The City Secretary is the administrator of the City's official records, including recording and maintenance. She maintains and categorizes official City documents and records including ordinances, resolutions, contracts, easements, deeds, judgments, and budgets.

The City Secretary processes the official publication of notices and ordinances, and prepares Council agendas, ordinances and resolutions. She attends all Council meetings and takes the official minutes of each meeting. She answers inquiries from the public and City officials.

The City Secretary oversees all municipal elections, general and special. She files and maintains all leases of the City at Lake Jacksonville and industrial parks. She maintains deed records for the City's cemeteries. She writes all Proclamations for the city and preserves the official City Seal.

The City Secretary is Betty Thompson.

The City Secretary can be contacted at:

301 E. Commerce St./P.O. Box 1390
Jacksonville, TX 75766
Phone: (903) 586-3510
E-mail: betty.thompson@jacksonvilletx.org