The Council appoints a Municipal Clerk. Duties of the Borough Clerk include, but are not limited to:

• Secretary to the Mayor and Council. Preparation of meeting agendas, attendance at all meetings of the governing body, retention of original copies of all ordinances and resolutions, and recording of the minutes of all meetings
• Secretary to the municipal corporation and custodian of the municipal seal and of all minutes, books, deeds, bonds, contracts and archival records of the municipal corporation.
• Chief administrative officer in all elections in the municipality.
• Chief registrar of voters in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.

Public Records
Open Public Record Act- A request for access to, or for a copy of, Government Records should be submitted on the "Request for Access to Government Records" form which has been adopted by the Municipal Clerk as the Custodian of Records. Please click HERE to submit an OPRA Request.

Some records will be immediately available during the hours mentioned above. Some records will require time to compile and to make the copies requested. If any document or copy which has been requested is not a public record or cannot be provided within the seven (7) business days, you will be provided with a response with that information within the seven (7) business days.

Some records requested have specific fees or other response times established by statute. There is no fee involved in simply inspecting a document during normal business hours. This request may be filed electronically. Copy cost per page are as follows:

Letter Size: $0.05
Legal Size: $0.07