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Clerk of Circuit Court presents 2026 budget; questions raised over differing published figures
Summary
Clerk of Circuit Court officials presented a $33.1 million combined court operations request for 2026, highlighted staff and program restores and said state funding will reduce levy reliance; committee members requested reconciled figures after discrepancies between the department slides and the countyrecommended operating budget were spotted.
Clerk of Circuit Court officials presented the department's 2026 recommended budget and described operations that support the circuit courts and specialty court programs.
The presentation said total expenditures for Combined Court Related Operations are $33,145,087, total revenues $13,662,131 and a tax levy of $19,482,956, increases from 2025. Officials said a projected $1.5 million reduction in levy reliance in 2026 results from changes in state funding for the office.
Why it matters: the Clerk of Circuit Court is an elected constitutional officer whose office administers court services and maintains records for thousands of cases each year; changes in…
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