James City County, Virginia

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James City County is one of 95 counties in Virginia. According to the 2000 Census, its population was 48,102.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites

This site was last rated on March 14, 2013.

The good

• Elected Officials
  • Contact information for county board members, including emails and telephone numbers, is posted.^[1]
• Meetings
  • County board meeting agendas are posted. ^[2]
  • Agendas are archived to 1998. ^[3]
  • Minutes are posted and archived for more than three years.^[4]
  • Video recordings of meetings are also available.^[5]
• Administration
  • Contact information for County Administrator is posted. ^[6]
  • Contact information for county administrative officials is posted on the individual departments' web pages.^[7]
• Budget
  • The current and proposed budget are posted. ^[8]
  • Budgets are archived to 1996.
  • Budgets can be opened in PDF format.
• Audits
  • Annual financial audits are posted. ^[9]
  • Audits are archived to 2000.
  • Audits can be opened as PDFs.
• Contracts
  • Current bids are posted. ^[10]
  • Awarded bids are posted. ^[11]
  • Bids and awarded bids are archived for several years. ^[12]
• Permits and Zoning
  • building permit information and procedures are posted. ^[13]
  • Local zoning ordinances posted. ^[14]
• Taxes
  • Information on property tax assessments, business taxes, occupancy taxes and sales taxes is posted. ^[15]
  • County bills can be paid online.^[16]
• Public Records
  • Information on how to filed public records requests is available. They also provide the identification of the public information officer along with a phone number, mailing address and email.^[17]
• Lobbying
  • The Website includes a link^[18] to the Virginia Association of Counties,^[19] which lists the county as a member.

The bad

• Lobbying
  • Information on taxpayer funded lobbying efforts, including fees paid to organizations that lobby on behalf of the county, or contracts with private lobbyists are not disclosed.

External links

James City County

• James City County Website

References

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