Welty bids farewell to county

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Interim Clerk of Court Jason Welty bid farewell to the Jefferson County Commission on Thursday evening, Oct. 17, his last time attending such meetings. “I want to give you all a very heartfelt and deep thank you, every single one of you,” Welty said. Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Welty as Jefferson County Clerk of Court and Comptroller in November 2023, following the governor’s suspension of former clerk Kirk Reams, who was charged and eventually conv