Collin County, Texas

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Collin County, Texas is one of 254 counties in Texas.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Texas county websites

[edit] The good

  • The names and contact information for all county commissioners is provided.[1]
  • County commissioner meeting agendas and minutes are published.[2]
  • The current budget is published.[3]
  • Audit reports are published.[4]
  • Tax rate information is published.[5]
  • Information on public records is provided.[6]
  • Information on contracts is provided.[7]
  • Information on administrative officials is provided.[8]
  • Building permit information is posted.[9]
  • In an August 8, 2008 Collin County Observer article, Collin County stated it was the first county in the nation to publish its check register online.[10]
  • The Collin County Financial Transparency Project will include the following:[11]
    • A listing of checks written by county government for all of its operations since October 2007
    • The county’s financial trends for the last five fiscal years
    • Graphs of year-to-date total revenues, tax revenues, cash, and investments for county operations
    • A newsletter highlighting county government financial operations and projects
    • Monthly utility costs and consumption for county facilities.

[edit] The bad

  • The check register database is in PDF's and not searchable. This was true initially, but since November, the check registers are presented in a password-protected Excel file. To search the Excel file, simply copy the file to your computer and give it a new name. This removes the password protection and permits you to do sorts, filters or any other type of search capability.[12]
  • There is no information on lobbying.
  • There is no information on zoning.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ↑ Commissioners
  2. ↑ Notices
  3. ↑ Budget
  4. ↑ Audits
  5. ↑ Taxes
  6. ↑ Records
  7. ↑ Contracts
  8. ↑ Directory
  9. ↑ Development Services
  10. ↑ The Collin County Fiscal Transparency Project, Check Register
  11. ↑ Houston Conservative, Foundation applauds Collin County Financial Transparency Project, August 11, 2008
  12. ↑ The Collin County Observer, County puts check register online, August 8, 2008


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