Elect Joe Wells

Joe Wells: Efficiency and Integrity

• Twelve years experience as Assistant to County Commissioner Chris Semos, planning and oversight of County budgets and operations.
• Eleven years administrative management experience for a local non profit that administers court mandated community service programs, which refer 12,000 community service volunteers who work over 600,000 hours at 600 non profit agencies annually.
• A lifetime of civic involvement and service including active duty in the US Air Force Security Police, work on behalf of political candidates and bond programs, community volunteer leadership.
• A proven record of success in working with local, state and federal officials in a bipartisan positive manner that gets results.

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Re-elect Joe Wells!

I am preparing to run an energetic and well-funded campaign for reelection as Dallas County Treasurer in the March 2010 Democratic Primary. Today, I am asking you to endorse my reelection and to support my campaign.

Working with other County officials and staff, I have worked to make positive changes that increase County government efficiency and reduce taxpayer costs in the following ways:

• Automated check writing process for all departments utilizing electronic check registers and implementing improved check fraud prevention;
• Implementing electronic vendor payment options for employee reimbursements and vendor payments;
• Check 21/ check imaging electronic deposit of 3000/7000 checks a day by the County Treasurer’s office to the Depository Bank;
• Enhanced cash deposit controls and Treasurers office security;
• Expanded acceptance of credit cards including self serve credit card payment kiosks at County offices deployed with donated funds;
• Negotiated extension of Deferred Compensation Contract which reduced fees for participating County employees;
• Increased revenues by withholding payments to vendors that owe delinquent taxes collecting $1.8 million in County, City and School District taxes.  This program earned a 2008 Texas Association of Counties “Financial Management Best Practices Award”;
• Revised County Investment Policies to enhance safety and liquidity while earning over $40 million of interest revenue in two years.

Please let me know of your support by contacting me at joe.wells@sbcglobal.net.

I look forward to continuing to work cooperatively with other County officials in 2009 to improve County Government efficiency!  Thanks for your friendship and for making me your County Treasurer.