Prince William County, Virginia


Budget	Y
Meetings	Y
Elected Officials	Y
Administrative Officials	P
Permits, zoning	Y
Audits	Y
Contracts	Y
Lobbying	N
Public records	Y
Local taxes	Y
Transparency grading process

1 Website evaluation
- 1.1 The good
- 1.2 The bad
2 Public employees
- 2.1 Board of Supervisors
- 2.2 County Executive
3 Budget
4 Taxes
5 External links
6 References

Prince William County is one of 95 counties in Virginia. Its population is 402,002.^[1]

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites

This website was reviewed on December 1, 2011

[edit] The good

Board of supervisors members are posted with contact information.^[2]
Meeting agendas, minutes, and audio and video are posted.^[3]
Budgets and audits are posted.^[4]
Budget archives are posted.^[5]
County tax rates are posted.^[6]
Information and instructions are provided for public records requests.^[7]
Contact information is provided within department pages.
Zoning information is available,^[8] as are building permits.^[9]
Bid opportunities are posted,^[10] along with recurring annual contracts^[11] and awarded contracts.^[12]

[edit] The bad

The website can be difficult to navigate, as it's easy to go down the wrong series of links trying to find information like building permits.
Term information is not posted for elected officials.
Administrative officials are not listed.
No information is available on Taxpayer-funded lobbying.

[edit] Public employees

[edit] Board of Supervisors

2011 Board of County Supervisors^[2]
Name	District
Corey A. Stewart (Chairman)	At-Large
Wally Covington	Brentsville
Martin E. Nohe	Coles
Maureen S. Caddigan (Vice Chairman)	Potomac
John T. Stirrup Jr.	Gainesville
John D. Jenkins	Neabsco
Michael C. May	Occuquan
Frank J. Principi	Woodbridge

[edit] County Executive

Prince William's County Executive is Melissa S. Peacor.^[13]

[edit] Budget

[edit] 2012 Revenues

2012 Budget Revenues^[14]
Source	Total 2012
Property Taxes	$655,350,492
Other Local Taxes	$127,610,434
Permits, Fees, & Licenses	$11,576,928
Fines & Forfeitures	2,586,271
Use of Money & Prop	$15,780,765
Charges for Services	$192,890,424
Miscellaneous	$20,210,595
Other Localities	$43,002,605
Commonwealth of Virginia	$441,002,605
Federal Government	$103,195,436
Operating Transfers In	$551,713,981
Proceeds from Loans & Bonds	$189,336,000
Total Revenue & Financing	$2,354,692,630

[edit] 2012 Expenditures

Prince William's total budgeted expenditures for 2012 are $2,462,138,474, the highest in at least five years. Nearly half of that, $1,116,903,580, goes to the county's schools.^[15]

The county's General Fund budget for 2012 is $890,151,651.^[15]

2012 General Fund Expenditures^[15]
Category	% of Total
Transfers	55.3%
Leases & Rentals	0.8%
Cost Recovery	0.6%
Personal Services	21.2%
Fringe Benefits	6.4%
Contractual Serv.	2.4%
Internal Services	2.5%
Other Services	5.4%
Debt Maintenance	5.1%
Capital Outlay	0.3%

[edit] Five-Year Plan

Five-Year General Fund Budget Plan^[16]
Category	FY 2012	FY 2013	FY 2014	FY 2015	FY 2016
General Revenue	$756,073,434	$792,094,851	$834,683,885	$878,799,084	$929,359,378
Agency Revenue	$104,194,434	$97,348,969	$97,149,632	$96,863,099	$96,810,364
County Resources	$29,883,783	$31,709,047	$24,357,890	$15,703,776	$19,962
Total Revenue and Resources	$890,151,651	$921,152,867	$956,191,407	991,365,959	1,026,189,704
County Government Expenditures	$464,371,477	$474,996,369	$485,932,779	$496,140,445	$502,341,083
Transfer to Schools	$425,780,174	$446,156,498	$470,258,628	$495,225,514	$523,848,621
Total Expenditures	$890,151,651	$921,152,867	$956,191,407	991,365,959	1,026,189,704

[edit] Taxes

The countywide sales tax is 1.0%.^[17]

The county's base real estate tax rate is $1.204 per $100 in assessed value, with an additional levy of $.0025 to fight gypsy moths and a $.0741 fire and rescue levy that is countywide except for the town of Quantico.^[6]

Prince William's general tax on personal property (vehicles, etc.) is $3.70 per $100 in assessed value.^[6]

[edit] External links

Prince William County

[edit] References

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