Management and Performance Review of County Government ...

Judicial and Public Safety Functions
Exhibit 7-31 presents a comparison of all Jefferson County Constable offices. As
noted, the staffing and budget amounts for Precinct 8 operations have been adjusted to
reflect this precinct’s participation in the Absent Student Assistance Program. As this
exhibit demonstrates, the least efficient precinct is Precinct 4, which is operating at 11.33
percent. In this instance, efficiency is being measured by the ratio of revenue to
expenditures. This precinct also has the lowest amount of expenditures ($199,248) and
revenues ($22,571) but is funding the smallest staff of all the precincts (three total staff
members with only one deputy serving papers). Although this is taken into account,
Precinct 4 still has the lowest amount of revenue collected per staff ($7,524) as well as
the fewest number of papers handled per staff (423), reflecting a less efficient office than
the other precincts.
Precinct 8 has the second highest net income with $201,279 in 2004, while
functioning with the same number of staff members as Precincts 2, 6 and 7. However, it
has the second lowest amount of papers handled per staff (866) as well as the second
lowest amount of revenue generated per staff member ($18,366), or $8,573 less than
the county wide total. While having the lowest expenditures per staff member ($58,622),
Precinct 8 has the second lowest efficiency at 31.33 percent.
The most efficient precinct, functioning at 67.18 percent is Precinct 1. While it
has eight total people on staff including five deputies, it generates the largest amount of
revenue per staff member ($47, 963) by at least $11,000. Precinct 1 also functions with
the second largest amount of expenditures per staff member ($71,391) while handling
the largest amount of papers per staff (2,163) which is 761 more than the countywide
total of 1,402.
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