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Employment Advertisement
Town of Herkimer
Position: Full Time, civil service exempt, Court Clerk
Salary range S17.00 - 520.00 per hour, plus benefits based on experience
Duties: 35 hours per week, Monday-Friday. Reports to Town Justices.
Duties include a variety of clerical and administrative tasks related to court proceedings including, but
not limited to, review and prepare confidential court documents, calendaring and preparing Court
dockets and cases for court nights, collecting fines and other payments, managing filing system, entering
data, responding to emails, telephone messages and in-person inquiries, request documents and
information about court procedures and guidelines, preparing reports and maintaining financial record
keeping.
Qualifications: Two year degree in related field and one year related work experience or 3 years related
work experience. Preferred experience is in municipal court proceedings. Experience in use of
com puters, internet and e-mail.
Send resumes and letters of interest to: Herkimer Town Court, 114 North Prospect Street, Herkimer NY
13350 by: February 27 ,2026
The Office of the State Comptroller uses the Fiscal Stress Monitoring System to examine the annual financial information reported by your Town. This analysis provides an objective assessment of the fiscal challenges facing individual local governments and school districts, identifying situations where corrective action may be needed. These 2024 scores are based on fiscal year-end results.
As of August 29, 2025, our review of the 2024 Annual Financial Report (AFR) for your Town has been completed. Detailed information about your Town's fiscal stress condition is available on our website by using the user name and password above.
Your Town's fiscal stress scores and designations are summarized below:
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Environmental Stress |
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FYE |
Score |
Designation |
Score |
Designation |
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2022 |
0.0 |
No Designation |
3.3 |
No Designation |
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2023 |
0.0 |
No Designation |
3.3 |
No Designation |
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2024 |
0.0 |
No Designation |
3.3 |
No Designation |
Sincerely,
Simonia Brown
Assistant Comptroller
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TOWN OF HERKIMER
FULL TIME MOTOR EQUIPMENT OPERATOR POSITION AVAILABLE
GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: Operates one or more types of automotive equipment and performs a variety of manual tasks in connection with such operation: does related work as required.
DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS: This work involves responsibility for the safe and efficient operation and care of moderately complex motor equipment in the performance of assigned tasks. An employee in this class is also required to perform recurring manual duties related to the operation of the equipment and road maintenance work. Employees in this class may also be responsible for performing a variety of semi-skilled automotive repair work. The work is usually performed under close supervision.
EXAMPLES OF WORK (Illustrative only):
-Operates a truck in connection with the hauling of material for road construction and repair;
-Operates a truck to transport workmen, tools and other equipment;
-Operates a snowplow or related snow removal equipment;
-Performs semi-skilled mechanical repairs on automotive equipment;
-On assignment, operates bulldozer, grader, power shovel or other heavy automotive equipment;
-Services assigned vehicle and maintains it in clean condition:
-Loads and unloads trucks:
-Performs a variety of simple manual tasks, such as cleaning culverts, shoveling, painting, and a variety of tasks related to road maintenance work;
-Acts as flagman on highway maintenance or construction projects.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES: Good knowledge of the operation of trucks, tractors, and other types of automotive equipment; ability to understand and carry out simple oral and written instructions; mechanical aptitude; dependable; good physical condition.
ACCEPTABLE EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: One year of experience in the operation of automotive equipment; or any equivalent combination of experience and training.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT: Possession of a valid New York State driver's license Class A or B at the time of appointment. The Town of Herkimer Planning Board will hold regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each month, at 6:00PM at the Herkimer Town Hall located at 114 North Prospect Street, Herkimer, New York 13350. The next scheduled Planning Board Meeting will be March 12, 2025 at 6:00 PM. Mark Gaworecki, Town of Herkimer Planning Board Chairman Effective September 9th, 2022 East German Street Extension from and about 612 East German Street North to its dead end is closed to all travel at this time, and to exercise caution when traveling this road. Additionally, the NYS Route 28 entrance to this road is residence use only.
