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Deeds Bid List Notices to Public Audit/Financial Reports Online Forms Policies and Benefits Minutes Purchasing Contact Us Land Records Back Deeds Oklahoma Statute- Filing Records and Deeds Documentary Stamp Fee Fee Schedule Fee Chart Statute Back Notices to Public Agendas 2018 Budget Board Meeting Dates 2020 Holiday Schedule 2014 Mineral Interest Report 2016 Mineral Interest Report 2019 Commissioner Meeting Dates 2020 Commissioner Meeting Dates Back Payne County Audit Reports FY 2017-18 Financial Statement 2011 Payne County Audit Report 2012 Payne County Audit Report 2013 Payne County Audit Report 2014 Payne County Audit Report 2015 Payne County Audit Report Back Minutes Commission Minutes Budget Board Minutes Excise Board Minutes Equalization Board Minutes Tax Roll Corrections Board Minutes Deeds Deeds Oklahoma Statute- Filing Records and Deeds Documentary Stamp Fee Fee Schedule Fee Chart Statute Bid List Notices to Public Notices to Public Agendas 2018 Budget Board Meeting Dates 2020 Holiday Schedule 2014 Mineral Interest Report 2016 Mineral Interest Report 2019 Commissioner Meeting Dates 2020 Commissioner Meeting Dates Audit/Financial Reports Payne County Audit Reports FY 2017-18 Financial Statement 2011 Payne County Audit Report 2012 Payne County Audit Report 2013 Payne County Audit Report 2014 Payne County Audit Report 2015 Payne County Audit Report Online Forms Policies and Benefits Minutes Minutes Commission Minutes Budget Board Minutes Excise Board Minutes Equalization Board Minutes Tax Roll Corrections Board Minutes Purchasing Contact Us Land Records Scroll Glenna Craig (Stillwater/Republican) “Welcome to the 's website. I, as well as my staff, strive to be a public service driven office. I hope that you find the website informative and helpful.” -Glenna Craig Glenna Craig, has experience in county government which spans more than 31 years, including service as secretary of elections and chief deputy assessor. Under Craig’s leadership, the county clerk’s office has increased transparency and ease of access to public records. She implemented a free online land record search website for the public as promised during her campaign. This website includes a variety of county information not previously available to the public online. Users can find land records, board minutes, the county budget, county policies, county bids, land record forms, state audit reports, as well as other helpful public information and public reviews. Craig and her team of professionals have made professionalism and customer service the hallmarks of their office. As county clerk, Craig is the principal record keeper for the county and preserves all legal instruments filed by private citizens and public officials within the County Clerk’s office. She also maintains an accurate and current record of legal instruments including deeds, mortgages, plat maps, oil, gas, and mineral leases, liens, and military discharge papers. In 2015 the county clerk’s office recorded 17,644 documents, processed 6,907 purchase orders, and issued 10,814 warrants for payment. The clerk’s office also processes payroll and employee insurance benefits for more than 200 county employees. The county clerk also tracks the county 1/8th, 1/4th, 3/8th and 1/16th sales tax and reports those collections and expenditures, along with administering the calculation, distribution, and collections to the various departments that receive funding from the sales tax. Craig serves as secretary to several county boards, including the Board of County Commissioners, Budget Board, County Excise-Equalization Board, Tax Roll Corrections, Payne County Economic Development, and Payne County Facility Authority. She prepares and posts the agenda, notices, and minutes for the majority of these meetings, creates audio recordings of the proceedings, and files all pertinent documents. The county clerk is also responsible for recording all appropriations and expenditures in more than 91 accounts for each county office and department monthly. When preparing the annual budget, she processes the estimate of needs for the county and other governmental entities. Craig assists the county certified public accountant in preparing and presenting the county budget, which exceeds $17 million. In addition, Craig is administrator of the Purchasing Agent for the County. The Purchasing Agent handles the paperwork for purchases, rentals, lease-purchase agreements and advertises sealed bids for the Board of County Commissioners to make sure that public tax dollars are being spent appropriately. She ensures that all the transactions of the county comply with state law and serve the public interest. Craig has completed all required courses for county clerk basic, advanced one, and advanced two certifications. In addition, she has completed preservation of old land records, maps, and school records. Craig initiated an over-the-counter return of documents policy, added five additional public terminals for the public to access records, removed records in the Kansas salt mines and initiated a secure cyber backup system, upgraded internet security firewalls for integrity of documents, removed Social Security numbers from public online documents, tracked federal grant money, upgraded office software for efficiency and free online access of records to the public, created a double accountability system in the financial department, relocated confidential records to a secure location, reinstated fundamental filing regulations of instrument practices, instituted exceptional customer service practices and policies, upgraded purchasing systems and procedures, streamlined inventory processes and upgraded software to track county property, reinstated staff training for certification of all staff members. 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