COLUMBUS – You don’t expect a government agency to turn a profit, but that’s what the Auto Title Division in the Franklin County Clerk of Courts office does.
The agency is turning over $3 million into the county’s coffers this year, three percent more than in 2014. Clerk Maryellen O’Shaughnessy says the agency has transferred $7.1 million to the county’s General Fund since 2011.
The division transferred $1.6 million in 2011 and $2.5 million in 2013, according to a release from O’Shaughnessy’s office.
Franklin County commissioners approved a $420.9 million general fund budget for 2016 on Tuesday, a 2.3 percent increase over the projected actual budget for this year, according to a report in The Columbus Dispatch.
Since 2009, O’Shaughnessy says nearly $1 billion in total cash receipts have been managed through division.
Last year 583,267 titles were recorded at the four auto title branches in Franklin County.