Yude Davenport, MMC

Town Clerk  /  Assistant to the Town Manager /

Human Resources Director /

Records Custodian

Welcome to the Town of South Palm Beach Clerk's Office! 

The Town Clerk's Office is dedicated to providing an array of quality services to the public, Town Council and Town Manager.  Our office is committed to providing access to Town government through open and accessible meetings, protecting and preserving Town documents and records; and conducting fair and democratic elections.

The Town Clerk serves as Clerk of the Town Council and is responsible for recording and maintaining the minutes of the Town Council, including the certification of all Ordinances and Resolutions.  The Town Clerk is the Chief Municipal Election Official, the Town's records management liaison officer and the official custodian of the Town Seal.
 
The Town Clerk is the oldest public servants in local government, along with the Tax Collector. 

The Town Clerk's position can be traced throughout history to before biblical times.  Then and now, the Town Clerk's Office serves as the direct link between the citizens of the community and their government.  Professor William Bennett Munro wrote one of the first textbooks on Municipal Administration in which he stated: "No other office in municipal service has so many contacts.  It serves the Mayor, the Town Council, the Town Manager, and all Administrative Departments without exception.  All of them call upon it, almost daily, for some service or information.  Its work is not spectacular, but it demands versatility, alertness, accuracy, and no end of patience.  The public does not realize how many loose ends of the Town Administration this office pulls together."

The Town Clerk is the Official Custodian of Public Records for the Town of South Palm Beach and handles all public information request, excluding the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) Records. 

Public records may be requested from the Town Clerk by telephone, e-mail, regular mail, or in person.  Florida Public Records Law, Chapter 119 governs our process.

The contact information for the Custodians of Public Records is as follows:

Town of South Palm Beach
Office of the Town Clerk
3577 South Ocean Boulevard
South Palm Beach, Florida 33480

Email: ydavenport@southpalmbeach.com 

***Not all Building Department Records are digitized.***

You are not required to identify yourself, provide a reason for the records request, or put your request in writing, in order to obtain public records from South Palm Beach.

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To obtain Police records, please contact the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office (PBSO) as follows:

Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office
Attn: Central Records
3228 Gun Club Rd.
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

Phone No.:  561-688-3140

Email:  emailcentralrecords@pbso.org

PBSO Website:  http://www.pbso.org/inside-pbso/general/central-records/

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E:MAIL DISCLAIMER: Under Florida law, e-mail addresses are public records.  If you do not want your e-mail address released in response to a public-records request, do not send electronic mail to this entity.  Instead, contact this office by phone or in writing.