McLennan County, Texas
From Sunshine Review
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McLennan County, Texas is one of two hundred and fifty four counties in Texas.
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Transparency of the county website
The good
- The names and contact information for county commissioners is provided.[1]
- Audit reports are published.[2]
- The current budget is published.[3]
- Information on contracts is provided.[4]
- Tax rate information is provided.[5]
- County commissioner meeting agendas are published.[6]
The bad
- County commissioner meeting minutes are not published.
- There is no information on building permits and zoning, public records, administrative officials, and lobbying.
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Problems at the McLennan County Jail
Texas' largest law enforcement association, Combined Law Enforcement Agencies of Texas (CLEAT), alleges that McLennan county officials have acted inappropriately to solve the county jail's overcrowding problems. "County officials say they sought proposals from 14 companies nationwide on a variety of options" [7] but that they received a response from only one.
County commissioners voted to leave the management of the jail in the hands of sheriff Larry Lynch.
External links
References
- ↑ Commissioners
- ↑ Audits
- ↑ Budget
- ↑ Contracts
- ↑ Taxes
- ↑ Agenda
- ↑ Law enforcement group calls for investigations into county officials’ dealings with a private jail company, Waco Tribune, August 11, 2008
