Reminder from your Bates County Assessor Roger Pruden and Jim Platt your Bates County Treasurer/Collector: If you haven’t received your tax bill for your personal property or your real estate you can contact our offices at 660-679-3157 or 660-679-3341. The Administration Building has a drop box on the east side of the building for your payments and your personal property sheets for your convenience. Due to all the Covid-19 restrictions in place we are asking the public to be proactive and pay early if you can, and if you do come in our building be aware of the safety precautions we have in place. We are trying to keep our office staff safe as well as you and your families as well. We appreciate your understanding for this 2020 tax season. Thank you Roger Pruden Jim Platt and the staff from Assessor and Treasurer/Collector

COVID-19 mass testing is open to any Missouri resident and will be held at the Butler Aquatics Center parking lot on Thursday, September 24, 2020 from 7 AM – 12 PM. Pre registration is highly recommended and may be done at health.mo.gov/communitytest. This will be a drive thru event, with nasal swabs, performed by the Missouri National Guard.

August 5, 2020
Bates County Health Center has confirmed 3 more positive cases of COVID-19 in Bates County which include: 2 females and 1 male all from Butler. All 3 were either household or close contacts of a previous reported case.
All contact tracing has been done and any parties that have had close contact, as reported to us by the positive cases, were notified.
Any individuals advised of need for isolation and quarantine are per CDC guidelines.
At this time, Bates County has had 50 positives cases, 8 of which are currently active and isolated.
We would also like to remind individuals that if you have been tested, you should quarantine at home until test results are received—this decreases any possible exposure for others in the event your results come back positive.
With our numbers for Bates County rising, we hope everyone will continue to practice social distancing, clean/disinfect any high touched surfaces, wash their hands with soap and water routinely, use hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available, avoid touching your face (especially eyes, nose & mouth), and to stay home if you are sick. Wearing a mask in public is also encouraged. It is up to each and every one of us to stop the spread of this disease!

July 31, 2020

Bates County Health Center has confirmed 4 more positive cases of COVID-19 in Bates County—all 4 are household contacts of 2 previously reported cases and had been quarantined at their homes.

All contact tracing has been done and any parties that have had close contact were notified.

Any individuals advised of need for isolation and quarantine are per CDC guidelines.

At this time, Bates County has had 43 positives cases, 6 of which are currently active and isolated.

We would also like to remind individuals that if you have been tested, you should quarantine at home until test results are received—this decreases any possible exposure for others in the event your results come back positive.

With our numbers for Bates County rising, we hope everyone will continue to practice social distancing, clean/disinfect any high touched surfaces, wash their hands with soap and water routinely, use hand sanitizer if soap and water is not available and avoid touching your face (especially eyes, nose & mouth), and to stay home if you are sick. Wearing a mask in public is also encouraged. It is up to each and every one of us to stop the spread of this disease