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Clerk of district court warns court fund shortfall as electronic filing reduces fees
Summary
Clerk Molly Bradbury told commissioners that e‑filing and a public portal have sharply reduced traditional copy and search fees, producing a projected operating shortfall in the district court fund that staff expect to cover only through mill levy adjustments or transfers.
Molly Bradbury, Park County clerk of district court, told the commission June 12 that technological changes and higher caseloads have reduced district court fee revenue and left the fund with a projected shortfall for FY2026.
Bradbury said the district court fund began FY2024 with a healthy cash balance but that expenditures consistently exceed revenues. She presented an FY2024 ending balance of about $52,950 and said current projections for the start of FY2026 show available cash closer to $14,000–$15,000 under different COLA scenarios; projected negative cash positions ranged from about $22,000 to $29,000 depending on…
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