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Surry County, Virginia

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

Surry County is one of 95 counties in Virginia.

Website evaluation

Main article: Evaluation of Virginia county websites

This website was most recently reviewed March 27, 2013.

The good

  • Elected Officials
    • Board of Supervisors members are listed with general telephone number and mailing address.[1]
  • Meetings [2]
    • Meeting dates are provided for the full years.
    • Agendas are provided and archived to 2009.
    • Minutes are provided and archived to 2009.
  • Administration
    • Contact information for the Administrative officials is provided, but no e-mails are provide.[3]
    • There is a general email form to contact administration officials. [4]
  • Budget
    • The most current budget is posted. [5]
    • Budgets are archived to 2008.
  • Audits
    • The most recent financial audit is posted. [6]
    • Audits are archived to 2004.
  • Contracts
    • A bid application form is provided. [7]
  • Permits and Zoning
    • Planning and zoning policies and applications are posted online.[8]
  • Taxes
    • Local tax rates are disclosed online.[9]
    • Other fees and tax information is posted. [10]

The bad

  • Elected Officials
    • Individual contact information for elected officials, including telephone numbers, email addresses and mailing addresses are not provided.
  • Administration
    • Individual email addresses for administration officials is not provided
  • Contracts
    • Current and awarded bids are not posted.
  • Lobbying
  • Public Records
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