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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.
January 28th, 2009
Thanks to the help of family, friends, supporters and the Democratic Party of Dallas County, I was elected Dallas County Treasurer with 51% of the votes.
| Joe Wells |
190,810 votes |
| Treasurer Lisa Hembry |
184,156 votes |
I appreciate Treasurer Lisa Hembry’s gracious offer to assist in the transition. I look forward to working in a cooperative bipartisan manner with other Dallas County elected officials and departments to continue to implement improvements in the efficiency of the Treasurer’s office.
Following my swearing in on January 1, 2007 as Dallas County Treasurer I will work hard and honestly to manage the Treasurer’s office efficiently with integrity in a manner taxpayers can trust.
Joe Wells
Dallas County Treasurer Elect
November 10th, 2006
Joe Wells, former assistant to Dallas County Commissioner Chris V. Semos, filed to run for Dallas County Treasurer in the Democratic Primary. As assistant to Commissioner Semos from 1983 to 1994, Wells assisted in the oversight and planning of county budgets and operations, and participated in the development and implementation of county bond programs.
Wells currently manages a local nonprofit administered court-ordered community service program, which refers 12,000 mandated volunteers to 600 nonprofit agencies. The program, which Wells has managed for the past 11 years, documents, verifies and reports over 600,000 hours of community service annually to referring county criminal courts, district courts, municipal courts, and school districts in Dallas and Tarrant counties.
Continue Reading January 29th, 2006
The Dallas County Treasurer is the county’s banker and is the chief custodian of county finance. The treasurer receives all monies belonging to the county, keeps those monies in designated depositories, and disburses all monies as the commissioners court may direct, by law.
The treasurer is the chief liason between the county and all depository banks, and serves as the chief investment officer for Dallas County funds.
Joe Wells, the Democratic candidate for Dallas County Treasurer, has a proven record of success in working with local, state and federal officials in a bipartisan manner that gets results. Learn more about Joe’s experience and find out how you can help the campaign.
January 28th, 2006