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Clerk/comptroller proposes modest budget increase and a lease concern for records center
Summary
Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller Grant Molloy and Director Jenny Spencer presented a FY26 request of about $6.14 million (6.1% increase over adopted FY25), including a lease for the Records Center that expires May 2027 and a proposed net FTE reduction of 0.86.
Grant Molloy, Clerk of the Circuit Court and Comptroller, and Jenny Spencer, Comptroller director, presented the clerk’s FY26 budget request May 20 showing proposed expenditures of $6,137,861, a 6.1% increase from the adopted FY25 budget and a net reduction in FTEs from 38.25 to about 37.39 (a net 0.86 reduction).
They told commissioners the budget increase is driven mainly by personnel and related benefits (4.5% of the request) and operating costs; Spencer highlighted a lease at the Records Center that expires in May 2027 and cited it as a notable upcoming cost (~$390,000 for the facility lease).
Nut graf: Why it matters — The clerk’s office handles records, court-related funds and trust/special revenue funds; impending lease renewal and IT/accounting shifts affect long-term costs.
Spencer said the office is shifting certain IT subscription contracts to the information services department to comply with GASB accounting standards and to make contract evaluation easier; she said roughly 74% of the request is personnel-related and the proposed FTE total is about 37.39 (the presentation showed fractional FTEs due to allocations across funds).
Commissioners asked for line-item, budget-to-actuals for all funds and for lapsed salary dollars; Spencer said the office will provide line-item detail for all funds and clarified the clerk maintains multiple funds (county fund, court fund/fee fund and trust/special revenue funds).
Ending: The clerk’s office will provide the requested line-item budget-to-actual schedules and staff will integrate the clerk’s lease and IT contract changes into FY26 scenarios.
