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Pelham's Town Hall serves as the nexus of the municipalitys government. Located at 34 Fifth Avenue, the hall is the office of five board members who are responsible for numerous town concerns, including budget, memorials and the town library.
Pelham is the oldest town in Westchester County. In 1654, Thomas Pell signed a treaty with the Siwanoy Indians to purchase the area on which the town now sits. He named the area Pelham after his tutor, Pelham Burton.
Today, Town Supervisor Joe Solimine leads the board with the assistance of Deputy Supervisor Bill O'Connor and three other council members. Pelham has its own Library Board, Recreation Commission and Guidance Council, though any decision made by those boards must be approved by the town board.
The board meets once a month, typically in the first or second week, to serve the approximately 12,000 residents of Pelham. The towns total appropriation for 2011 is $3,628,292.02.
There are 21 full-time employees at the hall, though the number of town employees swells to between 80 and 100 when camps and recreation programs open in the summer months.
The Pelham Town Hall also houses the towns Police Department, which employs 28 full-time police officers, three full-time parking enforcement officers, 10 part-time school crossing guards and a part-time clerk.
The hall is also where the town clerk is located. The clerk holds all of Pelham's legal records, supervises town elections, issues marriage licenses and serves as Registrar of Vital Statistics, which includes records of marriage, birth, death and deeds.
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