Alachua County government has released its annual report for 2013, which gives a brief rundown of what each department accomplished. Here’s a PDF of the report and an interactive digital version of it.
If you want a clearer idea of how your property tax dollars were spent or what the breakdown in expenditures was for each sector of your local government, the report offers some useful pie charts.
You can also skim through it to see how many animals were adopted from Animal Services, how many hours volunteers gave through county programs, and other tidbits about what Court Services, Fire Rescue and the rest of the departments were up to in 2013.
Here are a few excerpts from the report:
Public Works:
Animal Services
- Animals euthanized – 771 (decreased 50% from last year)
Engineering and Operations
- Miles of unpaved roads surface treated – 4.97
- Miles of sidewalk added – .368
- Trees planted – 106
- Lane miles resurfaced – 3.56
Community Support Services
Victim Services & Rape Crisis Center
- Provided 26,764 services to 5,875 victims of violent crime
- 2,158 new victims received services
- Received $264,442 in grant funding
Health Department
- Conducted 167,500 primary care visits with patients at or below the poverty level
Administrative Services:
Equal Opportunity
- Targeted recruitment conducted for job categories under-represented by females and minorities. 41% of targeted positions filled in FY13 met diversity goals.
Court Services:
Clinical Programs/Drug Court
- 92% of participating clients were gainfully employed, enrolled in an educational/vocational program, or receiving disability payments within 60 days of entering Phase II of Drug Court.