Willis Vermilyea has been Greene County Treasurer for 17 years. When he took office in 1994 the county tax rate was $4.185. This year the tax rate is $3.267, a reduction of $0.918 or 21.9%. Under Willis’ financial leadership , Greene County has received two credit rating increases from Moody’s Investment Service. In 1994, there were only two counties with a lower credit rating than Greene County. Today only 16 of New York State’s 58 counties have a higher credit rating. There has also been a significant increase in the fund balance from $867,691 to over $10,000,000 that has allowed the county to finance capital projects without borrowing, thus saving hundreds of thousand dollars in interest for the taxpayers of Greene County.

His background includes:

• Greene County Treasurer for 17 years
• Board member of the Greene County Industrial Development Agency
• Board member of Capital District Off-track Betting Corporation
• Owner of Willis Vermilyea Accounting Administrator of Columbia-Greene Medical Center-Catskill Division
• Comptroller of Greene County Memorial Hospital and Nursing Home
• General Manager/Comptroller of Bearsville Sound Studio and Records
• New York State Licensed Insurance Broker
• Licensed to practice before Internal Revenue Service

A lifelong resident of Greene County, Willis is a graduate if Coxsackie-Athens High School. He earned a A.A.S. in Business Administration in accounting from Bryant College. Willis resides in Coxsackie with his wife , Jeanette , of 36 years. They have two sons, Jeffrey, a 29 year old CPA and David, a 26 year old assistant golf professional.