LaValle to run for second term as town clerk

In 2023, Kevin J. LaValle (R) was sworn in as the 44th Brookhaven town clerk in the town’s 370-year history after being voted in after a January special election. 

The election was held due to the retirement of former town clerk Donna Lent, who served nine years in the position.  

LaValle previously served as the town councilman for the Third Council District. He was first elected to the town council in 2013.  

LaValle attended the Middle Country School District, graduating from Centereach High School in 1995. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in political science from Salisbury University, where he graduated in 2000.  

Prior to his election to town council, LaValle served as chief of staff for former Suffolk County Legis. and current Brookhaven Town superintendent of highways, Daniel Losquadro, for three years before he became president and part-owner of Pinnacle Title Agency from 2007 to 2011. He also served as a legislative aide to Suffolk County Legis. Thomas Muratore.  

He currently resides in Port Jefferson. 

LaValle’s focus has been on improving technology and transparency in the town clerk’s office. The clerk’s office has developed an online boat renewal process, an online land-use application system, and the persons with permanent disability parking pass renewal portal, which are just a few of the innovations LaValle has instituted.

His goal has been to give residents the opportunity to request licenses and permits from the comfort of their own homes.  

LaValle said his major accomplishment thus far is his outreach to Brookhaven residents to increase their knowledge of what is going on in the town.  

He is the first town clerk to have active social media and monthly newsletters to inform residents of town events/meetings and how to access and request information from the town. He also hosts town clerk office hours at local libraries throughout the town and regularly speaks at civics, chambers, and senior groups meetings.  

LaValle also added a QR code to signs posted on properties requesting a rezoning from the town board. Scanning the QR code will immediately bring residents to the town’s website, where they can view the land-use application and the proposed site plan.  

“This now gives residents an easy way to see what is being proposed and helps get rid of all the speculation amongst residents when they see one of these signs go up in their communities,” he said.