The Clerk administers the county payroll for 750 plus county employees and accounts for county disbursements and claims settlements; the Clerk also executes the majority of county contracts and obligations.

The Clerk is chief election official of the County and supervises all national, state and local elections. Administration of the Michigan Campaign Finance Reporting Act is also the responsibility of the Clerk.

The Clerk processes applications for passports, issues marriage licenses, birth certificates, death certificates, concealed weapons permits, military discharge orders, notary public commissions, assumed name certificates, co-partnership certificates and numerous other filings.

The Clerk is the official for oaths of office for county officials and their deputies and is the keeper of the official Circuit Court seal and the County seal , which is used for general obligation bonds.