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County clerk warns passport revenue and election season staffing limit ability to absorb cuts
Summary
The county clerk said passport acceptance generates about $202,000 a year and that removing passport services or staffing could reduce revenue and public service; she offered options including modest passport-photo fee increases and restructuring positions but warned that the $35 passport application fee is federal and cannot be changed locally.
County Clerk (name recorded in the transcript as Bridal McKenzie) told the Budget Committee on June 26 that many core functions of her office are statutory (election administration, marriage licensing, notice and corporate registrations) while passport acceptance and certain front-office services are discretionary and generate meaningful revenue.
McKenzie said passport acceptance is roughly 25% of daily activity…
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