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Welcome to the homepage of Tax Assessor/Collector Cheryl E. Johnson!

In November 2004, Cheryl was elected as Galveston County Tax Assessor/Collector. Since taking office, she has been working diligently to be worthy of your confidence by fulfulling pledges made during her campaign. Those pledges were:

* Increase service
       Extended hours at all offices and added two satellite offices (Crystal Beach and Friendswood)
       Reduced processing time for tax payments (by 4 months) and vehicle registration renewals (by 5 weeks)
       Fully staffed branches to reduce time customers spend waiting in lines

* Reduce cost of collection services to governments
Instituted lockbox processing and outsourced tax statement production resulting in staff efficiencies
Instituted use of temporary staff during peak periods to address personnel cuts by prior administrations

* Fight for property tax relief
       Obtained resolutions from a majority of cities and the County supporting reduction of the appraisal cap and presented to
       Legislators in Austin.
       Provided data and DID result in significant tax reductions as well as increasing local control over taxpayer payment options.
       Provided programs throughout County to educate property owners on how to be more effective in reducing their tax burden.

She made promises and kept those promises.

Cheryl has worked tirelessly to instill a culture of accountability in the Tax Office. It has been a challenging journey with many obstacles that were overcome with bold leadership. She believes there is more that must be done.

The motto of the Tax Office is "where the race for quality has no finish line". With your support, Cheryl will lead her team to the next level from providing good to providing great service, from operating at low cost to operating at no cost and, eventually, to becoming a profit center for Galveston County.