Barbara Ford-Coates, Tax Collector for Sarasota County, has again earned a special designation for excellence in the field of financial operations—the Legacy Award. The process involved for consideration of the Legacy Award is rigorous and includes a comprehensive review of the financial functions of the Tax Collector’s Office, to include a meticulous review, by a judging panel, of the Tax Collectors’ financial records, practices and use of technology. A five person judging panel made up of government financial executives from throughout Florida examined the Tax Collector’s processes as related to the following four areas of competency: innovation and automation; perfect annual audit report; customer focus; and budgeting. Ford-Coates has consistently earned the Excellence in Financial Operations Award after exhibiting proficiency in these four areas of expertise. However, for the 2017 Legacy Award, Ford-Coates demonstrated that her office had even further enhanced its financial operations.

Sarasota County Tax Collector's Office