Pictured: Harla McClure, City Clerk

MISSION STATEMENT
CITY CLERK’S OFFICE

The City Clerk’s Office strives to present a courteous, service-oriented team of professions, who partner with the City of Murray City Council, other City Departments, and the community, to serve the residents of the City of Murray. 

We are committed to achieving our mission through:

- Instilling a high value on excellent customer service and serving the         public in a courteous and friendly manner;
- Equipping employees with the necessary knowledge and empowerment to effectively serve the public through adequate training and continued educational opportunities;
- Promoting positive employee morale throughout the City organization through a spirit of teamwork and cooperation;
- Staying abreast of the current laws governing the department’s areas of responsibility;
- Continually seeking innovative ways to achieve high levels of efficiency;
- Preserving the City’s history and making it available to the public;
- Carrying out and promoting the goals of the City.

Welcome!  The City Clerk handles city property taxes, business licenses, city cemetery inquiries, and the sale of city stickers.

The City Clerk’s Office is responsible for keeping the official records of the city of Murray. These records include ordinances, minutes of Council meetings, municipal orders, and executive orders. The Clerk’s Office prepares the agenda and related information for Council meetings.

The City Clerk’s Office bills, collects, deposits revenues, and maintains records for the General Fund of the City. Some of the sources of revenue are:

· Real Estate Taxes
· Business License
· City Stickers
· Parking Tickets
· Insurance Premium Tax
· Tourism Tax
· Alcohol Beverage Revenue
· Sale of Cemetery Lots and Mausoleum Crypts

The City Clerk’s Office is also responsible for depositing and record keeping related to the collection of other sources of revenue. These include revenues from sign permits, building permits, plan review fees, vehicle license tax collected by the County Clerk’s Office, E-911 Funds, Police and Fire Incentive Funds, as well as various other sources of revenue.

Records of the Murray City Cemetery are kept in the Clerk’s Office. The Clerk’s Office maintains a list of cemetery lots owners, coordinates sales and crypts with the Cemetery Supervisor, issues deeds for lot sales, handles billing for unpaid lots, deposits lot payments and refers concerns about maintenance to the Cemetery Supervisor.

Two full-time employees, the City Clerk and the Assistant City Clerk, staff the City Clerk’s Office. During the period of city stickers/business license sales and property tax collection, part-time workers are employed.

Both the Clerk and Assistant Clerk are members of the Purchase Area Municipal Clerks Association, the Kentucky Municipal Clerks Association, and the International Institute of Municipal Clerks. These organizations have educational meetings to keep Clerks informed about local, state and international issues that relate to City Clerks.

The City Clerk is also the Treasurer for the City of Murray. One duty of this office is to process checks for persons receiving benefits from the Police and Firemen’s Pension Fund. The Treasurer maintains records of the Pension Fund’s Board annual meeting, and notifies pensioners of Board action.