Gem County, ID

• Election Information
• County Officials Information
• Legislators
• Appointed Groups

	Gem County Commissioner Bill Butticci 415 E. Main Street Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 477-2018 Fax: (208) 365-7795 Email Web Page: Commissioners
	Gem County Commissioner Kirk Wille 415 E. Main Street Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 477-2019 Fax: (208) 365-7795 Email Web Page: Commissioners
	Gem County Commissioner Mark Rekow 415 E. Main Street Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 477-2017 Fax: (208) 365-7795 Email Web Page: Commissioners
	Gem County Clerk/Auditor/Recorder Shelly Tilton 415 E. Main Street Emmett, ID 83617-3096 Phone: (208) 365-4561 Fax: (208) 365-6172 Email Web Page: Clerk
	Gem County Treasurer/Tax Collector Megan Keene 415 East Main Street Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 365-3272 Fax: (208) 365-2163 Email Web Page: Treasurer
	Gem County Assessor Hollie Ann Strang 415 E. Main Street Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 365-2982 Fax: (208) 365-2163 Email Web Page: Assessor
	Gem County Prosecuting Attorney Erick Thomson Box 671 Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 365-2106 Fax: (208) 365-9411 Email Web Page: Prosecuting Attorney
	Gem County Sheriff Donnie Wunder 410 E. First Emmett, ID 83617 Phone: (208) 477-2026 Fax: (208) 365-7166 Email Web Page: Sheriff
	Gem County Coroner John L. Buck Box 697 Phone: (208) 365-4491 Fax: (208) 365-4496 Emmett, ID 83617 Web Page: Coroner

COUNTY OFFICIALS
Many people believe local government is most responsive to the needs of the people. County government, in particular, is responsive, largely because the people in charge of county government are elected locally. The Constitution of the State of Idaho (Article 18, Section 6) provides for the election, every four years, of a sheriff, a treasurer, an auditor-clerk-recorder, an assessor, and a coroner. §31-703, Idaho Code (I.C.), mandates that two county commissioners serve two-year terms and the third serves a four-year term. The four-year term alternates between the commissioners, based on the number of the district each represents.

Each official is charged with particular duties and responsibilities in the operation of county government. A person can better understand county government by examining each elected officer’s respective duties.

Enumeration of County Officers

§31-2001, I.C., lists the various County Officials required for county government. They include:

1. Three County Commissioners

2. A Clerk of the District Court (also serves as Auditor and Recorder)

3. An Assessor

4. A Prosecuting Attorney

5. A Treasurer (also serves as Public Administrator and Tax Collector)

6. A Coroner

7. A Sheriff

Except for the County Commissioners, these officials are empowered to appoint such deputies as are necessary (§31-2003, I.C.) for the “prompt and faithful discharge of the duties of…office.”