Q&A
Impact of budget cuts on marriage license services
0:11:13
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62 sec
Michael McSweeney explains how budget cuts have affected the City Clerk's office's ability to provide marriage license services efficiently. He highlights the challenges in meeting appointment demands and the potential revenue loss for the city.
- Inability to hire college aids, making it difficult to meet the demand for marriage license appointments
- Reduction in Friday appointments, which are typically the busiest and most reliable
- Discussion of the Project Cupid website for online appointments and varying attendance rates on different days of the week
Michael McSweeney
0:11:13
You know, right now, we We can't bring on any college aids to help us with the office, so it makes it more difficult for us to to to to meet the number of appointments that we have for people getting marriage licenses.
0:11:29
I mean, I think it's it's counterproductive if if I had the chance to speak before OMB, I would say that I think on the revenue side, these cuts are definitely counterproductive.
0:11:42
Because number 1, we have to we've had to reduce the number of appointments that we have on on Friday, which is always the busiest day of the week.
0:11:52
Because on Friday, every single couple shows up for their appointment.
0:11:56
Now the appointments we put on the calendar since the pandemic are not always kept.
0:12:02
They're free of charge.
0:12:03
You can, you know, anyone can can take one of the appointments on our Project Cupid website.
0:12:09
But Fridays of the day that everybody shows up, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, not so much.