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County clerk outlines election workload, digitization plans and staffing challenges
Summary
Grand Traverse County Clerk Bonnie Shealy described the office’s constitutional duties, reported key budget figures and discussed an imaging/digitization project for historic records; she also warned of upcoming state-mandated election-equipment changes and staff retention issues.
Bonnie Shealy, Grand Traverse County clerk, briefed the board on the clerk’s office responsibilities, recent revenues and plans for digitizing historic records.
Shealy said the clerk’s office collected $703,716.77 in fines and court costs that pass through the court system and reported an elections operating outlay of about $218,000 in 2024. She described the office’s many statutory duties and noted that…
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