Town of Westerly, RI
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2024-02-12
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The Charter
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Chapter C Charter
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ARTICLE VI TOWN CLERK
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- Ch C Art VI TOWN CLERK
- Ch C Art VI Ch I
- § C-6-1-1 Town Clerk and Deputy Town Clerk.
- § C-6-1-2 Duties of the Town Clerk.
- § C-6-1-3 Compensation.
- § C-6-1-4 Transmission of fees.
- § C-6-1-5 Bonds.
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 5 Boards, Committees and Commissions
- Ch 10 Comprehensive Plan
- Ch 15 Court, Municipal
- Ch 17 Development Services Department
- Ch 20 Eminent Domain
- Ch 21 (Reserved)
- Ch 22 Finance and Fiscal Affairs
- Ch 30 Municipal Land Trust
- Ch 34 Officers and Employees
- Ch 37 Ordinances
- Ch 41 Personnel Regulations
- Ch 45 Police Department
- Ch 49 Procurements
- Ch 53 Seal and Logos
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 64 Alarms
- Ch 68 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 72 Amusements
- Ch 76 Animals
- Ch 81 Beaches
- Ch 86 Boats, Waterways and Harbor Management
- Ch 90 Building Construction
- Ch 94 Buildings, Numbering of
- Ch 95 Commercial and Residential Properties, Real Estate Nonutilization Tax for
- Ch 115 Entertainment
- Ch 121 Fee Schedule
- Ch 125 Fire Lanes
- Ch 126 Flea Markets
- Ch 127 Floodplain Management
- Ch 137 Historic Site Preservation
- Ch 141 Hotels, Motels and Guesthouses
- Ch 145 Housing Standards
- Ch 150 Junkyards
- Ch 158 Licensing
- Ch 162 Littering
- Ch 167 Mobile Home and Trailer Parks
- Ch 171 Noise
- Ch 177 Parking
- Ch 179 Parks and Public Areas
- Ch 182 Peace and Good Order
- Ch 186 Peddlers and Street Vendors
- Ch 190 Pool Tables
- Ch 198 Refrigerators, Abandoned
- Ch 202 Retail Sales
- Ch 206 Sewers
- Ch 210 Signs
- Ch 212 Single-Use Plastic Bag Regulations
- Ch 217 Solid Waste
- Ch 221 Special One-Time Events
- Ch 223 Storm Sewers
- Ch 224 Stormwater Management
- Ch 225 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 229 Taxation
- Ch 238 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 242 Vehicles for Hire
- Ch 247 Victualing Houses
- Ch 251 Water
- Ch 256 Yard Sales
- Ch 260 Zoning
- Appendix
- Ch A261 Land Development and Subdivision Regulations
- Ch A262 Home Rule Act
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
There shall be a Town Clerk who shall be appointed by the Manager
with the approval of the Council to serve for an indefinite term.
In the same manner, and for the same term, there may be appointed
a Deputy Town Clerk whenever such appointment shall be necessary and
such Deputy shall perform all the duties which are incumbent to the
Town Clerk.
It shall be the duty of the Town Clerk:
(a)
To act as Clerk of the Council and to make a permanent record of
all Council proceedings.
(b)
To certify by his signature all actions of the Council.
(c)
To be custodian of the Town seal and of the official documents and
records of the Town.
(d)
To direct and supervise the recording of deeds, mortgages, vital
statistics, and such other records as shall by law and ordinance be
required to be kept by the Town Clerk.
(e)
To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this Charter,
the Council, the Manager, or the General or Special Laws of the State
of Rhode Island.
The Town Clerk and Deputy Town Clerk shall receive such annual
salaries as may be set by the Council.
All fees collected by the Town Clerk or Deputy Town Clerk shall
be transmitted forthwith to the Town Treasurer and be deposited in
the general funds of the Town unless otherwise directed by the General
Laws of the State of Rhode Island.
The Town Clerk and Deputy Town Clerk shall respectively within
15 days of being sworn into office give bond to the Town Treasurer
with sufficient surety in such sum as the Council may prescribe for
the faithful performance of the duties of said office.
