Town Clerk

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The Town Clerk acts as the Town's chief election official, recording officer, registrar of vital records and statistics, public records officer and licensing officer and is the point for general information to Belmont's inhabitants, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Federal Government and the general public. For an organizational list of employees and appointed/elected officials in the Town Clerk's office, click here.

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

Notary Service

The Town Clerk offers Notary Services at 9 AM or 3 PM
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY.
(Notary Services are currently suspended due to the upcoming election)

For more information, click here.

What Does the Town Clerk's Office Do?

Some examples of items issued from the Town Clerk's office include, but are not limited to:
  • Certified Copies of Vital Records,
  • Business Certificates,
  • Business Licenses,
  • Public notices & meeting minutes,
  • Town Meeting information,
  • Certification of Zoning Board / Planning Board decisions,
  • Fuel Storage Permits,
  • Raffle Permits,
  • Private Sale Permits (Yard Sale, Garage Sale, Tag Sale, etc.), and
  • Pet & Kennel Licensing

Election-related Activities Include:

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

Upon election or appointment to a Town office, board, commission or committee, the individual must be administered the oath of office (be sworn in to serve) at the Town Clerk's Office prior to acting in an official capacity. At that time, the State's Open Meeting Law is distributed or referred by on-line access and a copy of the Ethics Law is distributed. Click here for information about serving on boards, committees and commissions.

Newly elected and re-elected Town Meeting Members are administered the oath of office at Town Meeting. Click here for information about Town Meeting.

Town Clerk's Office Email - townclerk@belmont-ma.gov

To e-mail a staff contact directly, please click on their name below

Staff Contacts

Name Title
Ellen O'Brien Cushman Town Clerk
Meg Piccione Assistant Town Clerk
Nancy Casale Town Clerk's Office Staff
Dan Cane Town Clerk's Office Staff