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County approves $10 record-archive fee to fund digitization and preservation program
Summary
Brown County commissioners approved a county clerk plan authorizing a $10 record-archive fee to pay for digitization and preservation of historical records, including a multi-year project to scan microfilm and bind books for public access and criminal-record searches.
Brown County commissioners voted to approve a county clerk record-archive plan that authorizes the county clerk to collect a $10 record-archive fee when a non-court document is presented for recording or filing. The fee is intended to fund a multi-year digitization and preservation effort, including scanning microfilm and binding old record books.
Fern, county clerk, told commissioners she prepared the archive plan as required by the 86th Legislature and said the fee increase from $5 to $10 provides revenue for binding and…
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