McGuire announces re-election candidacy in 2008
For more information contact: Pamela J. McGuire 815-600-3584
Joliet , Ill. , Aug 1, 2007 - Pamela J. McGuire today announced her candidacy for a fourth term as Will County Circuit Clerk. McGuire emphasized her twelve-year record of accomplishments, strong leadership, fiscal accountability and providing efficient, effective service to the community.
“I look forward to the chance to re-apply for my job every four years,” McGuire said. “The campaign is a job interview with the voters of Will County and it lets me to report on what I have been doing on their behalf, my vision for the future and why I am the best person for this job.”
McGuire noted the praise her entire office has garnered as a result of the technologically advanced services it provides in order to meet the needs of the people in Will County .
E-Pay, an online billing system that allows users to pay for “ No Appearance” traffic tickets by using most major credit cards as well as debit Master Card cards, with plans to expand the program in the future to include on line pleas for “no appearance” traffic case. Just one of many examples implemented under McGuire to shorten waiting times and make the Circuit Clerk's Office more user-friendly. “In addition to the E-Pay expansion,” McGuire said, “the office expects to unveil public access terminals within the clerk's office to allow individuals the ability to pay court-related matters after their court visits. Also In the future is “e-File” a pilot project for the filing and viewing of court documents from the users own computer.
As an acknowledged leader in implementing innovative information technology, McGuire served as President of the Illinois Association of Court Clerks (IACC) in 2003-2004 and continues to serve on the Association's Legislative Committee. McGuire also currently serves on the State of Illinois Integrated Justice Information System (IIJIS) Implementation Board and is the Co-Chair of the Outreach Committee for IIJIS.
“I clearly recognize the pressing need for data sharing between key users,” McGuire said. “With our county growing as rapidly as it is, it is critical to have continuity in the implementation of the integrated justice system, which will act as the bedrock foundation to our local homeland security. In plain language she said our entire court system and law enforcement need to be able to exchange vital information effectively in real time.
“As justifiably proud as we all are of the tremendous growth of Will County , it carries with it inevitable growing pains and the daily challenge of judicial case loads that grow faster than revenues.
“We need to face the people every four years and be able to say we have done more than talk about it — we have done the job that needs to be done, just as we will in the future. “
CHILD SUPPORT
SUPPORT PAYMENT PROCEDURES CHANGING
If you either pay or receive support payments in Illinois, be aware that an important change in the processing of support payments begins Oct. 1.
If you pay child or spousal support, receive support payments, or if you are an employer who participates in the program through its income withholding provision, then the information contained here is important to you.
As of Oct. 1, as mandated by State and Federal Law, a centralized State Disbursement Unit is established in Wheaton.
Published on September 7, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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Full Court Press
Mother, aunt have both staked claim to child-support payments
I reported last week that the Will County circuit clerk's office was exploring ways of contacting more than 300 people, mostly women, whose child-support payments have gone uncollected over the years.
More than $213,000 was sitting idle because these child-support recipients never registered forwarding addresses with the circuit clerk's office.
In cases, uncashed checks have been piling up for years.
The circuit clerk's office now reports that 65 women have claimed more
Published on August 10, 2001, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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Child support a nice surprise
Uncollected checks: Two Joliet women claim large sums after clerk gets word out
By: Charles B. Pelkie
JOLIET -- Gwendolyn Jackson wiped tears from her eyes Thursday as she held a check for $10,920 in child support that has gone uncollected for the past three years.
"Thank you, Jesus," Jackson said as Will County Circuit Court Clerk Pamela McGuire handed her the check.
The Joliet woman is among the hundreds of people whose uncashed child-support checks have piled up in recent years because they did not leave forwarding addresses with the circuit clerk's office.
Published on August 3, 2001, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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CHILD-SUPPORT AVAILABLE VIA ATMS STARTING OCT. 1: RECIPIENTS CAN ACCESS PAYMENTS FASTER
By: Charles B. Pelkie
JOLIET -- TPeople who receive child-support payments soon will be able to retrieve their payments from automated teller machines instead of waiting for their checks in mail.
The ATM option will be available to 150,000 child-support recipients statewide beginning Oct. 1. Roughly 20,000 of those recipients live in Will County.
Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire, whose office currently distributes child-support payments through the mail, said recipients will receive their money faster
Published on September 22, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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Child support: Big money never claimed
Will County: Recipients often don't know they're entitled to thousands
By: Charles B. Pelkie
JOLIET -- Will County Circuit Court Clerk Pamela McGuire would like nothing more than to write a $19,680 check to Ramona Johnson.
And a $19,433.39 check to Janet Graybeal.
And $10,140 for Gwendolyn Williams.
And $7,859.16 to Rachel Garcia.
They are among the more than 300 people, mostly women, whose child-support payments deposited with the circuit clerk's office have gone uncollected.
This week, McGuire reported that roughly $213,000 in uncollected child support currently
Published on August 1, 2001, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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ATM
ATM installation
Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela J. McGuire has announced the installation of an ATM machine at the newly remodeled traffic windows of the Will County Circuit Clerk's Office, for the convenience of citizens who are paying fines, court costs or new case filing fees. The new machine became fully operational Nov. 13.
"Since we accept credit or debit cards at the clerk's office through Government Payment Services and the Internet, I made sure that we included an ATM machine as an
Published on November 18, 2003, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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Pulse
Clerk: Courthouse ATM could pay off
Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire is seeking county board funding to locate a cash machine in the Will County Courthouse.
Chief Judge Rodney Lechwar, who runs the show at the courthouse, already is agreeable to the proposal, she said.
The reason a cash machine is a good idea: It will be more convenient for people to pay fines and court costs.
"Once they leave the courthouse, they don't always come back to pay," McGuire said.
