May 4, 2021, Submitted by Ally Donnelly
Town clerk is no small job. They are the only paid elected official in the town of Hingham. The incoming clerk will earn a taxpayer-funded annual salary of about $75,000. Retiring clerk Eileen McCracken earned about $95,000 in her last year. The post is a three year term without limits.
For the uninitiated, the job of clerk could be thought of as a straight administrative job, but it is so much more. Town Clerk is often the first point of contact for everything from dog licenses to burial permits. They are tasked with making sure Hingham holds fair, transparent elections with access for all. They make sure town officials are complying with open meeting and ethics laws and they are the gatekeeper for the majority of the town’s public records.
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