The 2010 Census has started. The City of Berkeley needs everyone to be counted. In addition, the Census Bureau is recruiting temporary, part-time census takers for the 2010 Census. These short-term jobs offer good pay, flexible hours, paid training, and reimbursement for authorized work-related expenses, such as mileage incurred while conducting census work. Best of all, census takers work right in their own communities.

Census taker jobs are excellent for people who want to work part-time, those who are between jobs, or just about anyone who wants to earn extra money while performing an important service for their community.

This March, the Census Bureau is sending out questionaires in the mail. The questionaire is a short form, 10 questions, and is confidential. Please make sure and fill out the form and return it completed to the Census Bureau to make sure everyone gets counted.

Some tax dollars are allocated to the City of Berkeley based on the population counted in the Census. This means that tax dollars for certain City and School District programs or services are determined by our Census count. It is very important that all of Berkeley's residents are counted.

For More Information on the Census go to www.census.gov

An Election will be held for the positions of Councilman-at-Large and Councilmen of Wards I, III, and V. Candidates for Councilman-at-Large must have resided in city limits 2 years immediately prior to the election.

Candidates for Ward I, Ward III and Ward V Councilmen must have resided in their respective wards 2 years immediately prior to the election.

• Proof of residency is required.
• No person may be a candidate for election to public office in this city, who at the time that he/she files his/her statement of candidacy, shall be delinquent in any tax, fee, fine, penalty, charge or any other financial obligation or liability of any kind or nature to the city.
• Any person desiring to become a candidate shall file a statement of candidacy as provided in the City Charter with the City Clerk during normal business hours (8:30am – 5:00pm) in the Berkeley City Hall, 6140 N. Hanley Road, Berkeley, Missouri.
• Candidacy filing begins Tuesday, December 15, 2009 and ends Tuesday, January 19, 2010.

For more information contact the City Clerk’s Office at (314) 524-3313 x 2004.