Issues
This is how we will make things better.
Modernization
Today, you bank on your phone, you order groceries on your phone, and you make payments with your phone. There is no reason why you should need a checkbook and a day off work to conduct your business at the courthouse. Most interactions can and should be handled online, freeing up time for our clerks to handle the complicated in person jobs and dramatically increasing our capacity.
Efficiency
In 2021, both the County and District Clerks received grants to digitize records. While the County Clerk succeeded, the District Clerk failed. By ignoring state retention guidelines, the District Clerk’s records are now over half of the records in our new, multimillion-dollar archive building. When a file isn’t digital, clerks must walk to the archives and back, wasting your time and tax dollars. This manual process also risks file damage or loss. I will digitize our records and comply with state standards. This ensures your records are secure, reliable, and accessible the moment you need them.
Integrity
Right now, the Clerk’s office mostly just processes paperwork without checking the validity of the content. Working with the District Judges, the District Attorney, and the Defense Attorneys, we can start checking for errors and catching them earlier. This makes everybody’s lives easier and lets them be more productive.