Duties and Responsibilities

• Report quarterly on the entire financial operations of the county, including revenues, expenditures, encumbrances, and changes in fund balance, for each of the County’s operating funds.
• Audit all bills against the county, and recommending their payment or rejection.
• Audit documentation, records, and bases for the amounts billed to the county between the county, its vendors, and outside parties.
• As the County’s only independently elected officer responsible for evaluating and reporting on County operations, the County Auditor conducts internal audits of the operating departments in County government. The Auditor evaluates how and where County money is spent; how County resources/assets are recorded, protected, and used; and how efficiently County departments are operating.
• Audit the receipts of all county officers and departments presented for deposit with the county treasurer.
• Audit the inventory of all real and personal property owned by the county under the control and management of the various officers and departments of the county.
• Collect, analyze and preserve statistical and financial information with respect to the cost of operation of the county.
• Maintain a file of all contracts entered into by the county board and all authorized county officers, for or on behalf of the county.
• Review and approve all orders for supplies issued by the various county officers.

Contact the Will County Auditor's Office:

Phone: (815) 740-4609
Fax: (815) 740-4319
Email: sweber@willcountyillinois.com
Business Hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm

If you are aware of any waste or abuse of Will County resources or any conflict of interest, please call (815) 722-2815 between 6:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Central Time, or send email to sweber@willcountyillinois.com. All information will be held in the strictest confidence.

Will County Auditor's Office is located at:

302 N. Chicago Street
Joliet, IL 60432-4059