Vershire is a small town and I cannot imagine life as a town clerk without
an assistant.  What would happen in Ludlow if for some unforeseen incident
that you were unable to go to work for sometime?  (We do not have a town
manager.)  The assistant clerk here handles all the recording of documents,
vital records, UCC's, and helps with other projects.  She works 4 to 5
hours per week on an average, 95% of which is to record documents and
process the needed paperwork.  In 1998, we recorded 604 pages of documents;
vital records are very few...less than 20.  She is appointed by the town
clerk and earns $8 per hour.  (I think she deserves more.)  Good luck adn I
hope this helps.  Naomi, C/T


At 02:38 PM 9/22/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>HI ALL CLERKS OUT THERE -
>
>The selectboard is now willing  (maybe) to at least look at a proposal for
>obtaining an assistant clerk so I need your help in putting together some
>numbers like:
>        number of ptr's processed a year or monthly or however you have the
>number
>        number of books recorded per year/month
>        number of pages recorded monthly (or received for recording)
>        any other important piece of what you do that can be quantified like
>vitals
>
>        plus the important part as to the number of people on staff doing
>this work and the number of hours they actually work -   (like two people,
>30 hours each per week)
>
>towns of any size are useful and the numbers can be used as a percentage
>Thanks much for all your help
>Nettie Gruber, Ludlow
>