Town Clerk

What the Town Clerk's Office Does

The Town Clerk acts as the Town's 

• Chief election official
• Recording officer
• Registrar of vital records and statistics
• Public records access officer
• Licensing officer 

The Town Clerk's office also serves as the access point for Belmont's inhabitants to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Federal Government.

The Town Clerk is elected for renewable three-year terms and receives a salary, the amount of which is voted at every Annual Town Meeting.

Election-Related Activities Include:

• Voter registration
• Voting lists
• Ballot preparation
• Coordination of voting (polling) places
• Certification of election results
• Certification of nomination papers and initiative petitions
• Candidate filings such as campaign finance forms
• Annual Town Census mailings
• Resident Books
• Reporting lists of residents to the Office of the Jury Commissioner

See an organizational list of employees and appointed/elected officials in the Town Clerk's office (PDF).