St. Charles County, Missouri

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Budget	Y
Meetings	Y
Elected Officials	Y
Administrative Officials	Y
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 Budget
3 Public employees
4 Lobbying
5 Transparency & public records
6 Taxes
7 External links
8 References

St. Charles County is one of 114 counties in Missouri.

[edit] Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Missouri county websites

This website was most recently reviewed on 5 Feb 2012.

[edit] The good

Budgets are posted.^[1]
County Council members are listed with contact information^[2]
Council meeting schedules^[3] and minutes^[4] are posted.
Administrative officials are listed under their respective departments.
Building permits^[5] and zoning^[6] information is posted
Audits are available.^[7]
Current bids^[8] and past awarded bids^[9]
Information on taxes is posted.^[10]
Information and online public records request is provided.^[11]

[edit] The bad

Does not disclose if belongs to taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.

[edit] Budget

	2008 Actual	2009 Actual	2010 Approp	2010 Estimate	2011 Request	Executive Recommend	2011 Approp	2011 Estimate	2012 Request	2012 Approp
Beginning Fund Balance	103,494,160	112,158,813	104,931,435	122,839,041	139,204,347	139,204,347	139,204,347	143,472,086	130,337,312	130,337,312
Revenue:
Taxes	105,708,650	101,318,105	103,834,472	104,243,944	106,337,629	106,337,629	106,337,629	105,849,361	107,860,434	107,332,434
Fees, Licenses and Permits	19,452,097	21,667,520	20,617,977	18,757,054	19,255,103	19,205,103	19,199,646	19,008,182	18,617,666	18,609,595
Intergovernmental	24,018,603	28,122,180	37,432,418	28,293,167	29,482,253	29,773,328	29,773,328	20,397,771	44,085,973	44,168,225
Interfund Transfers	7,413,033	6,006,782	10,743,160	10,526,963	12,950,571	12,914,494	12,451,602	12,407,830	7,552,222	9,354,453
Other Revenue	25,802,464	25,389,568	27,432,378	49,828,565	27,977,474	27,967,484	27,967,484	24,811,312	28,221,807	26,727,507
Total Revenue	182,394,848	182,504,154	200,060,405	211,649,692	196,003,030	196,198,037	195,729,689	182,474,456	206,338,102	206,192,214
Total Available Resources	285,889,008	294,662,967	304,991,840	334,488,733	335,207,377	335,402,385	334,934,036	325,946,541	336,675,414	336,529,526
Expenditures:
Personnel	61,343,177	62,164,877	66,341,626	64,286,931	66,471,747	64,532,065	65,351,669	63,947,917	68,200,329	69,264,038
Operating	73,454,096	69,015,394	89,032,287	75,289,792	88,997,447	87,081,865	87,139,186	76,262,300	91,590,340	89,199,781
Capital Outlay	31,407,591	34,636,874	93,960,380	45,180,699	109,733,737	116,937,276	120,707,376	42,890,532	116,827,733	123,447,578
Total Expenditures	166,204,865	165,817,145	249,334,293	184,757,422	265,202,931	268,551,206	273,198,231	183,100,749	276,618,402	281,911,398
Interfund Transfers & Emergency Reserves	173,730,195	171,823,926	262,588,572	195,284,385	280,542,159	283,880,022	288,066,474	12,508,480	11,575,883	11,777,419
Ending Fund Balance	112,158,813	122,839,041	42,403,268	139,204,347	54,665,219	51,522,363	46,867,562	130,337,312	48,481,128	42,840,709

[edit] Public employees

[edit] Elected officials

All legislative powers of the County are vested in the County Council. The Council consists of seven members, one member nominated and elected by the voters in each of the seven Council districts. Council members are elected by the registered voters of St. Charles County for a four-year term, with terms of office beginning in January. The Chair and Vice-Chair are elected each January by the members of the Council.^[12]

Name	District
Joe Cronin	District 1
Joe Brazil, ‘’Chair’’	District 2
Nancy Matheny	District 3
Paul Wynn	District 4
Terry Hollander	District 5
Jerry Daugherty	District 6
John White	District 7

[edit] Administrative officials

[edit] Salaries

2012 appropriated personnel costs totaled $69,264,038.^[1] Salary schedules can be found here. Annual salaries range from $22,632 to $198,932.^[13]

[edit] Pensions

County employees participate in the Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement System. The county pays the entire cost of the pension program.^[14]

[edit] Lobbying

Main article: Missouri taxpayer-funded lobbying

In 2008, St. Charles County reported $60,000 spent on lobbying. ^[15]

[edit] Transparency & public records

St. Charles County received a 2012 Sunny Award for receiving a nearly perfect score on Sunshine Review's Ten Point Transparency Checklist.

The Missouri GOP was forced to reschedule the St. Charles County 2012 caucuses after a lack of transparency caused a chaotic turn in the first attempt. County Republican leaders attempted to ban audio and video recording equipment, causing caucus-goers to adjourn the process.^[16]

[edit] Taxes

Tax rates can be found here. The tax collector collects a personal property and real estate tax. Both taxes are based on a percentage of the market valuation of property. Rates are divided up by subdivision, based on votes held by residents of the division.^[17]

[edit] External links

St. Charles County

[edit] References

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