Press Release:
Town of Colchester CT latest to join Connecticut Town Clerks Portal for Online Access to Town Records
Colchester, Connecticut – August 5, 2011 The Town of Colchester, CT announced today that they have joined the Connecticut Town Clerks Portal to allow the searching public 24/7 access to view and or print their town records. The Town of Colchester, CT has been working in partnership with Cott Systems, a privately owned software and service company serving town clerks for 123 years, to identify a low-cost solution to make public records more accessible to constituents via the internet. Cott Systems developed a state portal to position town clerks to enhance the services their office provides by leveraging the investment they made in their
records management solution (resolution3).
Colchester, CT Town Clerk Nancy Bray explains, “We are all about serving the public, whether by the latest technology or simple solutions to everyday problems.”
The state portal is implemented at no cost to the town clerk’s office. For a small monthly subscription fee, land records (i.e. deeds, liens, maps) index & images can be viewed via the internet. If a subscriber needs to print an image, they can now do so via the internet for $1.00 per page, as defined by the state of Connecticut. The per-page print fee is a convenience charge which is kept by the town, becoming a revenue stream for the town budget.
“Cott is about serving our customers and their customers alike. This idea was born from the thoughts of a customer and has been executed by Cott working in partnership with them. We are honored to be a part of Connecticut’s cutting-edge way of thinking and position our customer to enhance the solution offerings they provide their town” explains Bob Mains, Cott Systems Vice President Technology Solutions.
Mission Statement:
The Town Clerk’s Office is information central for Colchester residents when they need questions answered or help finding something within the Town Hall. We provide many services to the community such as notary public, rabies clinic, sports licenses, and copies of discharge papers.
The Town Clerk responds to thousands of requests for certificates, permits, licenses, and public documents while also providing services to all boards, commissions and other departments within the building.
We also issue all the absentee ballots for every election, including referenda that are held in our town.
The Town Clerk is elected by a plurality of the votes cast at a municipal election every four years and is charged with the custody and control of all public records of the Town as well as other duties as set forth by State Statute.
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