We're Here to Help!
Please be sure to direct your questions to the appropriate department! Here's what we do:
- Town Clerk/Tax Collector
- Dog Licenses
- Hunting & Fishing Licenses
- Property Tax Collection
- Parking Permits
- Genealogy Searches
- Management of Transfer Station Pay Cards
- Marriage License and Vital Records Requests
- Water Payment Collection for the Town only -- no village payments please :)
- Court Clerk
- All court matters to include
- Traffic Tickets
- Eviction
- Small claims up to $3,000
- All court matters to include
- Assessor
- STAR Program
- Tax exemptions
- We do not handle taxes -- those inquiries should be directed to the school district you reside in or Ontario County
- Zoning
- Building Permits
- Planning & Zoning
- Town Supervisor
- Budget management
- Highway
- Bookkeeping
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Town of Manchester
Welcome to the Town of Manchester Municipal site. The Town of Manchester is located in Eastern Ontario County, NY. Our town includes the Village of Clifton Springs, the Village of Manchester, the Village of Shortsville, as well as, the Hamlet of Port Gibson. We encourage you to tour our website and to contact us with your questions.
The Town Clerk's Office is now accepting in-person credit card payments for the following transactions:
- Building Permits
- Water Bill Payments
- DEC Licenses
- Birth Certificates
- Death Certificates
- Marriage Certificates & Licenses
- Dog Licenses
- F.O.I.L copies
- Taxes
Please Note: All credit card transactions under $60.00 will be charged $1.75 service fee and anything over $60.00 will be charged a 2.75% service fee.
Thank you,
Town of Manchester
Town of Manchester Community Information
HELPFUL LINKS:
- Village of Clifton Springs: https://www.cliftonspringsny.org/
- Village of Manchester: http://www.villageofmanchester.org/
- Village of Shortsville:
- http://www.villageofshortsvilleny.us/index.php
AREA SCHOOLS:
- Manchester-Shortsville Central School District: http://www.redjacket.org/
- Phelps-Clifton School District: https://www.midlakes.org/
- Newark Central School District: https://www.newarkcsd.org/
OTHER LINKS:
- Manchester-Shortsville Area Chamber of Commerce: http://www.smacc.us/
- Clifton Springs Chamber of Commerce: http://www.cliftonspringschamber.com/
- Manchester-Shortsville Community Calendar: https://www.brownbearsw.com/cal/manshortcal
- Ontario County: http://www.co.ontario.ny.us/index.html
- New York State: https://www.ny.gov/
Ontario County Public Health
Click here for the New York State Voter Registration Form
Current Job Openings with the Town of Manchester are listed here.
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Town of Manchester!
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