Left to Right: Vivian Vallejo and Hope Vespia (Town Clerk)
1. Freedom Of Information Compliance And Knowledge Ratings:
Under review
2. Email Address For Filing FOI Requests
3, Mailing Address For Filing FOI Requests:
Town Clerk
Town of Rye
222 Grace Church Street, 3rd Floor
Port Chester, New York 10573
4. Experience:
M. Vespia is the long term Rye Town Clerk. Previous To this she was the receiver of taxes.
5. From The Town Website:
OFFICE HOURS: 8:30 AM – 4:00 PM MONDAY – FRIDAY
The Office of the Town Clerk is the keeper of all records for the Town of Rye. Our records go back to the original settlers arriving in the territory of Rye in 1660. Early records contain documentation of land purchased from the Indian Tribes by the first settlers. Due to the Towns proximity to waters of the Long Island Sound, many settlers were attracted to this area. There are many volumes of recorded activities and transactions recorded on the minute books of the Town. In 1720, George, King of Great Britain, France and Ireland, granted the Royal Patent for the Township of Rye. Being under English control, it was named after its counterpart, Rye, England.
In 1788 the State of New York created the Towns and by an act, the Town of Rye was incorporated on March 7th, 1788 and is still in existence to this day. The Town has a record center, in which all records are stored in special archival wrap and boxes. The Clerk’s office is currently working on a project which will create an up to date online repository of all archival records. The position of the Town Clerk is the oldest recorded title in the Town’s documents.
The Town Clerk’s office is frequently considered the center of town government. It is not only the office which is responsible for recording activities of the town government, but it is the central place in which documents and papers vital to the lives of the towns people are filed.
Marriage licenses and dog licenses are issued from the Town Clerk’s Office. Marriage licenses are issued to any couple planning to be married in the State of New York. Dog licenses are issued to Port Chester and Rye Brook residents. All applications and important forms are located on the right side of this webpage. The Town Clerk is also the registrar of Vital Statistics for the Town of Rye and the Village of Rye Brook. The Town’s inventory of vital records (birth, marriage and death) go back to 1847. Records for births or deaths that occurred in the Village of Port Chester may be obtained at the Village Clerk’s Office located at 222 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY.
Important Forms:
Community Impact Award Application
Marriage License Requirements in (English)
Marriage License Requirements in (Spanish)
Marriage License Application in (English)
Marriage License Application in (Spanish)
Application for Copy of Marriage Record
Affidavit for Correction of Marriage Record
Application for Copy of Death Record
Application for Correction of Certificate of Death
Freedom of Information Request Form
Application Handicap Parking Permit
General Information and Application For Genealogical Services
5. News Reports / Related Web Pages
https://www.facebook.com/hope.vespia
https://www.linkedin.com/in/hope-vespia-4997419
TOWN OF RYE DISSOLUTION STUDY
Study of Governance and Service Options
Town of Rye, in partnership
with Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck
Home – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/index.aspx
- About the Study – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/about.aspx
- Meetings – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/meetings.aspx
- Documents – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/documents.aspx
- Press Releases – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/press.aspx
- Media – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/media.aspx
- Public Engagement – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/public_engagement.aspx
- Links – http://archive.cgr.org/ryetown/links.aspx
- Town of Rye Dissolution PowerPoint Presentation – Mamaroneck, NY
- Town of Rye Dissolution – Working Group Memo
- Town of Rye Dissolution at a Glance – Final
- Village of Port Chester Dissolution Workshop Presentation
The links above will give you all the information one might need to evaluate the Dissolution of the Town of Rye, its varying impacts on the successor communities, and the options available for the sharing of services.
If you have any questions, please communicate them to your respective Steering Committee member in your community. The steering committee members are:
Town of Rye
- Gary J. Zuckerman- Supervisor
- Debbie Resiner, Town Confidential Secretary
Village of Port Chester
- Dennis Pilla – Mayor
- Christopher Steers, Village Manager
Village of Rye Brook
- Paul Rosenberg – Mayor
- Christopher Bradbury, Village Administrator
Village of Mamaroneck
- Norman Rosenblum- Mayor
- Richard Slingerland, Village Manager
http://www.townofryeny.com/town-of-rye-dissolution.html
Also:
Public Meeting on Rye Town Dissolution Feasibility Study and Village Alternatives Analysis to be Held Sept. 10
Opportunity to Learn about Project and Provide Feedback
Town of Rye, NY – August 2, 2011 – A public meeting will be held on Saturday, September 10 for residents and taxpayers to learn about – and provide feedback on – a recently-initiated study of dissolution of the Town of Rye and an analysis of associated village governance and service alternatives. The community forum will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Village of Port Chester Senior Community Center, 222 Grace Church Street, Port Chester, NY.
A joint Steering Committee of Town of Rye, Village of Port Chester, Village of Rye Brook and Village of Mamaroneck representatives was formed in 2011 to begin the process of analyzing the potential benefits and drawbacks of a range of structural and governance alternatives for increasing government efficiency and promoting taxpayer savings. There are four key objectives for this study:
- The study will analyze the feasibility of potentially dissolving the Town of Rye’s government in order to eliminate an administrative level of government and, in so doing, possibly generate property tax relief for residents;
- The study will analyze alternative forms of government, particularly separate coterminous town/village options in Port Chester and Rye Brook, as a means of improving cost effectiveness and enhancing shared services;
- The study will consider governance and service options for the Rye Neck section of the Village of Mamaroneck that is within the Town of Rye; and
- The study will evaluate potential shared service alternatives between and among the Town of Rye and Villages of Port Chester, Rye Brook and Mamaroneck.
The Steering Committee issued the following statement: “We encourage residents to attend this important forum. We have a strong commitment to engaging the public as we undertake this examination of dissolution and shared services. The September 10 forum offers an excellent opportunity for residents and stakeholders to learn more about the study approach and offer feedback about which services are most important to them.”
The meeting will include a brief overview presentation by the study consultant, the nonprofit Center for Governmental Research (CGR). Community members can meet the CGR project team leaders, and learn more about the study’s methodology, timeframe and objectives. The meeting will also provide the public an opportunity to comment on the study.
CGR will also outline a newly-launched project website, which will be a key vehicle in facilitating public engagement as the study process unfolds. The website www.cgr.org/ryetown will offer access to meeting information, reports and key data components as they become available. By going to the website, community members will also be able to email comments to the Steering Committee.
In addition, they can sign up to receive email “alerts” when any significant new information is posted to the website.
Tentative September 10th meeting agenda:
- Introduction – Steering Committee Members
- Project Overview – CGR
- Website and Methods of Public Input/Information – CGR
- Comments from Public
Steering Committee Members
Joe Carvin, Supervisor, Town of Rye
Bishop Nowotnik, Purchasing Director and Confidential Secretary to the Supervisor, Town of Rye
Dennis Pilla, Mayor, Village of Port Chester
Christopher Russo, Village Manager, Village of Port Chester
Joan Feinstein, Mayor, Village of Rye Brook
Christopher Bradbury, Village Administrator, Village of Rye Brook
Norman Rosenblum, Mayor, Village of Mamaroneck
Richard Slingerland, Village Manager, Village of Mamaroneck
Daniel Sarnoff, Assistant Village Manager, Village of Mamaroneck
About the Center for Governmental Research (CGR)
CGR is a 96-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan, independent consulting organization with significant expertise conducting local government consolidation and shared service studies and developing implementation plans. CGR is headquartered in Rochester, NY and in July was engaged by the involved municipalities to serve as study consultant.
http://www.village.mamaroneck.ny.us/Pages/MamaroneckNY_News/I01772728
6. Notes
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