Letter from Deborah Wengert Covert

Basile Has the Experience

The Otsego County clerk’s roll requires two most important things: knowledge and experience. With this ever-changing state and county, you must have those two “key” attributes.

To run a smooth office, you need to have someone that knows hands down how to retrieve deeds, titles, abstracts and who knows every other aspect of the job. Most of the time the County Clerk’s Office is under pressure to research for attorneys, residents and all others that come in and need that deed, title or abstract, as they are going to a closing, or someone might have passed away and they need to finalize that property. That is where the “key” words come in to play.

You want a county clerk with a knowledgeable staff behind them to go get these things done as efficiently and quickly as possible. In today’s environment, people don’t have time to wait long for much needed important papers. That is where Jennifer Basile and her staff will be the right choice. Again, experience and knowledge is the “key” to this job. Not to mention the pressure of DMV—again, experience and knowledge is the “key” to making DMV operate smoothly. It will always be a challenge to run DMV as it is—a state-run division that falls under the Otsego County clerk’s role to oversee. You can have great ideas for running DMV, but to make them a reality is another issue.

If you want a county clerk who can listen, help, and manage all of the day-to-day tasks which require the “key” words—experience and knowledge—then Jennifer Basile is your next county clerk.

To be the best county clerk you can be, you need to apply for the vacant openings when available in order to learn the job from within and move up in position to be clerk. Experience and knowledge is the key to success in this job.

Deborah Wengert Covert
Burlington Town Clerk