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Spokesman Askia Abdullah says the branch offices exist as a convenience for suburban residents who need to submit property records to the county system but don’t want to have to travel all the way to the Loop. But then the recorder’s staff has to transport them all downtown because the suburban branches don’t have the capability of entering them into the central database.
That’s where Eric Moore’s job comes in: he drives to the suburbs to pick up documents, along with computer equipment in need of repair, and then takes it all to the main office downtown in the county building.
Still, while Eric Moore logs his miles and trips, his father also drives a taxpayer-funded car that uses taxpayer-funded gas, but the elder Moore doesn’t keep track of what exactly he uses it for. “Historically, the Recorder’s office did not have a policy that required an accounting of mileage for vehicle use,” Abdullah wrote in response to the FOIA request for mileage and trip logs. “A policy for accounting for vehicle mileage was established in October 2006. However, the Recorder’s vehicle is exempt from the policy.”
