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County clerk describes $10 archive fee and preservation plan at public hearing
Summary
The county clerk presented the required records archive plan and explained the $10 per-record fee is expected to generate around $250,000 annually to preserve and disaster‑proof historical records; no public comments were offered and the hearing closed.
During the required public hearing, the county clerk (identified in the meeting as Miss Kiel) explained the records archive plan that allows collecting a $10 fee on most recorded documents to fund preservation. "This is the records archive plan that's required by that statute...It allows me to collect $10 on every document recorded except for the ones from the state of Texas and we bring in approximately $250,000 every year to put to words restoring and preserving those old historical records," Kiel said.
The clerk said the fee is required by law and funds disaster‑safe binders and other preservation work so future generations can access historical records. The court heard no public comments during the hearing and closed the public hearing at 10:12 a.m.
