Management and Performance Review of County Government ...

Assessment of the Finance and Business Functions
County
EXHIBIT 4-9
JEFFERSON COUNTY CLERK’S OFFICE
COMPARED TO PEER COUNTIES
Population
(2003
Estimate)
2004-05
Budget
Budget
per Capita
Number of
Full-time
Employees
Residents
Served per
Employee
Jefferson 248,742 $1,694,680 $6.81 38 6,546
Brazoria 263,621 $1,583,786 $6.01 n/a n/a
Chambers 27,558 $404,440 $14.68 7 3,937
Collin 597,307 $2,004,995 $3.36 39 15,316
Denton 510,616 $2,986,099 $5.85 n/a n/a
Fort Bend 419,995 $2,507,940 $5.97 52 8,077
Galveston 266,741 $2,231,800 $8.37 53 5,033
Hardin 49,604 $250,000 $5.04 13 3,816
Lubbock 250,016 $891,157 $3.56 24 10,417
Montgomery 344,651 $2,122,862 $6.16 40 8,616
Nueces 315,051 $504,250 $1.60 21 15,002
Orange 84,529 $433,618 $5.13 12 7,044
Source: Review of peer county budgets and telephone surveys of peer counties.
County
Population
(2003
estimate)
EXHIBIT 4-10
JEFFERSON TAX OFFICE
COMPARED TO PEER COUNTIES
2004-05
Budget
Budget
per
Capita
Number of
Registered
Voters
% of
Population
Registered
to Vote
Number of
Full-time
Employees
Residents
Served
per
Employee
Jefferson 248,742 $2,692,920 $10.83 165,174 66% 56 4,442
Brazoria 263,621 $2,126,041 $8.06 161,485 61% 53 4,974
Chambers 27,558 $588,608 $21.36 20,250 73% 10 2,756
Collin 597,307 $4,003,564 $6.70 369,412 62% 94 6,354
Denton 510,616 $2,885,372 $5.65 321,700 63% 54 9,456
Fort Bend 419,995 $2,628,902 $6.26 254,364 61% 50 8,400
Galveston 266,741 $2,381,500 $8.93 185,911 70% n/a n/a
Hardin 49,604 $601,084 $12.12 33,948 68% 15 3,307
Lubbock 250,016 $1,117,858 $4.47 162,229 65% 30 8,334
Montgomery 344,651 $2,786,974 $8.09 214,098 62% 63 5,471
Nueces 315,051 $2,120,905 $6.73 201,707 64% 57 5,527
Orange 84,529 $935,513 $11.07 55,446 66% 20 4,226
Source: Review of peer county budgets and telephone surveys of peer counties.
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