Town Clerk

Welcome to the Office of the Town Clerk

The Town Clerk is the Chief Election Official. The Town Clerk supervises voter registration, oversees polling places, election officers, and the general conduct of all elections. The Town Clerk directs the preparation of ballots, polling places, voting equipment, voting lists, administers campaign finance laws, certifies nomination papers and initiative petitions, and serves on the Board of Registrars. The Town Clerk's office conducts the annual town census and prepares the street list of residents.
 

The Town Clerk is the keeper of the town seal. The Town Clerk attests by signature and seal to bonds, contracts, bylaws, resolutions and any other documents requiring town certification. The Town Clerk's Office provides certified copies of vital records; conducts genealogical research for members of the public, and is responsible for maintenance, disposition, and preservation of municipal archival records and materials. The Town Clerk and the Assistant Town Clerk administers the oath of office to all town officials, elected and appointed.

The Town Clerk and Assistant Town Clerk certifies the residency of veterans’ who qualify for state bonuses, receives board and committee meeting postings, administers and records oaths of office to town officials; submits zoning by-law and town by-law changes to the Attorney General, and sends the jury list to the Secretary of State. The Town Clerk oversees the state mandated compliance of all employees, and board and committee members, to be sure they are aware they need to comply to the required Conflict of Interest / State Ethics Laws annually.

In addition, the Town Clerk's Office issues marriage licenses, dog tag licenses, storage of flammables, business certificates, and raffle permits.

The Town Clerk serves as the Chief Public Records Access Officer.  The Town Clerk and the Assistant Town Clerk are Notary Publics and Justices of the Peace. 


 


 

Staff Contacts

Name Title Phone
Trudy L. Reid, CMMC Town Clerk 508-358-3631
Terry Mansfield Assistant Town Clerk 508-358-3630
Kristin Reichman Department Assistant 508-358-2902