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The Maine Town and City Clerks' Association (MTCCA) is an organization of municipal clerks, deputy clerks and assistant clerks throughout the state of Maine. The MTCCA is a professional-level affiliate group of the Maine Municipal Association (MMA). There are currently over 700 members of the MTCCA.

This Association is dedicated to the purposes of

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• increasing the proficiency of Municipal Clerks and other local government officials 
• to strengthen the quality of local government through professionalism 
• to promote recognition of the importance of the office of the Municipal Clerk 

The Maine Town & City Clerks' Association is dedicated to serving the demands of excellence in Maine's local government and public problem solving. The Association's principal missions are to motivate the Maine municipal clerks to become leaders in their fields of governance and to provide an educational program for the new and veteran town and city clerk to meet the highest standards of functional competence and ethical sensitivity and standards.

Providing for continuing education and leadership is a fundamental objective of the Association. The goal is to provide an opportunity for pursuing professional development through training and professional interaction. 

The two primary functions of the MTCCA are professional development and legislative advocacy for the Clerks. The professional development programs offered include the sponsorship of a variety of educational workshops for municipal clerks, as well as a certification program to recognize excellence and achievement in the profession. The educational workshops are taught by an experienced municipal clerk, representatives from state agencies, and municipal attorneys from MMA. 

There are three levels of certification a Clerk can achieve under the MTCCA certification program 

• original certification
• re-certification and 
• lifetime certification. 

Once a Clerk is eligible for original certification, the professional designation of Certified Clerk of Maine (CCM) is bestowed upon them. 

Legislative

 The legislative advocacy objective of MTCCA includes working with the state agencies that municipal clerks primarily interact with, such as the 

• Secretary of State's Office for elections
• Inland Fisheries and Wildlife for game licensing
• Animal Welfare for dog licensing 
• Division of Vital Records for the birth, marriage and death certificates
• State Archives for the records retention and preservation programs 

In addition, the MTCCA has an active lobbying committee called the Legislative Policy Committee (LPC), whose members attend legislative hearings and testify on issues pertinent to municipal clerk functions and operations. Members of the LPC also interact with the Maine Municipal Association's Legislative Policy Committee, on a variety of issues impacting the municipal clerk duties and responsibilities.

Membership 

Regular membership in MTCCA shall consist of any town, city or plantation clerk, deputy or assistant clerk, who currently holds an elected or appointed position. A clerk is considered to be a regular member if his/her dues are current. Each regular member has one vote at any annual or special meeting of the Association.  There shall be an Annual Meeting of the MTCCA membership - which coincides with the Annual Convention of the Maine Municipal Association. 

The Maine Town & City Clerks' Association (MTCCA) exists to further several major objectives.

• provides a forum for discussing the problems commonly confronted by Maine's Municipal Clerks
• seeks to find solutions to these problems by exchanging ideas and experiences in a variety of networking and communication opportunities
• strives to improve the management of Maine's cities and towns through the work of the offices of the Municipal Clerk
• works to better enable members to fulfill and discharge their official duties
• exists to improve each member's benefits, welfare, and standards

To this end, we have set up a mentoring system that pairs an experience clerk with a new clerk to allow one on one contact. This program has been well received and is always looking for new participants. 

Many of our members contribute freely of their time to make this organization function smoothly and get the necessary information to our members. We are always looking for volunteers to serve on the committees listed in this Web site. If you would like to join the MTCCA, please contact the State President to obtain information.  Click here to view and print an application for new members. 

This organization thrives because of its members and we always encourage clerks, deputy clerks and assistant clerks to join the organization.