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County outlines programs-and-services inventory to find savings, improve collections
Summary
El Paso County staff said they are starting a programs-and-services inventory to identify cost-effective operations and revenue opportunities; officials used the Financial Recovery Division as an example, noting FRD cost roughly $1.8 million to operate while recovering about $5.6 million, and corrected an earlier uncollected-revenue figure to $67 million.
County operations staff presented a programs-and-services inventory initiative to the Commissioners Court on Nov. 20 to identify efficiencies, revenue opportunities and program costs ahead of FY27 budget discussions.
Example: Financial Recovery Division (FRD). Melissa Carrillo and Derek Ware presented FRD as a case study: operating costs for FRD run about $1.8 million (including staffing), while recoveries in fiscal year…
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