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Surfside, Florida

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Budget Y
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Meetings Y
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Elected Officials Y
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Administrative Officials Y
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Permits, zoning Y
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Audits Y
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Contracts P
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Lobbying P
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Public records Y
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Local taxes P
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Surfside is a town in Florida.

Contents

Website evaluation

This website was most recently reviewed 2013-05-03.

The good

  • Elected officials
    • Elected officials are listed on the website with bios, phone numbers, mailing address and personalized emails.[1]
  • Administrative officials
    • Each department notes the head of the department and provides contact information.
  • Meetings
    • A calendar notes the times and locations of public meetings.[2]
    • Three years of meeting minutes, agendas, resolutions, ordinances and videos are provided.[3]
  • Contracts
    • Bids and RFPs are posted.[4]
  • Financial
    • Budgets are available back to 2006.[5]
    • Check register information is provided for 2012.[6]
    • Audits are available back to 2003.[7]
  • Public records
    • A public records request form is available.[8]
    • The Town Clerk is identified at the public information officer and provides a mailing address, phone number and email.[9]
  • Lobbying
    • Lobbying policies and registration forms are available.[10]
  • Planning
    • Permits, fees, and building ordinances are provided.[11]

The bad

  • Lobbying
    • If the city engaged in lobbying actives or if it's a member of government lobbying associations are not disclosed. Nor is the total cost lobbying activities or membership dues for associations available.
  • Contracts
    • Approved contract statements for all active contracts could not be found.
  • Taxes
    • Information on loca tax rates could not be found.

Lobbying

Main articles: Florida government sector lobbying and Florida League of Cities.

Surfside pays membership dues[12] to the Florida League of Cities, a government sector lobbying association.

References

  1. Town Commission
  2. Meeting calendar
  3. Meeting documents
  4. Bids
  5. Budgets
  6. Check registers
  7. Audits
  8. Public records request form
  9. Town Clerk
  10. Lobbying
  11. Building
  12. Membership Directory
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