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Muskegon County clerk outlines plan to restore passport service, pursue unpaid court bonds and expand fingerprinting and elections work
Summary
County Clerk Karen Wood presented a multi-year strategic plan for circuit court records, vital records and elections that seeks to restore passport processing, create capacity to recover bond forfeitures, run expungement clinics and keep election programming in-house to save tens of thousands annually.
County Clerk Karen Wood told the Muskegon County Community Development and Strategic Planning Committee on May 15 that her office’s multi-year plan will seek to reestablish passport services, strengthen collections on outstanding court bond forfeitures, expand fingerprinting services and keep elections programming in-house.
The plan matters because the clerk’s office oversees a mix of vital records and circuit court filings that generate service revenue and public-facing functions. Restoring passport processing and adding services, Wood said, would increase county convenience and revenue while expanded fingerprinting and expungement clinics aim to improve access to services for residents.
Wood summarized the clerk and circuit court records work, saying the office issues marriage and birth records, death records and certificates, concealed weapons permits, vehicle titles, notary services and handles circuit court…
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