The county will spend $123,000 of its $142 million budget on support for arts groups this year.

In 2001 the county spent $44 million on the homeless, she said.

Already, the county has spent $11 million more on day care than it planned to this year, she said.

All told, the county spent about $66 million to acquire it.

"The county spent $68 million to build a new jail a couple of years ago," he said.

The county spends $60 a night to house a family of four in a motel.

The county spent $45 million last year in that category.

The report said the nation's 3,000 counties spent $1 billion on election administration in 2000.

But he said the authority could not control how the county spent the money.

The county, state and Federal governments together spend from $36,000 to $39,000 a year to house one family in a motel room.