New City Clerk Introduces Herself

Posted 
on Mar 10, 2015
 
Angela is an Alaska native, born and raised in Juneau. She worked at the Alaska Public Offices Commission while attending the University of Alaska Southeast and later, after participating in a student exchange program, she transferred to Binghamton University.  She worked for the City of Binghamton NY as Project Officer, Deputy City Clerk, and finally City Clerk.  She is a graduate of Binghamton University with BA in Philosophy, Politics and Law.
 
Angela joined the City of Westbrook in December 2014.  She has great respect for history and the history of government, and appreciates Westbrook’s concern for historical preservation. In fact, one area of focus for her this year will be records preservation and retention.  In her short time in Westbrook, she has seen a strong concern for people in Maine and appreciates the great city/town clerk network we have here.
 
She has found that the role of city clerk can vary from one state to another. For example, in NY she did not oversee elections as she will here.   City clerks support goals of the community such as:
  • Historic preservation – keeping records of city rules, regulations and laws, including interesting and archaic ones from the distant past.
  • Helping immigrants – becoming familiar with world politics and customs to help people with many matters and supplying needed records
  • Protect and preserve wildlife – issuing hunting and fishing licenses
  • Public Safety – issuing permits and licenses
  • Facilitate inter-agency cooperation
  • Perform Marriages – in Maine you must be Notary Public