Municipal Clerk's Office
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Phone (907) 459-1401
FAX (907) 459-1224 clerks@co.fairbanks.ak.us |
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| Mona
L. Drexler Borough Municipal Clerk monalisa@co.fairbanks.ak.us |
Nanci A. Ashford, CMC Deputy Borough Municipal Clerk |
The
Office of the Municipal Clerk provides
the professional line between
the citizens,
the local governing bodies and agencies
of government at other levels.
The Borough Assembly, the legislative
branch of the borough government,
appoints the Borough Municipal Clerk.
The Clerk and her staff work for the
legislative body. The Clerk administers
the Assembly’s offices and serves as a
conduit to the Administration, the
public, and other agencies for the
Assembly.
Introduction to Staff
General
Information
Public
Resources
Election Information
General Mandated Duties of the Municipal Clerk
Publish and give notice of meetings to the borough assembly members and the public of the time and place for meetings.Keeps a journal of all borough assembly meetings and makes available for public inspection municipal ordinances, resolutions, rules, regulations, and codes.
Prepares agendas and agenda packets as required by the borough assembly.
Advises the borough assembly on the appropriate use of parliamentary procedures.
Has custody of the official municipal seal and attests (confirms to be genuine) deeds, and other documents, such as ordinances, resolutions, minutes, and contracts, by signing and affixing the municipal seal.
Manage municipal records and develop retention schedules and procedures for inventory, storage, and destruction of all municipal records as necessary.
Conduct all municipal elections and publishes, posts, and gives notice of elections. The Clerk also prepares petitions and verifies signatures for initiative, referendum, and recall elections.
Introduction to Staff
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The Clerk’s Office is staffed by seven persons who perform a variety of record keeping and Assembly support roles:
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Mona Lisa Drexler, CMC, Municipal Clerk, (907) 459-1402,
monalisa@co.fairbanks.ak.us -
Nanci A. Ashford, CMC, Deputy Clerk, (907) 459-1412,
nashford@co.fairbanks.ak.us -
Richard Valenti, Assistant Deputy Clerk/Records, (907) 459-1403, valentir@co.fairbanks.ak.us
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Jessica Davis, Secretary, (907) 459-1401,
jdavis@co.fairbanks.ak.us -
Eriana H. Wingfield, Secretary, (907) 459-1405
Amanda (Mandy) Towse, Research Assistant, (907) 459-1406
ewingfield@co.fairbanks.ak.us
atowse@co.fairbanks.ak.us
Margaret England, Records Technician, (907) 459-1411,
mengland@co.fairbanks.ak.us
Patti Gross, Records Data Clerk, (907) 459-7403,
pgross@co.fairbanks.ak.us
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General Information
are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday with the exception of Municipal holidays.Our physical address is 809 Pioneer Road, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701; mailing address is PO Box 71267, Fairbanks, Alaska 99707-1267.
The main office telephone number is (907) 459-1401, fax number is (907) 459-1224. By calling (907) 459-1401 after 5:00 p.m. or weekends, you can listen to a recording that gives the details on upcoming Borough Assembly meetings.
Public Resources
You can obtain copies of the following documents from our website and also directly from the Clerk’s Office:
- Assembly meeting agendas, action memos and minutes
- Fairbanks North Star Borough Code of Ordinances
- The complete list of resources maintained by the Clerk's Office.


