Last week, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Jason Welty as the new Jefferson County Clerk of Court.
Welty stepped into the role on Monday. In addition to that job, he’ll continue serving as the Deputy Executive Director for Florida’s Clerks of Court Operations Corporation. Welty first joined the agency in 2018. Before that, he was Chief of Staff for the Department of Juvenile Justice and worked alongside state lawmakers in the Florida House and Senate as a budget analyst and legislative assistant.
Welty takes over a job previously held for 16 years by Kirk Reams. He was suspended by DeSantis in September, following his arrest on felony charges involving improper use of county money.
A state investigation found that Ream and two other county employees defrauded the county out of more than $800,000.