Town of Brighton Records
Records for the Town of Brighton are available to the Public for inspection and/or copying. A Subject Index is below.
All records are located at the Brighton Town Hall, 12 County Highway 31 (aka Jones Pond Road) in Paul Smiths, New York.
There is a fee of twenty-five cents ($.25) a page (up to 11” X 14”) to copy these records.
The designated Records Access Officer is Elaine Sater, Brighton Town Clerk at PO Box 260, Paul Smiths, NY 12970, Phone (518) 327-3202 or Fax (518) 327-5387. The Town Hall is open to the public on Tuesday and Thursday, 12 Noon until 5:00 p.m.
Requests to view records must be in writing. Please use the attached form and mail or bring it to the Town Hall. Payment must be made before copies will be given out. Any person denied access to a record has the right to appeal to the Townof Brighton Supervisor at PO Box 260, Paul Smiths, NY 12970
| INDEX BY SUBJECT MATTER | |
| TOPIC | DATES |
| Annual Budget | 1951 – Present |
| Annual Financial Report | 1936 – Present |
| Assessment Rolls | 1859 – Present |
| Audit Accounts | 1936 – Present |
| Bank Statements-Tax collector | 2001 – Present |
| Board of Assessment Review Minutes | 1975 – Present |
| Board of Education | 1917 |
| Bond Register | 1889 – Present |
| Cash Books | 1942 – 1948 |
| Census Books | 1875, 2000 |
| Chattel Mortgages | 1919 – 1968 |
| Civil Defense/Disaster Preparedness | 2007 |
| Claims Book | 1943 – 1947 |
| Code Enforcement Records | 1975 – Present |
| Court Dockets/Criminal Disposed | 1963 – 1993 |
| Court Dockets/V&T Disposed | 2001 – Present |
| Daily School Register | 1864 – 1882 |
| Deeds to Town Property | 1901 – Present |
| Dog License Book | 1890, 2008 |
| Election Poll Booklets | 1892 – 1918 |
| Election Results | 1914 |
| Equalization Rates | 1960 – Present |
| Fiscal Records | 2001 – Present |
| Highway | 1960 – Present |
| Historian | 1859 – Present |
| Insurance | 2001 – Present |
| Journal of Board of Supervisors | 1865 – 1918 |
| Journal of Proceedings | 1950 – 1958 |
| Ledgers, E. Otis | 1924 – 1940 |
| List of Land In Arrears of Taxes | 1856 – 1882 |
| Local Laws | 1978 – Present |
| Military Enrollment | 1889 – 1956 |
| Minutes-Town Board | 1859 – Present |
| Ordinance Book | 1975 – Present |
| Payroll Records | 1948 – Present |
| Physicians Midwives | 1914 |
| Planning Project/Program | 1970 – Present |
| Public Welfare | 1930 – 1933 |
| School District Audit | 1963 |
| School District Maps | |
| School District Officers | 1916 – 1926 |
| School District Tax Booklets | 1870 – 1918 |
| School Tax Rolls | |
| Supervisor Accounts | 1917 – 1941 |
| Supervisor Files- Various Topics | 1985 – Present |
| – Adirondack Park Agency | |
| – Airport | |
| – HUD | |
| – Insurance | |
| – Landfill | |
| – Park/Recreation | |
| Property Assessment Record Card | 1958 – Present |
| Tax Collection Records | 2001 – Present |
| Town Clerk Annual Report | 1932 – Present |
| Town Clerk Cash Book | 1968 – Present |
| Town Clerk Report | 2001 – Present |
| Town Maps | |
| Vital Records, Birth, Death, Marriage | 1878 – Present |
| Voter Registration Book | 1859 – 1946 |
DATE:____________
TO: Records Access Officer
FROM: ____________
RE: Request for Public Information
I hereby apply to INSPECT or RECEIVE (Circle one) a copy of the following:
(Please describe the information in detail that you are seeking):____________
Signature: __________________________ Date: __________________________
Representing: __________________________
Mailing Address: __________________________
For Agency Use Only
Access to the record described above is:
_____Approved: This record will be available to be inspected/picked up* during regular business
hours on or after______________.
*For copies there is a cost of $.25 per page for a Total of $____________for____________pages.
Paid per Receipt No..
_____ Denied (You may appeal per the Notice below.)
_____ Record of which this agency is legal custodian cannot be found
_____ Record is not maintained by this agency
_____ Records Access Officer Elaine W. Sater. _______ Date
NOTICE: You have the right to appeal a denial of this request within 30 days to the Supervisor
of the town at the above address as per the Freedom of Information Law.