Cobb County Superior Court Clerk Connie Taylor will repay nearly $84,000 in expedited passport fees that she pocketed over her first two years in office.
State law allows superior court clerks to keep the $35 processing fee paid by area residents applying for U.S. passports, but Cobb officials said Taylor also hung onto the $24.70 expedited shipping charges that should have gone into the county’s coffers.
Because those shipping costs were borne by taxpayers, Cobb commissioners voted 4-0 Tuesday to accept a check from Taylor’s office reimbursing the county for those mail operations…