Another clerk’s office discussion, another heated argument. The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 on May 8 to combine the two county clerk offices during a lengthy heated meeting. The vote to relocate the clerk’s Vital Records/Elections Office from the Administrative Building across town to the Circuit Court Office at the courthouse in Stanton didn’t specify when the move would take place, whether a current mail room would be added for more space or whether the county would digitize any of the clerk’s many records.
The Montcalm County Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 to combine the two county clerk offices, but not before multiple public allegations were made during a lengthy heated meeting. The vote to relocate the clerk’s Vital Records/Elections Office from the Administrative Building to the Circuit Court Office at the courthouse didn’t specify when the move would take place, whether the current mail room would be added for more space or whether the county would digitize any of the clerk’s many records.