Commissioners Mickell Lowery, Eddie Jones Jr., Edmund Ford Jr. The clerk’s office also reported that since May, 35,000 customers experienced a backlog in getting their plates, according to the resolution passed Monday.īut, even while the clerk's office has pointed to the county's mailroom as the source of issues with mailing, the office itself currently has a staffing shortage, with more than 30 vacant positions - and more than 1,000 active applications pending the office’s review to fill the vacancies, according to the resolution.Īnd, in fiscal year 2021, the office “underspent $886,049.00 in personnel budget funds.”Ĭommissioners approved the resolution calling on the state's intervention in a 7-0-4 vote, with commissioners Amber Mills, Mick Wright, David Bradford, Brandon Morrison, Michael Whaley, Sawyer and Billingsley voting in favor. That funding was approved, over Halbert’s objection, on June 6. The clerk’s office had earlier said the backlog was due to a shortage of cash for postage and a high demand for the state’s new license plates, but also had balked when the Shelby County Commission moved to approve $540,000 in funding for postage. In late June, Halbert reported that there were 8,600 plates still to be mailed out.

“The county commission is not perfect, but we have not misused any of the clerk’s funds, nor do I believe the mayor’s office has,' said Commissioner Tami Sawyer.įor the past few months, the clerk’s office has dealt with a backlog of thousands of license plates, the plates sitting in the clerk’s office rather than being mailed out to customers.

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