Comptroller’s Office Overview 20072007

Checks and Balances

County Comptroller

Custodian of funds and records Reports directly to citizens Independent financial “watch dog” Checks and balances

Chief Financial Officer

Safeguard County funds Pre-audit BCC expenditures This fiscal year to date – issued over

104,000 payments through check and an additional 57,000 through P-Card transactions

Prepare financial reports Invest Commission funds ($1.4

Billion)

Paymaster

Issue pay checks to 8,000 employees every two weeks

Makes payroll deductions, such as payroll taxes

Co-administer labor contracts Administer U.S. savings bond program Administer deferred compensation

plans

Property Accountant

Keep real & tangible property records

Tag property over $1000 Conduct annual property

inventories Auction surplus property

County Auditor

Audit operations under County Mayor and BCC

Audit County Officers Audit Hotels - Tourist Development

Tax Audit Utilities - Public Service Tax Audit recipients of County funds Fraud Hotline 407-836-5775

Clerk to the Board

Record and produce BCC minutes Provide public access to BCC actions Audio and written minutes on web

Schedule and advertise public hearings

Clerk to Value Adjustment Board

County Recorder

Record, archive and index land ownership records and court documents

On average - over 68,000 documents recorded each month

This fiscal year to date over 546,420 documents recorded (thru May 2007)

County Recorder

Images of recorded documents back to Jan. 1970 are viewable online

Personal identifying numbers (such as social security and bank account numbers) are blocked

FY 2007 Budget

$16.8 million 93% personal service costs County general fund provides <18%

Operating surplus FY 2006 $10.8 million to County general fund

Comptroller Operating Surplus

$1,000,000$2,000,000$3,000,000$4,000,000$5,000,000$6,000,000$7,000,000$8,000,000$9,000,000$10,000,000$11,000,000

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