Town Clerk

Responsibilities of the Town Clerk

The Municipal Clerk, along with the tax collector, is the oldest of public servants. The office can be traced to biblical times and even before. To quote an eminent political scientist, Professor William Bennett Munro, in one of the first textbooks on municipal administration:

“No other office in municipal service has so many contacts. It serves the Mayor, the City Council, the City Manager, and all administrative departments, without exception. All of them call upon it, almost daily, for some service or information. Its work is not spectacular, but it demands versatility, alertness, accuracy, and no end of patience. The public does not realize how many loose ends of city administration this office pulls together.”

In Fairfax, the Town Clerk is an elected position. Many of the duties of the Clerk are mandated by Government Code. The elected clerk is responsible to the voters directly. The Town Clerk provides assistance to the Mayor and Council members and is custodian of all official Town records. The Town Clerk oversees the Town’s adherence to legal requirements as well as maintaining liability claims and personnel files, and processes Workers Compensation Claims. As the Assistant to the Town Manager, this position works as assigned in the general administration of the Town as a confidential employee and includes serving as office manager and as the Town’s representative to the Bay Cities Joint Powers Insurance Authority. The Town Clerk also administers local elections, prepares council meeting agendas and minutes, gives notice of public hearings, updates the Municipal Code, maintains the Town’s Web site, authenticates official records on behalf of the Town and serves as the financial disclosure officer.

Office Hours

Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. to Noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

Contact Information

Judy Anderson, CMC
Fairfax Town Clerk
142 Bolinas Road
Fairfax, CA 94930

(415) 458-2343

Email: janderson@townoffairfax.org