City Clerk Office Hours

During the past couple of weeks we received several calls of Lawrencians complaining that the City Clerk’s office is closed at lunch time when it is probably their busiest time, considering that many people would use their own lunch hour to run errands to City Hall.

I called City Clerk Bill Maloney and he explained that during the recent lay offs in Lawrence, his office lost three employees for which they now find it difficult to continue performing at the same level of service. 

Mr. Maloney told me they have opted for closing the office for one hour during their lunch hour instead of staggering the breaks because he might not be able to promise that it would happen on a steady basis.  It depends on whether his staff is all there, if they are not performing some duty that takes them away from the office or out sick.   Those situations would force him to close some days and that will be more of a reason for complain than if he makes it a general practice until the personnel is restored and the public can continue going at the most convenient time for working people.