Village Clerk/ Treasurer
Village Treasurer
Under the general supervision of the Village Council -- and the direct supervision of the Village Manager -- the Village Treasurer oversees the collection and management of all monies owed to and held by the Village. Maintains accurate records of all income, receipts and disbursements; promptly deposits all receipts in approved institutions or funds; invests idle cash. The Village Treasurer also oversees utility billing and facility reservations. The Village Treasurer also acts as the Village Clerk in that person's absence.
Tax Information
Village taxes are calculated once a year, mailed July 1 and are due September 14. Tax and property information is available at www.ioniacounty.org through the online parcel information tool. Village taxes can be paid at the Page Building during normal business hours (8:30am to 4:30pm) or may be mailed to: Village of Lake Odessa, c/o Village Treasurer, 839 Fourth Avenue, Lake Odessa, MI 48849. Checks should be made payable to the Village of Lake Odessa. Taxes that remain unpaid after September 14th of each year are turned over to the Ionia County Treasurer's Office for collection and payment processing and payments can no longer be accepted by the Village of Lake Odessa. On September 15th of each year, a 4% penalty plus 1% interest per month will be added to the amount due for any uncollected taxes.
Summer and winter taxes are collected by Odessa Township, not by the Village of Lake Odessa. If you have questions on your summer or winter tax bills, please call the Odessa Township offices at 616-374-4237, ext. 11.
If you have a concern regarding your assessed property value, please contact David Klein, MAAO, MCPPE, Township Assessor at Klein Assessing, Inc., 11045 W 6th St, Fowler MI 48835 or by email at Kleinassessing@gmail.com. M-TH 9-12 & 1-4 (989-593-3116)
If you have any other Village tax questions, please contact the Village Treasurer, Kathy Forman, at 616-374-8062 or contact her by email at treasurer@lakeodessa.org.
Facility Reservations
The Village's Beach Pavilion and Park Pavilion are available for daily rental each year. For more information on our facilities available for daily rentals, please visit our "Facility Rentals" page.
Utility Billing
The Village Treasurer is responsible for the quarterly billing and collection of payments for all Village water customers.
Please note that, while billed together for customer convenience, the Lakewood Wastewater Authority (LWA) - not the Village of Lake Odessa - owns, operates, maintains, and bills for all sanitary sewer service in the community. To pay your combined water/ sewer bill online by credit card, please click here.
For more information or questions on the LWA's sewer service and system, please visit the Lakewood Wastewater Authority's website.
