Northborough, MAssachusetts
Town Clerk
December, 1997

The Town Clerk serves you as the Chief Election Official:

  • - Oversees polling places, election officers, and the general conduct of all elections.
  • - Directs preparation of ballots, polling places, voting equipment, voting lists, administers campaign finance laws, certifies nomination papers and initiative petitions, and serves on the local Board of Registrars.
  • - Supervises voter registration and absentee balloting, and prepares, records and reports official election results to the Secretary of the Commonwealth.
  • - Conducts the annual town census, prepares the street list of residents and school list, and furnishes the jury list to the Office of the Jury Commissioner.

TOWN MEETING

  • - Records the minutes of the Annual Town Meeting and any Special Town Meetings that transpire. These records are the Town's permanent, official records of what was voted on at these meetings.

RECORDING
OFFICER

  • - Records and certifies all official actions of the Town, including town meeting legislation and appropriations, Planning and Zoning Board Decisions, signs all notes for borrowing, and keeps the Town Seal.
  • - Records state tax liens and Uniform Commercial Code filings.

REGISTRAR OF VITAL
STATISTICS

  • - Registers all vital events occurring within the community and those events occurring elsewhere to local residents.
  • - Records and preserves original birth, marriage, and death records providing the basis for the Commonwealth's central vital registration system.

PUBLIC RECORDS OFFICER

  • - Administers the oath of office to all elected and appointed members of local committees and boards and ensures that all elected and appointed officials are informed in writing of the State's Open Meeting and Conflict of Interest Laws. Posts meetings of all government bodies.
  • - Provides access to public records in compliance with State Public Records Law and corresponding regulations.
  • - Provides certified copies of vital records and conducts or assists with genealogical research for members of the public, and is responsible for maintenance, disposition, and preservation of municipal archival records and materials.
  • - Maintains records of adopted municipal codes, local bylaws, oaths of office, resignations and appointments, petitions, publications, budgets, meeting minutes, and financial statements.
  • - Submits bylaws and zoning ordinances to Attorney General for approval.

LICENSING OFFICER

  • - Issues state licenses and permits: including marriage licenses, hunting, fishing and trapping licenses, and permits for raffles and bazaars. Issues county or local licenses, permits, and certificates as mandated by statute or bylaw, which include burial permits, business certificates, dog licenses and fuel storage permits.

PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER

  • - Responds to inquires from the general public, frequently serving as facilitator with departments, providing knowledge and assistance in a fair and impartial manner to all.
  • Often considered the core of local government, the Town Clerk's Office serves as the central information point for local residents and citizens at large.

   We had an Annual and a Special Town Meeting this year. Our Annual Town Meeting was held on April 28th and 29th, and  the Special Town Meeting was held on September 16th With only one election this year our office had a chance to get
caught up on many things, including some training on the new computers. We are presently working on making our office more efficient with the use of our computers. Learning and training is a never ending process, especially with newer and more improved computers.

   I would like to give a special thank you to Hillary, my assistant, for the dedication she gives to her job and her town.

    The following is a financial report of the receipts reported to the Town Treasurer and Town Accountant



The following is a comparison of statistics and licenses for the past five years


LIST OF JURORS, 1997

   Pursuant to the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 234A, all jury selections and drawings and lists thereof, are handled by the Office of the Jury Commissioner for the Commonwealth. At this time, no list of Northborough residents who were drawn for jury duty is available. The Town Clerk's office does have the prospective list for 1997 and is available for inspection at this office.

RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED,
ADELE L BEATTY, CMMC, CMC NORTHBOROUGH TOWN CLERK
ASSISTANT TOWN CLERK - HILLIARY HAMILTON

 


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