City Clerk

Services

The City Clerk's Office serves the community by providing public information, voter registration, free notary service, and management of the community bulletin board. The office also serves as the repository for all the City's permanent records, including ordinances, resolutions, deeds, easements, contracts, and cemetery records. The office issues and maintains select City business licenses and permits. City Council agendas are published and made accessible to the public by the Clerk's Office. The City Clerk serves as the Local Election Official, a Municipal Officer Electoral Board member, and is one of the City's appointed Freedom of Information Officers. The office serves as staff liaison/secretary to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners, Liquor Advisory Board, Local Liquor Control Commission, and City Council.

• Fair Housing Discrimination Complaints
• Fair Housing Discrimination Policy (PDF)
• Receives payment for Oakland Cemetery Grave Sites (PDF)

Fire Application and Procedures

Fire testing is administered through the City Clerk's Office. For more information, please contact the Deputy City Clerk at 618-457-3281.

• Entry-Level Firefighter Exam Procedures (PDF) 
• Entry-Level Firefighter Application /documentcenter/view/6580/entry-level-police-exam-application-06-25-2021-pdf 

Mortgage Foreclosure Notices

Under 735 ILCS 5/15-1503 and 735 ILCS 5/15-1508, Notices of Foreclosure for residential real estate mortgages on property located within the corporate limits of the City of Carbondale, Illinois, shall be sent to the City Clerk.