BELMONT – The Allegany County Legislature on Thursday voted
unanimously to create two new full-time positions of Election Clerk. Each Clerk
will be receiving a base annual salary of $36,400 with about $15,000 in
benefits. In their request to the legislature, Commissioners Brent Reynolds and
Michael McCormick said the jobs would be funded 100% by the county and were
needed because the office was short-staffed and needed to comply with election
law. They added that the new jobs would ease the burden of the current 15-year
veteran Deputies, Barb and Marcy.
The Allegany County Board of Elections is responsible for
the honest and efficient operations of all National, State, County, City, and
Local elections in our County. The Board insures that all eligible County
citizens are offered an opportunity to register and vote; to maintain a
complete and accurate voter file of all the registered voters in Allegany
County area; to insure that the integrity of the balloting process is
maintained throughout Allegany County; to enforce all provisions of the New
York State Election Law.
At the start of the Thursday meeting, Legislative Chairman
W. Brooke Harris took the floor to recognize the Board of Elections staff for
their dedicated, hard work.
