ORlEANS ANNUAl TOwN REPORt FOR YEAR ... - Town Of Orleans

TOWN CLERKThe Clerk’s office posts meetings and schedules meeting rooms for Town boards,committees and commissions. Posting the weekly meeting schedule on the Town’supdated website makes it easier for the citizens to be aware of the upcomingcommittee, commissions and board meetings. Located “front and center” in the mainentrance lobby, we are busier than ever greeting, assisting and directing the public.In addition to our routine “public” activities of registering voters, conducting Townmeetings and elections, selling clamming permits, issuing dog licenses, registering andcertifying birth, marriage and death records, issuing business certificates, raffle permitsand gas storage tank permits, accepting U.S. passport applications and serving as theswitchboard and information center for Town government, we also work behind thescenes in cataloging and preserving the ongoing and historical records of the Town.2008 was a particularly busy one for elections. The State moved the PresidentialPrimary up a month which had us all scrambling to get everything ready in time. TheAnnual and Special Town Meetings and Town Election were held in May. Septemberbrought the State Primary, followed in October by the Special Town Meeting and thenon to the Presidential Election in November.I would like to extend a very big “thank you” to all the Election Workers and the Board ofRegistrars for their outstanding work in assisting me and our voters and helping theelection process run so smoothly this year… a difficult task in such a busy and highlyvisible election year. A special thank you to my assistant, Kelly Darling for all herexceptional work and support this year.I hereby submit the following reports:1. Town MeetingsMay 12, 2008AnnualMay 12, 2008Special within the AnnualOctober 27, 2007Special2. ElectionsFebruary 5, 2008Presidential PrimaryMay 20, 2008AnnualSeptember 16, 2008State PrimaryNovember 4, 2008State/Presidential3. ReportsDog LicensesShellfish PermitsPassports4. Statistics:Birth, Marriage and Deaths recorded in 2008, 2007 & 2006Respectfully submitted,Cynthia S. May, Town Clerk52