2008 Budget Book - Kitsap County Government

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Auditor
2008 Goals and Objectives:
Elections:
• We will contribute to Effective and Efficient County Services by working cooperatively with the
State Legislature, the Office of Secretary of State and Auditor’s Association to implement the
National Election Reform Legislation which will include, but not be limited to the following:
Implement processes to facilitate online voter registration applications;
Interface County and Statewide voter registration systems and election results reporting;
New standards for first time voters;
New and expanded voter education programs; and
Provide training for all personnel related to elections, including ballot processors, political
party observers and election officials.
• We will contribute to Inclusive Government by:
Conducting 2008-2009 elections;
Maintaining all political and special purpose taxing district boundaries;
Ensuring free and fair elections for each citizen of the County;
Encouraging citizen and political party involvement in observation of the election process;
Implementing new federal and state laws.
Financial Services:
• We will contribute to Effective and Efficient County Services by:
Providing timely and accurate fiscal and debt information;
Evaluating financial alternatives; and
Providing financial support functions, such as courteous and timely completion of
payments and reports.
• We will provide Inclusive Government by:
Developing and enhancing financial systems that improve accountability;
Clearly tracking costs; and
Presenting the information in a clear format to the public, elected officials and department
heads.
Licensing:
• We will contribute to Effective and Efficient County Services by:
Ensuring convenience and local access to vehicle and vessel licensing services;
Enhancing service delivery methods including expanded use of the Internet; and
Providing prompt and courteous service to the public.
• We will provide Effective and Efficient County Services by improving compliance with tax and
fee collection through networking and oversight activities with licensing sub-agencies, Humane
Society agency, admission tax vendors and gambling establishments.
Recording:
• We will provide Inclusive Government by increasing secure efficient retrieval and public
accessibility to land title records, historic county records and other records of archival
significance.
• We will provide Effective and Efficient County Services by timely recording and returning
documents to the public along with implementing electronic recording of documents through an
internet subscription model
Performance Measures:
2005
Actual
2006
Actual
2007
Actual
2008
Forecast
Measurement
Election Administration Service
Total no. of ballots processed 365,916 404,625 466,555 500,000
Total no. of staff 3.5 3.5 3.5 4
Total no. of ballots processed per staff 104,547 115,607 133,301 125,000
NOTE: State laws now require additional tracking, auditing, validation and reconciliation of ballots
Voter Registration Service
Total no. of voters registered 147,796 149,089 147,661 157,000
Total no. of staff 3.5 3.5 3.5 4
Registered voters managed per staff 42,227 42,597 42,189 39,250
NOTE: State laws now require additional steps to validate and process voter registration records