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Clackamas County Treasurer Brian Nava: "We are the bank for Clackamas County"
Summary
In an interview on the Clackoworks series, Clackamas County Treasurer Brian Nava described the treasurer's office as "the bank for Clackamas County," outlining its management of the county's receipts and disbursements, investment policy under ORS 294, property-tax distributions to 120+ taxing districts and the office's internal audit role, including a recent courthouse audit.
Brian Nava, Clackamas County treasurer, said the treasurer's office functions as "the bank for Clackamas County," handling the county's receipts, disbursements, investments and internal audit oversight for a county budget the office figures at about $2,000,000,000.
Nava told Clackoworks host Dylan Blaylock that "every penny that comes in goes to a bank account held by the treasurer's office" and every outgoing payment flows through those same accounts to fund county operations. He said the office maintains more than 20 bank accounts, participates in a local government investment pool and uses money-market accounts with qualified local depositories so taxpayer dollars earn interest while remaining accessible.
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