{"id":12223,"date":"2023-06-19T11:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T15:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/?p=12223"},"modified":"2026-01-20T12:59:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T17:59:36","slug":"collier-county-clerks-office-recognized-in-the-2022-2023-fccc-best-practices-excellence-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/collier-county-clerks-office-recognized-in-the-2022-2023-fccc-best-practices-excellence-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Collier County Clerk\u2019s Office Recognized in the 2022-2023 FCCC Best Practices Excellence Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Collier County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Crystal K. Kinzel is pleased to share that the office has been recognized by the Florida Court Clerks and Comptrollers (FCCC) for receiving a Recognition of Excellence certificate in all the 10 Best Practices categories at the 3rd Annual Best Practices Excellence Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur team is constantly looking for ways to improve our systems and processes. Benchmarking with our peers around the state helps ensure we are providing the most efficient and effective services for local taxpayers. We are honored to be recognized for implementing the best practices,\u201d said Collier County Clerk Crystal K. Kinzel.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_12224\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-12224\" style=\"width: 590px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-12224\" src=\"https:\/\/collierclerk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-150x107.jpg 150w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-1536x1097.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-2048x1463.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-content\/uploads\/Clerk-Crystal-Kinzel-FCCC-Recognition-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-12224\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FCCC Best Practices Committee Vice Chair and Putnam County Clerk Matt Reynolds, Clerk Crystal Kinzel, and FCCC President and Martin County Clerk Carolyn Timmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The FCCC established the Best Practices Excellence Program in June 2020 as an opportunity for Clerks to receive Recognition of Excellence certificates for choosing to complete assessments that evaluate acceptance in 10 areas for best practices. Each year, the FCCC Best Practices Committee establishes standard guidelines for the program and selects ten best practices for recognition. In the 2022-2023 Best Practices Excellence Program, the ten areas for best practices include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Appeals<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Court Record Retention and Destruction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Determination of Indigency<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Evidence Storage and Destruction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Exploitation of Vulnerable Adult Injunction<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Guardianship Audits<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Reporting Mental Health Cases to State Agencies<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Requests to Redact Exempt Personal Information<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Risk Protection Orders<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">Unclaimed Funds<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of the 57 Clerks\u2019 offices participating in this year\u2019s program, only 30 Clerks and Comptrollers received Recognition of Excellence certificates in every category, including Clerk Kinzel. To achieve these certificates, the Clerks had to accomplish 512 assessments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Best Practices Excellence Program, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/u12097671.ct.sendgrid.net\/ls\/click?upn=9rudYHeevExQpJ5A1h-2BA7aosBikoKAkQ-2BegfsY0Se5OZUP-2F-2Bm3lrieuu80HS1IAHYqEP_TCilOkgZcfb1eGkeFNM75RgeGkn4N02SGFYsUvKzXG9s1zUffCEGN6Lo1bG6THZ66Tdvfq59zPhMgYRv-2BVPya2fJxYOk-2BGwLekNskof1LwJju8oRSvkrHHO8GP-2BBFQlDps6AGplszjbo-2Fd7mTI6YRyTVLZq3vd3TKQijWQcU1qaMKAJXeUSQ3Bx2mUOJMaNef-2BApl1fHmziLl0ft7m5to2Iq8T1yUsDlsCqeo4zrmjGwfDOtj0xHejcxs3i46Wan4QUhVkSorrq7jwxMDK5r4Gj6U0putBku5604HrUq1MilzzGA1brthrTnjtkJcF0EEYnpnQNSSrz3j0HBUAoxiJC2ta-2BQO7YeOTJ939Ds9OdNesUKbnMJRS2hVguZsT0TeWIEC9UavOIfQbK9ULv-2FXzQCf7MFH5KcEUMf6Cwxi4JyYi6YgTtrkg1vKD8L9tOiZQJWeNa-2BjFIpYAgZzUIT3Q2AYcyYQvujMoSgnpEHkbXuFZSbu6R9AJUhCy-2FZ9FVfYO-2BcepFSnp94ohs5UTPKqw-3D-3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flclerks.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Collier County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Crystal K. Kinzel is pleased to share that the office has been recognized &#8230; <\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more-container\"><a title=\"Collier County Clerk\u2019s Office Recognized in the 2022-2023 FCCC Best Practices Excellence Program\" class=\"read-more button\" href=\"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/collier-county-clerks-office-recognized-in-the-2022-2023-fccc-best-practices-excellence-program\/#more-12223\" aria-label=\"Read more about Collier County Clerk\u2019s Office Recognized in the 2022-2023 FCCC Best Practices Excellence Program\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":12224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[549,546,547,548],"class_list":["post-12223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-announcements","tag-best-practices","tag-fccc-best-practices-excellence-program","tag-florida-court-clerks-and-comptrollers-fccc","tag-recognition-of-excellence","infinite-scroll-item","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-25","resize-featured-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12223"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12315,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12223\/revisions\/12315"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/app.collierclerk.com\/collierclerkcom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}