Herkimer

Village Office & Clerk-Treasurer

Village Clerk-Treasurer is Amanda Viscomi. Office handles village forms/applications and real property tax information.

Village Registrar (Birth & Death Certificates)

Registrar Paula Dygert (Deputy Registrar Heather Bannister, ext. 2126) processes birth and death certificate applications and genealogical records requests.

Town Clerk

Handles dog licensing, marriage licenses, handicapped parking permits, and vital-statistics registration for the Town of Herkimer. Marriage license applications are accepted Mon/Tue/Wed/Fri 9 a.m.–3:30 p.m. and Thu 9 a.m.–1 p.m.; birth records from Herkimer Hospital are handled by the Village Registrar instead, at (315) 866-3303.

Town of Herkimer Court

Village of Herkimer Court closed as of 06/30/2026 and its cases transferred to this Town Court. Judges are Karl E. Manne and Michael A. Petucci; online payment is available (money order, Visa/Mastercard, or cash — no personal checks).

Village Codes Enforcement

Codes Enforcement Officer is Steve Gay. Building permit and demolition application forms download from this page; call before starting work to confirm whether your project needs one.

Town Codes Officer

Codes Officer Ken Collis enforces town codes and zoning ordinances and performs building and fire code inspections; a Building Permit Application form is available on the town site.

Dog Licensing (Town)

Dog owners in the Town of Herkimer license through the Town Clerk; the page does not list a fee. The town's Dog Control Officer is Erica Dunton, (315) 888-1172.

Village Public Works

Superintendent is Justin Cristman. Handles village streets, water, and sewer infrastructure work.

Town Highway Department

Maintains 47 miles of roads (24 county highway, 23 town roads) in the Town of Herkimer and assists with town trash days and green-waste pickups, separate from the Village's contracted collection system.

Village Trash & Recycling

Village residents use Village of Herkimer bags or carts; recyclables (paper, plastic, metal, glass) go loose in one cart, with no bags, string, or twine. New solid waste guidelines took effect January 1, 2026 — current bag prices and collection days are in the guidelines document linked from this page.

Village Brush & Leaf Collection

Village DPW picks up seasonal leaves in fall (leaves must be placed loose at the curb). Brush and shrubs must not exceed 4 feet and must be in a reusable container or tied and bundled. Scheduling is announced separately by the DPW each season.

Village of Herkimer Police Department

Covers the incorporated Village of Herkimer. Chief of Police is Richard Bowman; fax (315) 866-1005.

Town of Herkimer Police Coverage (outside village)

New York State Troopers, not a town police force, cover the Town of Herkimer outside village limits; call 911 for emergencies.

Village of Herkimer Fire Department

Fire Chief is Mike Spisak; station listed at 120 Green Street; emergency line (315) 866-2241.

East Herkimer Volunteer Fire Department

Volunteer department established 1931, covers 32.2 square miles of the Town of Herkimer outside the 2.8-square-mile Village; 5 trucks, 40 members, ISO Class 5/8B rating.

Frank J. Basloe Library

Serves the Village and Town of Herkimer.

Herkimer Central School District

District office is located within Herkimer Middle-High School; superintendent's office reachable at ext. 1304.

Trash & Recycling Drop-off (OHSWA)

The Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority runs two drop-off sites serving both counties: EcoDrop Utica, 824 Sewage Plant Rd (weekdays 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 7 a.m.–2 p.m.) and EcoDrop Rome, 575 Perimeter Rd (weekdays 8 a.m.–4 p.m., Sat 8 a.m.–noon); both closed Sunday. Recyclables, electronics, batteries, propane tanks and appliances without CFCs are free; household garbage is $2 per 35-gallon bag. Utica also takes household hazardous waste April through September.

DMV

County Clerk's DMV office at 109 Mary Street, Suite 1111, Herkimer, NY 13350 (Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. Labor Day–Memorial Day; 8 a.m.–3:45 p.m. Memorial Day–Labor Day). EDL and REAL IDs issued only 8:30 a.m.–3 p.m.; CDLs only 8 a.m.–2 p.m.; no permit tests after 3 p.m. A seasonal satellite office in Old Forge, phone (315) 369-3301, is open Tue and Fri 10 a.m.–1:45 p.m. Dec 1–Mar 1 and Tue and Thu 10 a.m.–1:45 p.m. Mar 2–Nov 30, weather permitting, with limited staffing.

Voting

Herkimer County Board of Elections, 109 Mary Street, Herkimer, NY 13350 (Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Labor Day–Memorial Day; 8 a.m.–4 p.m. Memorial Day–Labor Day). Republican Commissioner Teresa Robotham, (315) 867-1104, trobotham@herkimercountyny.gov; Democratic Commissioner Robert Hoyt, (315) 867-1103, rhoyt@herkimercountyny.gov. This office handles voter registration and absentee ballots; assigned poll sites are looked up by address at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov.

Senior Services

Herkimer County Office for the Aging, 109 Mary Street, Suite 1101, Herkimer (Mon–Fri 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m., closing 4 p.m. in summer). The office also runs door-to-door transportation for residents 60 and older: rides 8 a.m.–2 p.m., reservations required, suggested contribution $2–$8 round trip, with Little Falls and Dolgeville runs Thursdays and Fridays. NY Connects long-term-care help runs through the same office.

Electric & Gas (National Grid / NYSEG)

The county is split between two utilities — National Grid and NYSEG both hold electric and gas franchises here, and the villages of Frankfort, Ilion, and Mohawk each run their own municipal electric utility — so check your bill before calling. National Grid: service (800) 642-4272, outages (800) 867-5222, gas emergencies (800) 892-2345. NYSEG: service (800) 572-1111 (Mon–Fri 7 a.m.–7 p.m.), electric emergencies and outages (800) 572-1131, gas emergencies (800) 572-1121.

Boat Launches (DEC)

State launch sites sit in two clusters. Along the Mohawk and Barge Canal: hard-surface ramps at Frankfort, Little Falls and Ilion, hand launches at Herkimer and Mohawk. North in the Town of Webb and Ohio: Fourth Lake, Stillwater Reservoir, Nicks Lake, North and South Lake and others. Stillwater Reservoir has accessible features; Nicks Lake charges a day-use fee in season and the rest do not.

Fishing Access — West Canada Creek

About 26 miles of accessible stream frontage and 11 parking lots, from the southeastern Adirondacks down to the Mohawk near Herkimer. Brook trout in the upper reaches, brown trout between Hinckley Dam and Herkimer, smallmouth and fallfish below. Trenton Falls is no-kill, artificial lures only, with an extended season. Below Trenton Falls and Hinckley Dam the creek surges without warning when the power dam releases — DEC advises watching for rising water, moving to shore, and wearing a flotation device.

Bike & Walking Trails — Empire State Trail

Little Falls to Canajoharie runs 19 miles east along an abandoned railroad bed, surfaced in paved asphalt and stonedust, through Little Falls, Fort Plain and Canajoharie. Public parking is at Herkimer Home State Historic Site and at a trailhead on the west side of Canajoharie. Services exist in those three villages and nowhere between them, and the stretches between access points are long — DEC allows 6 to 10 hours for the full distance. Dogs are permitted. Westward, the Utica–Frankfort section is 11 miles of which 7.5 follow the shoulder of Southside Road; off-road trail resumes a mile east of Frankfort.

Herkimer Town Park