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City Clerk
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Excerpt From The City Charter

Article IX. Officers and Employees

Section 903. City Clerk; powers and duties. (08/82)
The City Clerk shall have the power and be required to:
  1. Attend all meetings of the City Council and be responsible for the recording and maintaining of a full and true record or all the proceedings of the City Council in books that shall bear appropriate titles and be devoted to such purposes;
  2. Maintain separate books, in which shall be recorded respectively all ordinances and resolutions, with the certificate of the Clerk annexed to each thereof stating the same to be the original or a correct copy, and as to an ordinance requiring publication, stating that the same has been published or posted in accordance with this Charter;
  3. Maintain separate books, in which a record shall be made of all written contracts and official bonds;
  4. Keep all aforementioned books properly indexed and open to public inspection when not in actual use;
  5. Be the custodian of the seal of the City;
  6. Administer oaths or affirmations, take affidavits and depositions pertaining to the affairs and business of the City and certify copies of official records; and
  7. Have charge of all City elections.

The City Council may, in its discretion, appoint any other officer or employee of the city as City Clerk and grant such person additional compensation for the performance of such duties.