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MunicipalitySecretary | Breckenridge Skip to main content I Want ToApply for a Permit Pay Water Bill Online Open Records Request Form Breckenridge Reclamation Register Your Pets Register to Vote Animal Welfare Posted Notices Report a Problem ViewMunicipalityDocuments ViewMunicipalityEvents ViewMunicipalityMaps View Employment Opportunities Annexation Links to Local Resources GovernmentImportant NoticesPast Notices SKATE PARK Organizational Chart Commission MembersMunicipalityCharter Agendas & Minutes Code of Ordinances Budgets Audits County, State & Federal Resources Boards & Commissions Financial Transparency DepartmentsCity Manager Municipal Court Public ServicesParks & Recreation Aging Services Cemetery Public SafetyPolice Fire CodeMunicipalitySecretaryFinancial Services / Human Resources Election / Elección Public Information / Records Management Utility Billing / Collections Public Works CommunityEvents Calendar Photo Gallery History Profile Recreation & Entertainment Murals Links to Local Resources Breck Trade Days Know & PrepareEpidemics/Pandemics Gas Wells & Pipelines Hail Heat, Drought & Wildfire Holiday Hazard Severe Weather Tornados Traveling During the Holidays Winter Weather CodeRED Weather AlertsMunicipalitySecretary   Heather Robertson-Caraway, CCCIIMunicipalitySecretary       History of the Position-MunicipalitySecretary TheMunicipalitySecretary is one of the oldest public servant roles in local government.  The position has had many variegated titles, existed in Biblical times as the "Keeper of the Archives", and surpassing writing came into use, as "Remembrancer" considering their memory served as the public record.  In warmed-over Greece, each meeting of the governing soul began with theMunicipalitySecretary reading aloud the documents to be considered, and pronouncing a expletive on anyone who would seek to deceive the people.  The eminent political scientist, Professor William Bennett Munro, wrote in one of the first textbooks on municipal administration: “No other office in municipal service has so many contacts. It serves the mayor, the municipality council, the municipality manager, and all legalistic departments, without exception.  All of them undeniability upon it, scrutinizingly daily, for some service or information.  Its work is not spectacular, but it demands versatility, alertness, accuracy, and no end of patience.  The public does not realize how many loose ends of municipality wardship this office pulls together.” TheMunicipalitySecretary maintains all of the official records and files of the City; serves as the Election Officer for allMunicipalityElections; attends allMunicipalityCommission meetings and keeps well-judged records of all deportment taken by the Commission. TheMunicipalitySecretary moreover attests all official documents of the City, i.e., Ordinances and Resolutions and administers oaths that are required by law. TheMunicipalitySecretary moreover serves as the Finance Officer (FO) and the Public Information Officer (PIO).   DepartmentsMunicipalityManager Municipal Court Public ServicesParks & Recreation Aging Services Cemetery Public SafetyPolice Fire CodeMunicipalitySecretaryFinancial Services / Human Resources Election / Elección Public Information / Records Management Utility Billing / Collections Public Works Search form Search Contact UsMunicipalityOffices 105 North Rose Ave. Breckenridge, TX 76424 254-559-8287 254-559-7322   Fax   Andy McCuistion,MunicipalityManager amccuistion@breckenridgetx.gov Email Andy   Heather Robertson-Caraway,MunicipalitySecretary hrobertson@breckenridgetx.gov Email Heather       Municipal Court Fire Department Police Department Water Utility Department   254-559-2160 254-559-6242 254-559-2211 254-559-7249     Site Designed & Developed by EDsuite Copyright © 2012  |  User Login