She served on the Hurley Zoning Task Force, is an original member of Climate Smart Task Forces and involved in key community matters. Lynne played a vital role in obtaining Clean Energy Grants and achieving Bronze Climate Smart Community Status for Hurley.

She grew up in a small town in Suffolk County, then spent decades working in NYC and Westchester before moving to Ulster County in 2010 and buying her home in Hurley in 2013.

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After 25 years in the financial industry, I turned my attention to web design and computer graphics. I added classes in graphic design, completed my bachelor’s degree in music education at Long Island University, and earned a master’s degree from NYIT in instructional technology in 2009. I taught technology in New York City and Mount Vernon and conducted STEM — science, technology, engineering and math — teacher training. I retired from teaching in 2013 and offered marketing, administrative, communication and file management services for small businesses and financial service firms until I was elected town clerk.

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Lynne Bailey grew up in a small town in Suffolk County. She earned a bachelor's degree in music education from Long Island University and a master's degree in instructional technology from NYIT.

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Lynne Bailey previously worked in the financial industry and in web design and computer graphics. She taught technology in New York City and Mount Vernon, conducted science, technology, engineering and math teacher training, and provided marketing, administrative, communication and file management services for small businesses and financial service firms.

Lynne previously worked in the financial industry and in web design and computer graphics. She taught technology in New York City and Mount Vernon, conducted science, technology, engineering and math teacher training, and provided marketing, administrative, communication and file management services for small businesses and financial service firms.

Bailey, 73, lost a bid for clerk in 2021, won the position in 2024 in an unopposed campaign and was reelected last year. She has lived in the town for 13 years.

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Lynne currently serves as Hurley town clerk. She won the position in 2024 and was reelected in 2025. She previously ran for clerk in 2021 but did not win.

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“There have been some staffing issues, which seem to be resolved right now,” she said. “We are now providing notary services Tuesday to Friday mornings from 9 to 12. We resumed hunting and fishing licenses that were dropped a couple of years ago.”

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In her own words,
"Customer Service is central to my work, and as your Town Clerk I am committed to serving all town constituents courteously, fairly and efficiently. My goal is to improve everyone's experience with town government.

"I've got the administrative, financial and technology expertise to help update Hurley's operations, and make things easier for you."

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Proven Leadership:
​Cut Costs and Increased Service
​My mission is to make it easy for you to get the services and information you need. I totally reorganized the Town Clerk's office ​to serve you better, cut costs and ​won a $23k records grant!

Delivering Quality Service Since Day One

The Town Clerk's office provides timely, caring and quality service for all constituents, while minding the budget. Lynne improved productivity and cut the personnel budget two-years in a row. She wrote the proposal that resulted in a $23k grant award from NYS to conduct a town-wide records inventory and create a comprehensive Records Management System. This will fund the foundation for securing and digitizing town records and making them more accessible.

She extended the Clerk's office hours for tax collection, initiated credit card payments at the office, appointed a Sub-registrar to expedite services, and routinely makes after-hour appointments as needed. Lynne also edits the town's newsletter and contributes articles. Minutes and timely Clerk Reports are posted on the town's website.

Provides weekday-morning notary services and resumed issuing hunting and fishing licenses.

Committed to serving town constituents courteously, fairly and efficiently to improve their experience with town government.

As town clerk, reorganized the office, improved productivity, and cut the personnel budget for two consecutive years.

Expanded access to clerk services through longer tax-collection hours, office credit-card payments, a sub-registrar, and after-hours appointments.

- Provides weekday-morning notary services and resumed issuing hunting and fishing licenses.
- Committed to serving town constituents courteously, fairly and efficiently to improve their experience with town government.
- As town clerk, reorganized the office, improved productivity, and cut the personnel budget for two consecutive years.
- Expanded access to clerk services through longer tax-collection hours, office credit-card payments, a sub-registrar, and after-hours appointments.

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Posts town meeting minutes and clerk reports on the town website and regularly fulfills Freedom of Information Law requests by email.

Wrote Hurley’s new credit-card policy and plans to develop additional policies for the clerk’s office.

Is working to inventory, organize, and apply retention policies to Hurley’s mid- and long-term municipal records.

Plans to add online payments for additional town-clerk services in 2027.

Established digital voucher and vital-record files to allow faster retrieval, sharing, and issuance of copies.

- Committed to serving town constituents courteously, fairly and efficiently to improve their experience with town government.
- As town clerk, reorganized the office, improved productivity, and cut the personnel budget for two consecutive years.
- Expanded access to clerk services through longer tax-collection hours, office credit-card payments, a sub-registrar, and after-hours appointments.

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Lynne Bailey: To further accommodate residents, I hope to incorporate online payments for other services in 2027. Services that require payment of fees can only be facilitated by mail or in person at this time. The use of our transactional software and physical files translates to on-the-spot services for dog licenses and handicap permits. The completion of FOIL requests is regularly done by email, as fees are not usually required.

Policies present another opportunity for improvement, and procedures should be consolidated and updated as needed. The town adopted a new credit card policy I wrote this year. I’ll be working on other policies related to my office as time permits. Plans for this year include resumption of hunting and fishing licenses in August and expanding notary services in the fall.

Lynne Bailey: The town of Hurley’s mid- and long-term records are in dire need of inventory control, application of retention policies and organization. About 86 boxes of records are sitting in abandoned buildings. I am working to rectify that. I also submitted a grant request to the Local Government Record Management Investment Fund for about $23,000 to finance a records management technician and consultant, and expect to learn the outcome in July. In the meantime, active files that are kept in the clerk’s office have been inventoried and organized.

Last year, I established a hybrid system for vouchers. They are now scanned regularly, making them accessible to my office. That has made it possible to retrieve them quickly online and share them as required. Some vital records are available to us electronically as well. I initiated keeping digital files of these records so they can be located and copies issued more quickly.