Ben J. Benoit Riverside County Auditor-Controller

Last night, we had one last item to wrap up for our end-of-the-year payroll, something I was able to help contribute to in a small way. I was privileged to hang out into the evening to watch our fantastic team check, recheck, update, recheck, add bilingual pay to hundreds of checks, then recheck again. Then, finally, push our pay period 26 payroll out of our system, ready for RCIT to make the final push to our bank.

I am humbled to have learned so much this last year about our office so I can better gather the resources our team needs to do their job more efficiently, effectively, and collectively better with time. But I couldn’t do that if we didn’t have such an inviting and accepting team.

So, as I close out my first year as our Riverside County Auditor-Controller, I want to take time to thank my fantastic Team and ACO Family. Together with our payroll, property tax, general accounting, audit, and administrative divisions of the Auditor Controller’s office, we will collectively make our county stronger.

For the 25,128 strong of our entire Riverside County family, know that $54,204,952.49 is on the way, making its way through the banking system so we can all collectively have the brightest end-of-the-year holidays with our families and friends. It’s our privilege in the ACO office to be here to serve all of you.

Finally, to the taxpayers of Riverside County, we couldn’t do this without you, and we are all here to serve you.

-Thank you.

Ben J. Benoit
Riverside County Auditor-Controller