Kathleen K. Baker
2003-2010
Marshall County Recorder
Some Significant Accomplishments
Although my term in office officially ended on December 31, 2010 -- along
with the office of County Recorder, I
am continuing to maintain my personally designed, financed and hosted
website as the transition/merger is made for the services
previously provided by the Marshall County Recorders Office.
Forms and current information as well as links to other state and federal
agencies will need to be accessed from the main county website.
Don't forget that Marshall County document images are currently viewable at the statewide website developed by the Iowa County Recorders Association:
While progress
continues to be made daily on populating index data with its associated
document image, the next stage in returning those redacted document images
(as a result of privacy legislation put in place with SF465) to the home
county is still a few months away. In the interim,
images of recorded documents are not available at the county site.
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Before I close the book on this chapter of my life, I would like to thank the many staff members, throughout my eight years in office, who were invaluable in moving the office forward. Without their ideas, suggestions, concerns, what-ifs, this office would not have made the significant strides in streamlining processes, improving customer-service practices and pushing and shoving, on occasion, this office into the 21st century.
The staff "hung in there" through software vendor changes, tolerated those weekly Wednesday morning office meetings, adjusted remarkably well to color-coded handouts and reference notebooks, incorporated Code of Iowa and Administrative Rule changes without skipping a beat, repeatedly lifted 30-pound record books (like those pictured below) without breaking a sweat, played musical chairs with assigned workstations, and more....
One staff member designed an extensive fee book Excel spreadsheet. Another developed comprehensive tabbed/indexed notebooks of Vitals examples. Two provided/provide much needed translation services. A calendar sticker renewal reminder was a big hit with our ATV, boat and snowmobile owners.
In
reverse alphabetical order by last name, a HUGE thank you to Maria V; Lisa
R; Bonnie R; Sue M; Jason M; Denise M; Shirley K; Deja H; Vern G; Lisa G;
Elaine F; Travis C; and Helen A. Each of you, with your varying areas
of expertise and strengths, contributed immeasurably to the successful
operation of the Recorders Office.
Thank you for visiting www.marshallcountyrecorder.com!
- Converted to Cott software 06.05 (Polk, Linn, Black Hawk, Johnson, Cass, Dubuque, Scott , Jasper, also use Cott) -- switching from a cumbersome Unix system
- Recorded first Marshall County esubmitted document 11.04.06
- Hosted Passport Day in the USA 2010 03.10
- Added PO Box 573 to facilitate the day's workflow
- Reconfigured the office layout 6 months into first term eliminating cubicles
- Hosted a CLRIS workshop on the MCC campus 10/06
- Reduced document turnaround time from weeks to the next work day
- Redesigned the vault to accommodate legislative changes that closed military records to the public
- Added credit/debit card services after participating in a 7-county pilot project
- Converted aperture card images back to 1973 from 2002
- Unveiled
office website
www.marshallcountyrecorder.com
in early 2005 - Relocated 100 volumes back to the main office that had been stored offsite
- Cut nearly $20,000 from budget in 2004
- Incorporated the addition in 2007, and subsequent upgrade, of the ELSI system
This domain name is wholly owned by Kathy and Gary Baker.
Inquiries may be directed to webmaster@marshallcountyrecorder.com