Town Clerk's Duties:
They must be dedicated to the community, informative, patient, cheerful, compassionate, possess the ability to listen and advise, be receptive to new ideas, and be able to maintain a sense of humor while performing duties in a professional manner.
Generally considered the center of local government, this office conveys a lasting impression of the community to all who enter.
Authors minute books, the only official record of the activities of the Town government. The resulting volumes are retained permanently for legal and historic purposes. Few individuals are entrusted with a responsibility of this magnitude.
Custodian of all Town records, responsible for the active files, storage and disposition of inactive records and the careful maintenance of archival material.
Maintains records of adopted Town Ordinances and Local Laws, Town Oaths of Office, resignations, petitions, proof of publications, annual budgets, assessment rolls, fiscal reports, notices of lien, subpoena and court actions, bonds/notes registers, zoning ordinances and maps.
Maintains public signboard, advertises and receives bids for purchase of Town materials, files burial permits from cemeteries located within the Town.
Officiates at weddings.
A appointed keeper of all birth and death records within a community, issuing birth and death certificates, burial permits, as well as conducting genealogical searches.
Town Clerk/Notary Public
Eunice O. Esposito
Deputy Town Clerk
Susan Madia