David Trouten, Belmont County Clerk of Courts, reported that his office has closed an ongoing project to bring the Criminal Records of the Belmont County Clerk of Courts up-to-date. The project was completed by intern Kyle Timko working under the direction of Deputy Clerk Lisa Swallie.
"When I took office at the beginning of the year, I discovered a backlog of reports that needed updated," Trouten said. "It was nobody’s fault, but somewhere back around 2010 reports stopped being sent to BECI. I decided to make it a priority fixing the problem."
Because there is so much constant work at the Clerk of Courts Office, there wasn’t enough staff to bring seven years of documents up to date. Trouten hit on a solution by dedicating two interns to the project. Kyle Timko and Katie Crum worked on it in the summer and moved the project on quite a bit. After Katie returned to her studies at Ohio State, Kyle continued to see the project through to completion. Lisa Swallie oversaw the project and assisted when she could take time away from her busy schedule handling the Felony Docket in the office.
"I am proud of our hardworking staff to have completed this task," Trouten said. "It is important that these records be brought up to date. They include fingerprints and criminal backgrounds that are crucial to BECI Criminal Investigation and Record Keeping."
The November monthly Clerks Report is as follows:
May, 2017
Clerk’s Fee: $59,154.47
Interest Fees: $358.78
TITLE OFFICE
Total Vehicle and Watercraft Titles: 2,667 Titles
St CLAIRSVILLE OFFICE : 2,340 Titles
All purpose Vehicle: 43, Buses: 0, Manufactured Homes: 7, Motorcycle: 98, Motor Home: 3;
New Cars: 239, New Pick Up Trucks: 90, New Truck: 22, Outboard Motors: 4, Off-road Motorcycle: 5, Trailer: 21, Travel Trailer: 19, Used Cars: 1,335 ,Used Pick-Up Trucks: 362, Used Trucks: 54, Vans: 27 and Boats including inboard motors: 11.
BELLAIRE TITLE OFFICE: 327 Titles
All purpose Vehicle: 10, Bus: 0, Manufactured Homes: 0, Motorcycle: 3, Motor Home: 0, New Car: 14, New Pickup Truck: 17, New Truck: 2, Outboard Motors: 1, Off Road Motorcycles: 3, Trailer: 1, Travel Trailer: 4, Used Car: 200, Used Pickup Truck: 59, Used Truck: 8, Van: 3 , Boats, including inboard motors: 2.
Legal Department: New Cases filed
28 Domestic Relations
38 Civils
39 Criminals
27 Certificates of Judgments
137 State Tax Liens
7 Court of Appeals
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