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Court Supervisor Staff Changes
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Many of you have worked with my office for several years and know my senior employees and supervisors. Over the past 15 and a half years, I've been blessed with a very stable and seasoned staff. Unfortunately, things change.
On May 31, Dana Cook, Supervisor over the Court Attendance Division, retired after working for the Clerk's office for the past 30 years. Debbie Kennedy, Supervisor over the Civil Customer Assistance Division will retire this coming September after 30 years with our office.
Anytime we have turnover, we use that opportunity to reevaluate the needs of our office and the skills of our employees to make the best fit. As a result of this review, we transferred Shannon Cash-Russell, previously the Supervisor over the Special Processes and Central Cashiering Division, to Supervisor over the Court Attendance Division filling the vacancy left by Dana.
We hired LaShanda Salters to replace Shannon as Supervisor over the Special Processes and Central Cashiering Division. LaShanda formerly worked in the Clerk's office from November 1999 to August 2003 in what was then known as the County Civil/Small Claims Division. Since April 2004, she has worked for the Office of Intervention and Detention Alternatives most recently as the Pretrial Supervisor in the Pretrial Release Program.
We promoted Andrea Majors to Supervisor over the Civil Customer Assistance Division to replace Debbie when she retires in September. With the exception of a period of time between January 2004 to December 2007, Andrea has been with the Clerk's Office since 1986 and currently serves as the Assistant Supervisor in the Court Attendance Division.
We will miss Dana and Debbie and are very appreciative of their service. While they walk out of our office with over 60 years of experience, I'm confident that LaShanda and Andrea will get up-to-speed quickly and continue to provide you with the outstanding services you're used to receiving.
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Florida Supreme Court Approves Leon's Request to Provide Online Access to Electronic Records
The Florida Supreme Court released AOSC16-14, Access to Electronic Court Records, on April 27, 2016, amending the Standards for Access to Electronic Court Records and the Access Security Matrix to supersede those adopted by AOSC15-18. In this order, the Court approved the requests to provide online access to electronic records of 48 clerks' offices, including Leon. The approval is subject to the following conditions: - Clerks must bring their systems online within 90 days of the date of this order.
- Clerks must incorporate any future amendments to the standards and matrix in their systems; and, if requested, Clerks must provide the Court with access accounts for all roles in the security matrix.
- Finally, the order established a new role in the standards and matrix for the Public Defender's Office.
Our office has met the new requirements and has implemented the new Public Defender role.
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 Leon County Value Adjustment Board Seeks Magistrates for 2016 Tax Cycle Deadline to apply is June 10, 2016. Leon County Value Adjustment Board (LCVAB) seeks special magistrates pursuant to § 194.035(1), Fla. Stat., to hear real estate valuation appeals, tangible personal property valuation appeals, and appeals of exemption and classification denials. Magistrates hearing issues regarding (1) real estate valuations shall be a state certified real estate appraiser with not less than 5 years of experience in real property valuation; (2) tangible personal property valuation shall be a designated member of nationally recognized appraiser's organization with not less than 5 years of experience in tangible personal property valuation; and (3) exemption and classification appeals shall be a Florida Bar member with no less than 5 years of experience in ad valorem taxation.
Notwithstanding the qualification requirements in the statute cited above, applicant who has 3 years of relevant experience and completes training provided by Department of Revenue under § 194.035(3), Fla. Stat., may be appointed. Residency in Leon County not required. However, applicant cannot serve if he or she is an elected or appointed official of a county, a taxing jurisdiction, or the state; is an employee of a county, a taxing jurisdiction, or the state; or in the same tax year where he or she serves the board as magistrate, represents a party before the board in any administrative review of property taxes.
Rate is $100/hour for actual hours worked plus mileage at 54¢/mile. Real property appraiser magistrates are guaranteed a 1-hour minimum for any day originally scheduled regardless of subsequent withdrawals from petitioners; tangible personal property appraiser magistrates and attorney magistrates, a 4-hour minimum. No travel reimbursement, other than mileage, is provided.
Please note when completing the linked application form above Leon does not require enrollment at http://www.uscis.gov/e-verify as indicated in the documentation required section. Also, if you have completed a magistrate recommendation form in the past while serving as a magistrate in Leon County, we can retrieve a sample to attach to your application; you may skip this request. If you have served in other counties, please include a sample recommendation. |
This newsletter is published to help keep you informed of current events impacting the clerks' offices that affect you. If you have a particular topic you'd like to see addressed in this newsletter, please email us at clerk_public@leoncountyfl.gov and let us know. Sincerely,  Bob Inzer, Clerk & Comptroller Serving the Citizens of Leon County
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