Published on August 13, 2001, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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Failure to Pay Program
CIRCUIT CLERK: PAY UP OR LOSE YOUR LICENSE TRAFFIC FINES SCOFFLAWS: THOSE WHO OWE CAN'T GET DRIVERS LICENSE RENEWED
By: Charles B. Pelkie
Joliet -- Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire is taking aim at motorists who refuse to pay their traffic fines.
The circuit clerk's office has begun sending the names of fine scofflaws to the Illinois Secretary of State.
Once these motorists are reported, the state will not issue them new drivers licenses until their accounts are settled.
McGuire estimates the county and its municipalities are owed more than $7 million in traffic fines that have gone uncollected since 1992.
Published on September 18, 2000, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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VINE Network
Victim notification
JOLIET -- The Will County Circuit Clerk's office is participating in victim notification through the Illinois attorney general's office, Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire announced.
The system was provided to the office through Apriss Inc., a company contracted through the attorney general's office to provide a statewide victim notification system.
The system allows agencies of the state, including local law enforcement, state's attorneys, the attorney general, circuit
Published on March 27, 2004, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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Court House Renovations
Remodeling helps circuit clerk's office
Courthouse changes: More room, more productivity
By: Stewart Warren
JOLIET -- Treresa McDonald walked past the tiny hallway outside the circuit clerk's office Thursday and did a double take.
The traffic ticket windows that once crowded the small space were gone.
"They've got more room now," she told the two men with her.
Twice the space, in fact. When the state's attorney's office moved out of the Will County Courthouse two years ago, that opened up more space for the circuit clerk's office. So the county Building
Published on September 27, 2003, Herald News, The (Joliet, IL)
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Branch Court - RVJC
JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER TO OPEN
Joliet The Will County circuit clerk's office is gearing up for the opening of the new county juvenile detention center in December.
Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire requested an additional $29,972 in her office's budget to cover the cost of new employees to handle cases at the new center beginning in September.
That would cover the salaries of a supervisor and five clerks for three months she told the Will County Board finance committee Tuesday.
Published on July 8, 1998, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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NEW JOLIET JUSTICE CENTER HAS CIRCUIT CLERK'S OFFICE FULL SERVICE: MCDONOUGH STREET JUVENILE FACILITY TAKES ALL COURT-RELATED FILINGS
JOLIET -- The Will County circuit clerk's office at the new juvenile justice center on the city's west side will become a full-service circuit clerk's office.
The clerk's office previously accepted only filings related to juvenile cases at the new River Valley Justice Center, 3208 W. McDonough St.
But the justice center earlier this month was designated an official annex of the Will County Courthouse effective Tuesday.
Published on July 3, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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IS YOUR SMALL CLAIM BIG ENOUGH FOR TELEVISION? TV SHOW: WILL COUNTY FILES COMBED FOR CASES
By: Charles B. Pelkie
JOLIET -- A TV researcher was at the Will County circuit clerk's office last week poring over small claims lawsuits that might make interesting subjects for a new court show.
The researcher, who declined to give his name to the Herald News, was sifting through stacks of civil lawsuits Friday afternoon for Judge Greg Mathis, whose new TV show is scheduled to debut on WCIU Channel 26 in September.
The new show, which TV trade magazines tout as hipper than Judge Judy and The
Published on June 15, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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Unfunded Mandates
STATE PRISONERS TAPPING INTO COUNTY FUNDS CIRCUIT CLERKS: TIRED OF HANDLING PRISONERS' LAW PAPERS WITHOUT COMPENSATION
By: Charles B. Pelkie
JOLIET -- Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire is tired of performing free work for the state's prison inmates.
McGuire, who testified before the Illinois Senate Appropriations Committee last week, insists the state is obligated by law to pay for administrative work her office performs on behalf of inmates.
Each circuit clerk's office, by statute, should receive $10,000 from the state for every Illinois correctional facility in its county.
Published on April 3, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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Computer System
NO Y2K BENEFITS FOR AREA TRAFFIC OFFENDERS COURT DATES: CLERK'S OFFICE READY FOR MILLENNIUM
JOLIET -- If you were hoping a Y2K glitch would cancel out that traffic ticket court date, think again.
The Will County circuit clerk's office is now fully computerized and Y2K compliant, said Will County Circuit Clerk Pam McGuire.
This fall the traffic division of the circuit clerk's office was computerized, marking the end of a two-year project to phase-in automation throughout the office.
"Transforming the circuit clerk's office into an electronic office was no
Published on December 28, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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HUMAN INTEREST
MOTHERS PUT GIRLS TO WORK
By: Ann Stack
Holley McCormack says the coolest thing about her mom's job at the Will County circuit clerk's office isn't the nice people she works with or the high-energy atmosphere.
It's something else entirely.
"You get to go anywhere you want for lunch," she said.
The 13-year-old was just one of the 18 girls who tagged along with her mom, Kathy McCormack, at work Thursday.
It was the annual Take Your Daughter to Work Day, sponsored by the Ms. Foundation for
Published on April 23, 1999, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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COUNTY CLERK ON ROAD BACK TO HEALTH PAMELA MCGUIRE: CANCEROUS CELLS WERE REMOVED FROM HER FOOT
By: Charles B. Pelkie
Joliet -- Will County Circuit Clerk Pamela McGuire expects to recover completely from surgeries earlier this year to remove cancerous skin cells from her foot.
A biopsy performed on a small growth that surgeons removed from the arch of her foot revealed that McGuire is suffering from melanoma.
Melanoma is a skin disease in which cancerous cells are found in melanocytes, which are the cells that give the skin its color.
Doctors removed a growth the size of a pencil eraser back in
Published on March 25, 2000, Herald-News (Joliet, IL)
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