Mercer’s Violette recognized during Municipal Clerks Week

MERCER — The 50th Anniversary of Municipal Clerks Week was May 5-11, and duing the week, the Maine Town & City Clerks Association featured a clerk, deputy clerk or assistant clerk from each of Maine’s 16 counties.

Yolanda Violette, Mercer’s town clerk, was nominated as a featured clerk from Somerset County.
he profession is one of the oldest documented roles in government. The International Institute of Municipal Clerks initiated the Municipal Clerks Week in 1969 to celebrate the contributions of municipal clerks in local government. The office provides the professional link between residents, local governing bodies and agencies of government at other levels, and municipal clerks have pledged to be ever mindful of their neutrality and impartiality, rendering equal service to all.
They also serve as the information center on functions of local government and community.
Municipal clerks participate in education programs, seminars, workshops and the annual meetings of their state, provincial, county and international professional organizations provide so they can continually improve the function of local government.