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Clerk of elections seeks fee‑funded staff increases, a data specialist and audit funding; security costs noted
Summary
Clerk of Elections staff told the commission that most marriage‑license and passport requests would be covered by fees, requested a dedicated data specialist for the county ballot center, set aside up to $30,000 for optional post‑election statistical analysis, and described recurring security costs for elections.
The Utah County Clerk of Elections presented staffing and service requests to the county commission on Oct. 21, telling commissioners that many of the office's increases would be covered by user fees while some election functions rely on general‑fund support.
Erin (Clerk’s Office) and Nikki (acting elections director) told commissioners that items tied to marriage licenses and passports (ML&P) — specifically requests listed in the presentation as items in a named column — would be covered by fees the office collects. The ML&P program continues to grow: staff said the office expects to issue roughly 33,000 marriage licenses this year and anticipates issuing up to about 40,000 next year;…
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