{"id":30,"date":"2026-05-31T15:30:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T15:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/?page_id=30"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:55:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T12:55:51","slug":"about-the-treasurer","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/?page_id=30","title":{"rendered":"About The Treasurer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"384\" height=\"85\" src=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MCTO_LOGO.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MCTO_LOGO.png 384w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/MCTO_LOGO-300x66.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<nav\n\t\t\tdata-hamburger-icon=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-hamburger-icon-type=\"icon\"\n\t\t\tdata-responsive-breakpoint=\"1024\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t            <button  type=\"button\" aria-label=\"hamburger-icon\"><br \/>\n                            <\/button><\/p>\n<ul id=\"menu-main\">\n<li id=\"menu-item-150\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/\">Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-151\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/?page_id=30\">About The Treasurer<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-152\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/?page_id=32\">FAQs<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-153\" data-vertical-menu=750px><a href=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/?page_id=31\">What&#8217;s New<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><button type=\"button\">X<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t        <\/nav>\n<h3>About The Treasurer<\/h3>\n<h3>John M. Allen<\/h3>\n<p>John M. Allen has lived in Arizona since 1983. He has been married to Tina for 40 years. John is the father of three and grandfather of six. He has a Business degree from Arizona State University. He served 12 years in the state legislature and has been the Maricopa County Treasurer since 2021.\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-interaction-id=\"95291a3\" id=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/treasurer_photo.jpg\" width=\"1640\" height=\"884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/treasurer_photo.jpg 1640w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/treasurer_photo-300x162.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/treasurer_photo-1024x552.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/treasurer_photo-768x414.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/treasurer_photo-1536x828.jpg 1536w\" alt=\"\"\/>\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>About the Maricopa County Treasurer\u2019s Office<\/h3>\n<p>The Maricopa County Treasurer\u2019s Office has four units: Administrative Services, Business Operations, Financial Services, and Information Services.<br \/>Below are the functions performed by each unit.\t\t\t        <!-- link opening --><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\"><br \/>\n                <!-- end link opening --><\/p>\n<h3>\n                    Administrative Services                <\/h3>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCompletes human resources activities, invoice payments, budgeting, facilities management, tax bill mailing, contract management, ballot storage, and document scanning and retention\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <!-- link opening --><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\"><br \/>\n                <!-- end link opening --><\/p>\n<h3>\n                    Business Operations                <\/h3>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCollects property tax payments and performs research for taxpayers, property tax resolutions, tax abatements, excess proceeds, government property lease excise tax (GPLET), and tax lien and deed activities.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <!-- link opening --><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\"><br \/>\n                <!-- end link opening --><\/p>\n<h3>\n                    Financial Services                <\/h3>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFunctions as the bank for school districts and special taxing districts, oversees the Treasurer\u2019s Office\u2019s investment portfolio of seven to ten billion dollars, manages the online banking portal, compiles financial reports, and makes debt payments on bonds.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t        <!-- link opening --><br \/>\n                <a href=\"#\"><br \/>\n                <!-- end link opening --><\/p>\n<h3>\n                    Information Services                <\/h3>\n<p>                <\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nMaintains and updates the office\u2019s computer systems and software, develops new software for the office, provides application support to system users, and manages all data associated with property taxes.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<h3>Treasurers History Timeline<\/h3>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-interaction-id=\"e23d6d6\" id=\"215\" src=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-scaled.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-300x98.jpg 300w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-1024x334.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-768x251.jpg 768w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-1536x501.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/azmaricopacountytreasurer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/timeline_background-2048x668.jpg 2048w\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Home About The Treasurer FAQs What&#8217;s New X About The Treasurer John M. 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