Welcome to the office of the City Clerk. This program has many important duties including being the keeper of the journal for all official City proceedings. Additionally, the Clerk prepares and publishes legal advertisements required by law and is responsible for issuing occupational licenses in accordance with the City's code of ordinances. Other duties include coordinating the appointments by the City Commission to various advisory boards, and keeping and attesting to all official records of the City while ensuring compliance by all departments with records retention/destruction requirements in accordance with Florida law.
The City Clerk is also the local Elections Official for the City. Regular elections are scheduled the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each year. The Mayor and Commission are elected for two-year terms with three seats being up one year and the other two the next. Each candidate must be a registered and qualified elector of the City at the time of qualifying as a candidate with the City Clerk. The qualifying period begins at 12:00 noon seventy-one (71) days prior to the municipal election, and ends at the same time four days later.
Please feel free to contact us by phone - 407-585-1415, fax - 407-585-1498, or send an e-mail to mailbox@lakemaryfl.com.