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Clerk of Courts requests restoration of clerk 3 roles after state funding update; seeks GPR coverage for hiring gap
Summary
Clerk of Courts staff asked the PP&J committee to restore two Clerk 3 positions after updated state circuit-court block-grant numbers and a known retirement created available funding. Clerk Okazaki said caseloads are rising and the office has statutory and constitutional obligations that limit where additional cuts can be made.
Clerk of Courts staff told the Dane County Public Protection & Judiciary Committee on Oct. 16 that updated state funding and an expected retirement create an opportunity to restore two Clerk 3 positions that had been removed from the executive’s 2026 budget.
Why it matters
Clerk Okazaki told the committee the office’s workload has risen sharply: “Our workload continues to increase. We saw a year over year case increase of more than 2,300 cases in 2024.” Okazaki said the office had previously exceeded the countywide 4% reduction target and has statutory and constitutional…
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