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    Awards | September 07, 2023

    2010 County Best Practices Award Recipients

    Program Title: ACH Property Tax Payments
    County: Williamson County
    Contact: Cathy Atkinson
    Phone: (512) 943-1544

    Description: Created a more convenient method of property tax payments.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Exceptional Delivery of Service


    Program Title: Compensatory Time Management
    County: Smith County
    Contact: Adrienne Graham
    Phone: (903) 590-4607

    Description: Tackled compensatory time with teamwork.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Outstanding Achievement


    Program Title: Coordinated Jail Population Management
    County: Tarrant County
    Contact: Les Smith
    Phone: (817) 884-1734

    Description: Created a centralized nervous system for county criminal justice.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Superior Innovation


    Program Title: Jail Intelligence Unit
    County: Webb County
    Contact: Anita Guerra
    Phone: (956) 523-4521

    Description: Proactively gathered and analyzed information to prevent crimes

    Details: View Video

    Award: Outstanding Achievement


    Program Title: Lady Justice Water Conservation Fountain
    County: Bexar County
    Contact: Betty Bueche
    Phone: (210) 335-2218

    Description: Created a public plaza with responsible art.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Superior Innovation


    Program Title: Mental Health Jail Diversion
    County: Taylor County
    Contact: George A. Newman
    Phone: (325) 674-1235

    Description: Used coordination to divert the mentally ill away from the revolving door to jail.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Superior Innovation


    Program Title: Northeast Newsletter
    County: Tarrant County
    Contact: Gary Fickes
    Phone: (817) 581-3600

    Description: Raised awareness of county services, one newsletter at a time.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Exceptional Delivery of Service


    Program Title: One Day 4-H Downtown Revitalization
    County: Madison County
    Contact: Arthur Henson
    Phone: (936) 348-2670

    Description: Showed how helpful 4-H programs can be in one day.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Exceptional Delivery of Service

    Award: Superior Innovation


    Program Title: Summer Jobs for Teens & Seniors
    County: Houston County
    Contact: Lonnie Hunt
    Phone: (936) 544-3255

    Description: Grabed grant opportunities to bring federal dollars back home

    Details: View Video

    Award: Outstanding Achievement


    Program Title: Volunteer Job Training Program
    County: Bee County
    Contact: Anna Maria Silvas
    Phone: (361) 362-3242

    Description: Found alternative incentives and funding for office help.

    Details: View Video

    Award: Superior Innovation