Faith Barnes

Republican · MO · Phelps County Collector of Revenue

Faith Barnes is the Phelps County Collector of Revenue. The office collects property taxes for the county.

Government Efficiency (4 records)

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Government Efficiency · 4 support

Reported that her office mailed about 1,750 postcards to seniors enrolled in the county's senior tax freeze. The cards let them renew online by scanning a QR code.
March 26, 2026Supports Government Efficiency
Source: phelpscounty.org
Reported to the county commission that her office was scanning and microfilming the county's old leather-bound tax books to preserve them.
June 8, 2021Supports Government Efficiency
Source: phelpscounty.org
Wrote a new office policy for properties that fail to sell after three delinquent tax sales. Local taxing groups owed money now get the first chance to make an offer. After that, she may take sealed bids from the public. The county commission approved it.
September 19, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: phelpscounty.org
Reported to the county commission that her staff had collected about $8,000 in old 2016 personal property taxes. Those taxes were about to be written off as uncollectable. She said the 2017 amount recovered had reached $29,000 and was still growing.
September 3, 2019Supports Government Efficiency
Source: phelpscounty.org

General · 5 records

Listed as co-chair of the Missouri County Collectors Association's conference committee, which plans the group's yearly training conference for county tax collectors.
September 20, 2024
Source: missouricollectors.org
Spoke at a county public hearing on a senior property tax freeze allowed by a new state law (Senate Bill 190). She said running the program meant hiring more staff at taxpayer cost. She also asked for more rules before the county adopted an ordinance.
May 16, 2024
Source: phelpscounty.org
Won re-election as Phelps County Collector of Revenue with no opponent on the ballot. She received 11,637 votes, and 178 write-in votes were cast.
November 8, 2022
Source: phelpscounty.org
Told the county commission she served on the local board that hands out federal emergency food and shelter grants. She said the board gives out up to $30,000 twice a year, now including help with electric bills.
March 17, 2022
Source: phelpscounty.org
Asked the county commission for a state list of businesses that pay sales tax, to find shops operating without a county merchant license. She raised it after learning one large vendor had gone unlicensed for about 15 years. The commission approved the request.
May 9, 2019
Source: phelpscounty.org

Phelps County Collector of Revenue · November 3, 2026 · Phelps County, Missouri · incumbent