Personnel committee approves three county clerk hires, clerk says positions are fully funded

The Personnel Committee on Aug. 6 approved the county clerk’s request to create and fill three positions in the clerk’s office: an entry‑level part‑time motor vehicle cashier, an index clerk and a senior recording clerk. County Clerk (name not specified) told the committee “Those three positions are fully funded” and said the hires will come in under budget because of the time between departures and new hires. The committee first moved to reassign two of the requests (the index clerk and senior recording clerk) and approved them by voice vote; it then approved the part‑time motor vehicle cashier. The clerk said the motor vehicle cashier position will be filled by a recent Marine Corps veteran who will attend school at Saint Bonaventure and whose schedule the office will accommodate. During discussion the clerk thanked the county IT team led by Mr. Hooker for resolving a separate DMV connectivity outage that affected the office earlier in the week. Committee members asked no substantive follow‑up questions about funding sources beyond the clerk’s statement that the positions are 100% county funded. The motions passed with the committee’s unanimous voice approval. The committee had five members present and two absent at roll call. The clerk’s office will proceed with recruitment and hiring under the approved requests; no additional policy changes were proposed at the meeting.