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Clerk Childers Returns $914K To Escambia County
November 1, 2017
Escambia County Clerk and Comptroller Pam Childers has returned $914,107.81 to the Escambia County Commission.
Under state law, her office is required to return excess revenue at the end of each fiscal year.
“The first is the savings of the finance budget, and the second is the effect of additional revenues generated in the official records function..the savings in the Finance department totals $429,042..the Official Records department has excess funds of $485,065 which is predominately the impact of an upward turn in the economy,” Childers said in letter to the board.
The commission will decide at a future date where the funds will be allocated.
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12 Responses to “Clerk Childers Returns $914K To Escambia County”
More roundabouts please. Just kidding. Way to go, Pam. Take half and put it towards mass transit, take the other half and give the deputies raises. Or, here’s a thought, how about a rainy day fund?
>> If anyone should get a refund, it would be those who were overcharged for official records.
The article does not say anyone was overcharged for official records. It says it had excess revenue of $485K…meaning they fulfilled more record requests that anticipated resulting in more income.
(We thought we would sell 10,000 widgets, but we sold 100,000 widget so we made more $$$)
The solution is simple: Simply spend more next time.
(You know you were thinking it.)
David for better public servants
Taxpayer #2, the article states the excess came from the official records function, not from tags (which is under a different elected official). If anyone should get a refund, it would be those who were overcharged for official records.
We are charged an extra 3.5% to pay fines ect. So they can pay the for processing our payments. So they have fewer employees to pay, no cost to them while we absorb the cost to collect payments.
sounds like they are OVER charging. they need to go back to the old web site for public info. the new one is lousy
Just a known fact. Those 3% cost of living increase that the Board of County Commissioners approves for all county employees, does not include all of the Clerks Office employees. It only includes the non -court side. So that excludes most of the people that work in the M C Blanchard Judicial building. That’s a lot of people.
sadly, It seems like a lot, but it really is not… there are about 300k residents of the county if we assume half of them are actual taxpayers. 914k/150k expect a check for $6.09. and that is before you include the cost to print the check and mail it.
Put it towards a new jail!
Sheriff Morgan….NO NO NO NO NO
YOU do Not get to have this money and tell your pawn boy on the BOCC to just take a big chill pill.
I agree, cut down on those tag prices! Something for the taxpayers.
How about returning the excess money to the people it belongs to, the taxpayers.