Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Town Clerk / Chief Executive
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
- Town Clerk / Chief Executive; 1970s-present
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1970s-present
History
In the late twentieth century the town clerk became known as the "Town clerk and chief executive" and then just "chief executive".
Developed from medieval office of town clerk into modern chief executive role as formal head of the hierarchical administration.
Places
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Head of the council's administration and is responsibile for the delivery of all council services. As chief officer, they report directly to the elected council.
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
In the late twentieth century the town clerk became known as the "Town clerk and chief executive" and then just "chief executive".
Relationships area
Related entity
Common Clerk / Town Clerk (1317-1970s)
Identifier of related entity
GB0192-50
Category of relationship
temporal
Type of relationship
Common Clerk / Town Clerk is the predecessor of Town Clerk / Chief Executive
Dates of relationship
Description of relationship
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
GB0192-51
Institution identifier
GB0192
Rules and/or conventions used
International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa