Medina County recorder seeks $1 reallocation to fund long-term records digitization

Jun 9, 2026

County Recorder Linda Hoffmann proposed shifting $1 of existing recording fees into the Recorder Technology Fund to finance multi-year digitization and indexing of county records, projecting roughly $25,000 in additional annual revenue while avoiding a new public fee.

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County Recorder Linda Hoffmann proposed on June 9 that Medina County reallocate $1 from each existing recording fee — increasing the Recorder Technology Fund set-aside from $4 to $5 per filing — to finance multi-year digitization, indexing and verification of older paper records. Hoffmann told the Board the change would not raise costs to residents and would generate an estimated $25,000 a year for the office.

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