Clerk Defends Historic Records Stewardship and Routine Memorial Purchases
Ackerman said preserving historical and genealogical records is a statutory duty of the clerk's office and defended routine purchases including a missing WWII veteran nameplate, a floral wreath for a remembrance ceremony, and a picture frame for a USS Tazewell portrait.
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John Ackerman told the board the auditor had questioned his office's historical and genealogical activities as unrelated to statutory duties; Ackerman countered that the clerk's office holds county historical documents and vital records (birth, marriage, death) and is responsible for military discharge records and public access to minutes and archives.
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