# Department of Property Records and Taxpayer Services *Washington County, Minnesota, department described in one at-issue record pair* The Department of Property Records and Taxpayer Services is a Washington County department that appears in one pair of the project's at-issue record. That pair places the county's election administration inside the department, along with the deeds and the tax rolls. The pair also gives the department 104 employees and an $8.5 million budget, without a date for either figure.[^1] The pair says the county administrator ran the department from 2001 until he was named deputy administrator. It cites Minnesota Statutes section 375.01 as its primary anchor, for the point that departmental structure is a choice of the county board.[^1][^2] The pair's own note calls it structural, not an allegation, and says no Washington County election-administration dispute was located.[^1] The record does not establish the department's present organization or staffing. ## Who The at-issue pair says the person it calls the current Washington County administrator ran the department from 2001 until he was named deputy administrator.[^1] The pair does not name him. It gives no date for his appointment as deputy administrator, and it gives no date for his appointment as administrator. ## What According to the pair, one department handles Washington County's deeds, its tax rolls, and its ballots. That places election administration in the same unit as property records and taxpayer services.[^1] ## How much The pair gives the department's budget as $8.5 million. It does not give a fiscal year.[^1] ## How many The pair gives the department's staff as 104 employees. It does not give a date for that count.[^1] ## In the at-issue record The pair (AI-Washington-082) is listed under the heading *The Referral Architecture & the County That Got the Prison Edition*.[^1] It rests on two items: a directory listing at maca-mn.org and a news item at patch.com.[^1] Its primary anchor is Minnesota Statutes section 375.01. The pair cites that section for the point that the way a county arranges its departments is decided by the county board.[^2] The pair's flag says it is "structural, not an allegation." The flag also says no Washington County election-administration dispute was located.[^1] The record does not establish two further points: whether the staffing and budget figures are current, and whether the department is still organized as the pair describes. ## Notes [^1]: Minnesota wiki at-issue record, *AI-Washington-082* (year 2001) — establishes the pair's text: the 2001 tenure, the 104 employees, the $8.5 million budget, and election administration placed inside the department. It also carries the pair's structural-not-an-allegation flag. The pair's underlying sources are a directory listing (maca-mn.org) and a news item (patch.com); neither URL is in the pack's allowed sources. [^2]: Minnesota Revisor of Statutes, *Minnesota Statutes section 375.01* — the statute the at-issue pair cites as its primary anchor for departmental structure as a county-board choice. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/375.01