New Deputy Clerk Appointed

A new First Deputy Town Clerk took office on Monday, December 11, in the Town of Newburgh.
Andrew J. Zarutskie, the Town Clerk, announced at the audit/workshop meeting of the Town Board on November 29 that he is appointing Mrs. Deborah A. Smith, who lives on Forest Road in the Town of Newburgh, to this position.

Zarutskie made the announcement immediately after the Town Board voted unanimously to appoint his current First Deputy Town Clerk, Mrs. Charlene Black, to the newly created position of Administrative Aide in the Town’s Personnel Office.

Zarutskie repeated his announcement at the public Town Board meeting the following Monday, December 4.
“Charlene has been my strong right arm for four years,” Zarutskie said, “and it pains me to lose her. However, I have no desire to stand in the way of someone who wishes to better themself.”

Mrs. Jeanne Patterson, who serves as Zarutskie’s Second Deputy Town Clerk as well as Registrar of Vital Statistics for the Town of Newburgh, will continue in her position, as will Ms. Katherine Otis, the Records Management Supervisor.

Pictured: above from left to right: Mrs. Charlene Black, outgoing First Deputy Town Clerk; Andrew J. Zarutskie, Town Clerk; Deborah A. Smith, incoming First Deputy Town Clerk.