Village Clerk's Office

Function: The Village Clerk’s office is a good general resource for information about Village operations. It handles the day-to-day running of the Village, including billing, collections, payroll, employee benefits and vital records. Residents can pay their taxes and water and sewer bills at the Clerk’s office, conduct tax searches, and obtain birth and death certificates, games of chance and bingo licenses, handicapped parking permits and other permits.

Building Department

Function: The Building Department is comprised of two part-time Building Inspectors/Code-Enforcement Officers, and the Fire Code Enforcement Officer. It is responsible for:

• Issuing permits for new construction, repairs, fences, signs and pools
• Ensuring that all Village buildings meet the requirements for New York State Fire Prevention and Building Code
• Performing fire safety inspections
• Issuing chicken permits

Department of Public Works

Function: The Department of Public Works, headed by the Working Foreman, performs the following services in the Village:

• Street maintenance
• Snow removal
• Water and sewer maintenance
• Leaf and brush pickup
• Park maintenance

Planning Board

Function: The five-member Planning Board is appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees, and is assisted by a Planning Board Secretary and the Planning Board Attorney. Each member serves on the Board for five years. The Board works to ensure that Village land is conserved, protected and used properly and that the Village grows in an orderly fashion. All applications to the Planning Board must be submitted to the Village Clerk in advance of presentation to the Board. The Board’s duties include:

• Approving site plans prior to issuance of a building permit (except for one- or two-family homes)
• Approving subdivisions of land
• Reviewing and approving site plans for all ground signs or signs on multitenant buildings