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2023 holiday schedule for county offices

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Lawrence County Commission has set the 2023 holiday schedule for county offices.

 

Notice of Use Tax

 

(Lawrence County Clerk Tammy Riebe, Sept. 20, 2021) Lawrence County, Missouri previously adopted a use tax, which is currently in effect. A use tax is the equivalent of a sales tax on purchases made from out-of-state vendors by in-state buyers and on certain taxable business transactions. The use tax rate for Lawrence County is currently 2.125 percent which is equal to the total local sales tax rate. Certain purchases from out-of-state vendors will become subject to an expansion of the use tax effective on January 1, 2023, as provided by state law.

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If any local sales tax is repealed or the rate is reduced or raised by voter approval, the local use tax rate shall also be deemed to be repealed, reduced, or raised by the same action.

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I, Tammy Riebe, County Clerk for Lawrence County, Missouri, do hereby certify that the foregoing is, to the best of my knowledge and belief, correct. Dated this 3rd day of September 2021.

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Census Bureau puts county's population at 38,001

 

The U.S. Census Bureau puts Lawrence County's 2020 population at 38,001, slightly below the 2010 figure of 38,634. However, another indicator suggests more people are living in Lawrence County than did in 2010. There has been a 1.4 percent increase in individual and household personal property assessment lists returned to the county assessor in the same time period.

 

The Census Bureau ranks Lawrence County as 31st in population in Missouri's listing of 114 counties and the City of St. Louis.

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Lawrence County experienced population drops in 1910, 1920, 1930, 1950 and 1960; but it recorded steady growth from 1960 through 2010.

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