Property owners looking to file land use applications can save a trip to town hall under a digitization program put in place by Brookhaven Clerk Kevin LaValle.
“My goal is to make government easier and more accessible,” the Clerk said. “Giving businesspeople the ability to file online saves time and money and shows that Brookhaven Town is a place they can work efficiently and effectively.”
Working with the Town’s Information Technology Department, LaValle implemented a process to accept applications by email, as well as invoice and take payments online. “Before this innovation, attorneys, engineers, and landowners traveling from Nassau, Queens, and other areas of the state had to physically drop off applications.”
LaValle’s office stays busy handling permits, certificates, licenses, and park passes. The Clerk is the Town’s Filing Officer taking care of Ordinances, Local Laws, Petitions, Oaths of Office, Notice of Claims, Notice of Highway Defects, and Budget documents. He’s also the Freedom of Information Law Appeals Officer, Recording Secretary for the Town Board, and Records Management Officer. The Clerk maintains state-of-the-art facilities that store records for the Town and other municipalities in both digital and hard copy form.
The online application system should cut down on the lines that sometimes form in the town hall lobby in Farmingville from people applying for town approvals. To connect with the Clerk online, go to www.brookhavenny.gov/423/Town-Clerk.