ADOPTED - MARCH 23, 2010

Agenda Item No. 7

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE AN INCREASE IN

CERTAIN FEES WITHIN THE CLERK’S OFFICE

RESOLUTION #10-085

WHEREAS, House Bill 4086, Public Act 419 of 2006, provides for County Clerks to solemnize marriages within the County in which they are elected as County Clerk; and

WHEREAS, Resolution #07-020 authorized a fee of $25.00 for each marriage solemnized by the County Clerk, with such revenues to be deposited in the County’s General Fund; and

WHEREAS, the Clerk now desires to increase the fee to more closely reflect the costs involved in scheduling the wedding, preparing the vows and performing the ceremony; and

WHEREAS, the Clerk offers expedited service of mailed or faxed requests for certified copies of vital records which need to be returned for immediate use; and

WHEREAS, the fee for this service covers the cost of a United States Postal Services Express Mail stamp, plus a slight additional fee for staff time, which is currently $19.00; and

WHEREAS, the postal service recently increased express mail postage to $18.30; and

WHEREAS, the Clerk desires to increase the expedite fee to $20.00 to cover the increase in postage fees.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Commissioners authorizes the following fee increases within the Clerk’s office, effective April 5, 2010:

            Marriage Ceremony Officiated by the County Clerk                  $50.00

            Expedited Service for Vital Records                                          $20.00

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Clerk is authorized to increase the expedited service fee equal to the amount of the increase in postage each time the postal services raises its rates.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller/Administrator is authorized to make the necessary budget adjustments consistent with this resolution.

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Copedge, Schor, Celentino, Grebner, McGrain, Vickers

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None          Approved  3/16/10

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Tennis, Bahar-Cook, Schor, Holman, Dougan

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None          Approved  3/17/10