Probate clerk says office will return surplus and asks $103,405 for contracts and reclassifications

Eddie Jones, Shelby County probate court clerk, presented a modest budget package driven primarily by revenue projections. Jones said the probate office is fee-generating, routinely overcollects and returned about $850,000 to the general fund last year; this year he expects to return roughly $500,000-plus. Jones requested $103,405 to cover a newly approved contract ($36,000), position-control/reclassification costs (around $49,305.90 including fringe), and increased dues/operational costs (~$18,000).