Under Doug's leadership, the Treasurer's Office has provided innovative approaches:

  • Establishment of a $500 million investment pooling program which was the first GASB 31 compliant local pooling program in the state of Washington.
  • Creation of the Senior Citizen/Disabled Tax Work-Off Program in partnership with the County Commissioners.
  • Establishment of a joint remittance processing center in collaboration with the Clark Public Utilities.

  • Development of a joint customer service center in the new public service center in collaboration with the Clark County Assessor and Clark County Auditor.
  • Agreement with First Independent Bank to provide taxpayers the ability to pay taxes at any of nineteen branch offices.
  • Creation of the County Treasurer's Web Site and automated telephone system which provide property tax information on a 23/7 basis. Payments currently accepted on the web only.
  • A Taxing District Financial Web Portal which provides daily treasury financial data and report updates. This is the only county treasurer financial web portal for taxing districts in the State of Washington.
  • A new "state of the art" property tax computer system, even before it has been completed, has attracted 9 other counties in the State of Washington to purchase our property tax system from the software vendor. The new property tax and collection system is a collaborative effort between the County Assessor and County Treasurer Offices. The new system will be completed in 2011.
  • The new property tax computer program provided the ability to redesign the tax statement so we now have all taxes, fees, and assessments on one statement which saves printing and mailing costs.
  • Worked with local legislators to help pass legislation that will allow County Treasurers to send tax bills electronically to taxpayers over the internet and allow for prepayment of taxes, assessments and fees.
  • The County Treasurer's Office partnered with Clark County Real Estate Title Companies in developing the first electronic data exchange in the State of Washington to process Real Estate Excise Tax Affidavits and tax payments. By the end of the year, the entire process will be automated with a new Real Estate Excise Tax web portal which will allow for faster transaction processing.

Doug is committed to providing improved customer service and wise management of public funds.