Auditor

Contact Us

  • Business: (765) 364-6400
  • Business Fax: (765) 364-6404
  • **NEW LOCATION**
    Montgomery County Auditor's Office has moved.
    Montgomery County Government Center
    1580 Constitution Row - Suite A
    Crawfordsville, IN  47933

    The duties of the County Auditor: 
    By statute, the Auditor serves as the county’s fiscal officer. As such, the Auditor works closely with all other departments and county offices. This places a heavy duty of fiscal responsibilities onto the office of Auditor. This includes being responsible for documenting all financial activity in over 200 various funds and drain maintenance ledgers and reporting this activity yearly into the State’s Gateway System. The Auditor is to keep accurate account for all appropriations made by County Council, issue warrants and certify claims. In addition to Accounts Payable, all Accounts Receivable and Payroll is processed through the Auditor’s office, including benefits administration and deduction withholding. The Auditor’s staff and Treasurer’s office maintain separate accounting records to ensure proper use of public funds.

    In addition to being the fiscal officer, the Auditor is also responsible for the preparation, preservation, alteration and maintenance of the tax duplicate. The office processes all property tax deductions and maintains ownership records. The Auditor calculates the property tax statements for real property, personal property and mobile home, including the administration of tax abatements and Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) areas.

    Finally, the Auditor serves as the Secretary to the County Council, the Treasurer for the Redevelopment Commission and the Jail Building Facility Corporation, and the Controller for the Solid Waste Management District. 

    Mindy Byers has been Auditor since January 2023. Mindy was born and raised in Montgomery County and is the daughter of Bud and Kay Byers (Blaydes). She has three older siblings (Todd, Kristi and Trisha) and a rescue dog, Lennox. She is an active member of New Hope Christian Church and a volunteer for various organizations, with the ALS Association being nearest and dearest to her heart. Mindy enjoys cooking, canoeing Sugar Creek and golfing and is always up for a road trip, near or far.

    Mindy began working for the county in 2015 as the Property Deputy in the Auditor’s Office. She quickly moved to Chief Deputy in the same year and became Auditor in 2023. She brings over 25 years of Account Management and Project Management experience from industries such as printed circuit board manufacturing and engineering services, custom software and technology, and building materials. Her proudest professional accomplishment is serving on a team that brought a new product line from inception to market. Above all that, her heart lies in serving the community she calls home.