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Johnston County clerk asks commissioners to fund 11 deputy clerk positions to handle rising caseloads
Summary
Clerk of Superior Court Michelle Ball asked the county to temporarily fund 11 deputy clerk positions to address rapid population growth, increases in evictions and traffic cases, and workload pressures from the eCourts rollout; she proposed a phased hire with five positions starting Feb. 1 and the remainder by April 1.
Michelle Ball, Johnston County’s Clerk of Superior Court, asked the county commissioners on Jan. 5 to fund 11 deputy clerk positions to keep up with rapid population growth and mounting case filings. Ball said her office currently employs 52 people across seven divisions and that her “workload shows that I need 10 and a half positions,” so she proposed hiring five deputies on Feb. 1 and phasing in the remainder around April 1 to allow recruiting and training.
Ball told the board the state’s…
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