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Registrar office short-handed as births, deaths and weekend coverage climb
Summary
City registrar and clerk staff reported heavy workload and an unfilled registrar vacancy, asking council to consider regrading or removing the position from the union to attract candidates.
The city registrar and clerkoffice told the council it is operating under significant staffing strain after the registrar left in February amid rising birth and death records workload.
Clerk and registrar staff reported they have processed roughly 200 deaths and 125 births so far this year; in 2024 the office recorded 2,169 births and 7,618 deaths. The office said the vacancy for the registrar position has been posted with a starting salary of $37,600 and a range up to $41,000 but that there have been no qualified applicants.
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