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County clerk asks for new counter clerk as retirements and rising transactions strain office
Summary
Blount County's budget committee approved $62,001 to add a counter clerk after County Clerk Gaye said upcoming retirements and a sharp rise in transactions make extended training and cross-training necessary.
The Blount County Budget Committee approved Resolution 25-02-007 to appropriate $62,001 from fund balance to hire an additional counter clerk for the county clerk's office, following detailed remarks from County Clerk Gaye about retirements, training time and a marked increase in customer transactions.
Gaye told the committee the request is driven by an announced retirement. "I have a retirement that is going to occur in July," she said. She said that Tammy Bryant, the chief deputy clerk, had set a July goal to step away from on-site work to care for family obligations, and that prompted the urgency for additional staff.
Gaye described the work at…
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