Clerk office allowed more fiscal responsibilities

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Following in the footsteps of interim Clerk of Court Jason Welty, who was his immediate predecessor, Clerk of Court Trey Hightower continues making improvements to the office to increase its efficiency and accountability. In a series of small steps recently requested by Hightower and approved by the Jefferson County Commission, the board has begun loosening some of the restrictions that it had placed on the office as a consequence of the financial upheavals a couple of years earlier. First, the board okayed a pre-approved list of vendors and authorized the clerk to pay those named on the list prior to board’s review and approval to expedite the proc