Barbara T. Scott was
elected Clerk of the Circuit Court in 1984.
She is currently serving her seventh
consecutive term.
Barbara T. Scott is a Certified Clerk of the Circuit Court with
the Florida State Supreme Court and a Certified Clerk of the
Circuit Court with the International Association of Clerks,
Recorders, Election Officials and Treasurers.
She is also a Certified Court
Executive and Fellow of the Institute for Court Management.
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Served as President of the Florida
Association of Court Clerks.
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Honored Member in Who’s Who in Government
Services.
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Honored as
Woman & Boss of the Year by the American Business Women’s
Association.
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Two-time
recipient of the “Clerk of the Year” award from the Florida
Association of Court Clerks & Comptroller (FACC).
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Appointed to The Court Technology Users
Committee by the Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme, Gerald
Kogan.
This committee was formed to
recommend technology standards for the Florida court system.
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Served
on the Electronic Filing and Trial Court Subcommittees.
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Current FACC Committees:
Court Technology Committee, the CCIS
Subcommittee Workgroup, and the Strategic Planning Committee.
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Recently
completed serving as a Board Member of the Florida Local
Government Investment Trust.
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Appointed to the Florida Prime Participant Local Government
Advisory Council (PLGAC) on December 6, 2011 by the Florida
Department of State.
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Responsible
for investing the county’s money and oversees a multi-tiered
investment program.
Earnings on investments managed by
the Clerk since taking office have exceeded $211 million.
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Received the Government Finance Officers
Association (GFOA) Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in
Financial Reporting for the last twenty-five consecutive years.
This award is the highest form of
recognition in the area of financial reporting.
Barbara chaired the
nationally mandated Child Support Enforcement program that
created a monitoring and payment disbursement system that
provides for electronic fund transfers and direct deposits.
This program ensures that
thousands of children receive the support they deserve.
In
2011, the State Disbursement Unit distributed over $2.13 billion
to Florida children in need.
And, locally, in 2011, payments
collected for Charlotte County totaled $13,136,216.05.
Overall, since the program’s
inception, payments collected totaled $150 billion.
In addition to her duties as Clerk, Official
Recorder and Comptroller, she has been involved in the statewide
leadership of various issues and is a recognized leader in the
introduction and use of technologies within the Clerk’s office
and the courts.
Over her tenure, she has taken pride on being
forward thinking, implementing processes and programs designed
to streamline costs, increase access, and reduce paper.
Programs such as
RealAuction, E-Filing, and E-Recording, are just a few examples
of her efforts in providing convenient, cost effective, high
level quality work in the services her office manages.
Her lifetime goal of implementing a
fully integrated paperless courtroom for all end-users has
recently come to fruition and is currently being introduced in
Civil Courts applications.
Barbara T. Scott is
community service oriented.
She has chaired or otherwise been
involved with charitable organizations in Charlotte County such
as the United Way, C.A.R.E., The Salvation Army, Alzheimer’s
Association, March of Dimes, For the Love of Kids and the
Charlotte County Homeless Coalition.
In addition, she supports our troops
in word and deed and has received the National Certificate of
Appreciation Award, National Committee for Employer Support of
the Guard and Reserve, from the United States Department of
Defense.
Originally from Brooklyn, New York; Barbara is married to Major
Fred Scott, retired from the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office.
She has two grown children, five
granddaughters and two great grandchildren.
Charlotte County,
FL
