Financial & Audit Information

Financial Transparency

Traditional Finances awardMETRO’s commitment to financial transparency goes beyond monthly Board/Committee meetings and is reflected by the type, quality and location of financial information, including awards, reported on METRO’s Web page. Financial reporting awards include the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting for METRO’s comprehensive annual financial report for 25 consecutive years and six consecutive years for METRO’s two defined benefit pension plans. In addition, METRO has earned the highest grade available from the Texas Controller Leadership Circle program on transparency for the past seven years.

Detail financial information is located under the various tabs on this page.

Finance Summary

The following summarized financial information is for the most recently completed fiscal year of October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017. Revenues are recognized when earned and expenses are recognized at the time the liability is incurred.

The per capita numbers are calculated based on transit boarding count of 90.0 million.

Revenues and Expenditures per Capita, Fiscal Year 2017
Totals Fiscal Year 2017 (In Millions) Per Capita
Total Revenues (including sales tax; excluding capital grants) $854.4 $9.5
Total Expenditures (including depreciation; excluding capital expenditure) $1,019.6 $11.3
Total Sales Tax Revenue $690.9 $7.7

Fiscal year 2017 full-time equivalent positions - 3,956

Chart shows Revenues and Expenditures per Capita, Fiscal Years 2013 - 2017
Year Revenues per Capita Expenditures per Capita
2017 $9.5 $11.3
2016 $9.3 $11.6
2015 $9.8 $10.0
2014 $9.7 $10.8
2013 $9.4 $9.2

*Revenues and expenditures in above chart exclude capital grants and capital expenditures.

 

Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County Sales Tax Revenue, Fiscal 2013 - 2017
Year Sales Tax Revenue (in millions)
2017 $690.9
2016 $686.1
2015 $715.2
2014 $685.2
2013 $642.5

 

*ABOUT OUR REGISTER DATA: You can view METRO’s register data several ways. Choose the month you wish to view, and then sort on any of the available columns, by clicking on the heading of that column. You can also download an Excel spreadsheet of the data that can be used to calculate monthly totals.

Check Registers

Texas Government Code, Chapter 552, gives you the right to access government records; and an officer for public information and the officer’s agent may not ask why you want them. All government information is presumed to be available to the public. Certain exceptions may apply to the disclosure of the information. Governmental bodies shall promptly release requested information that is not confidential by law, either constitutional, statutory, or by judicial decision, or information for which an exception to disclosure has not been sought.

Requests For Document Under The Texas Public Information Act (TPIA):
Jacqueline Hojem,
Public Information Coordinator
Designated Contact For TPIA Requests:
Jacqueline Hojem: openrecordsrequests@ridemetro.org
Metropolitan Transit Authority
P.O. Box 61429
Houston, Texas 77208-1429
Direct Phone: 713-739-4071
Facsimile: 713-739-4699 Attn: Jacqueline Hojem
The Public Information Act (TPIA)
Ley de Información Pública (PDF)
Record Fees
Subpoena Instructions

METRO's current board members are:

(C) Appointed by the City of Houston Mayor, Confirmed by Houston City Council
(H) Appointed by Harris County Commissioners Court
(M) Appointed by the mayors of the other cities in METRO's service area

Contact Information

For more information about our board members or to schedule meetings please contact the Board Office:

713-739-4834
rd04@ridemetro.org

Email

Carrin F. Patman Carrin.Patman2@ridemetro.org
Jim Robinson Jim.Robinson2@ridemetro.org
Troi Taylor Troi.Taylor2@ridemetro.org
Don Elder Don.Elder2@ridemetro.org
Lex Frieden Lex.Frieden2@ridemetro.org
Lisa Gonzales Castañeda Lisa.Castaneda2@ridemetro.org
Sanjay Ramabhadran (Ram) Sanjay.Ram2@ridemetro.org
Terry Morales Terry.Morales2@ridemetro.org

Mailing

All mail for board members may be sent to:
Board Office
Metropolitan Transit Authority
P.O. Box 61429
Houston, Texas, 77208-1429

Telephone or Fax

Phone 713-739-4834
Fax 713-739-6963

Accessible Formats

Information found on this website can be provided in an alternative format upon request. Please contact Customer Service at 713-635-4000 to speak to a representative or email the Accessibility Coordinator at accessibility@ridemetro.org. METRO will do its best to provide the requested alternative format within a reasonable time.

 

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