Volusia County, Florida

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Volusia County is one of 67 counties in Florida. De Land is the county seat.

Volusia County's population as of 2007 was 508,014. It is one of 20 charter counties in the state. It became a charter county in 1971.^[1]

[edit] Evaluation of website

Main article: Evaluation of Florida county websites

[edit] The good

• Budget is available.^[2]
• Council meeting schedule is posted^[3], with meetings broadcast live online.^[4]
• County council members are listed with contact information.^[5]
• Building permits^[6] and zoning information^[7] is available.
• Debt and financial reports are available.^[8]

[edit] The bad

• Awarded contracts are listed, but full contracts are not available.^[9]
• Does not disclose if belongs to taxpayer-funded lobbying associations.
• Information on how to make a public records request is not provided on the site.

[edit] Audits

For Volusia County, the County Auditor reports to the County Manager. He is responsible for auditing the county departments and elected officials. This audit function was established by an ordinance in 1980.^[10]

[edit] See Also

• Audits

[edit] External links

Volusia County

• Official Volusia County Website
• Volusia County Property Appraiser
• Volusia County Clerk of the Circuit Court
• Volusia County on E-Reference
• Volusia County GIS
• The Volusia Community
• Volusia County Public Library
• Volusia County Public Schools

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