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Kathy Vigilante
City Clerk
The Municipal Clerk serves as secretary of the municipal corporation
and custodian of the municipal seal and all minutes, books, deeds, bonds,
contracts and archival records of the municipal corporation. The Clerk is the
secretary to the governing body, and prepares meeting agendas at the discretion
of the governing body. The Municipal Clerk is present at all meetings of the
governing body and keeps a journal of the proceedings of every meeting. In
addition, the Clerk retains the originals of all ordinances and resolutions and
records the minutes of every meeting.
The Clerk serves as chief administrative officer in all
elections held in the municipality subject to the requirements of Title 19 of
the Revised Statutes as well as chief registrar of voters in the municipality,
subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
The Municipal Clerk, as the administrative officer is
responsible for acceptance of applications for licenses and permits and the
issuance of licenses and permits, except where statute or municipal ordinance
has delegated that responsibility to some other municipal officer.
The Municipal Clerk is the coordinator and records
manager responsible for implementing local archives and records retention
programs as mandated pursuant to Title 47 of the Revised Statutes and is
required to perform such other duties as are now or hereafter imposed by
statute, regulation or municipal ordinance or
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