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The Clerk of Council shall be a resident of the Municipality at the time of his appointment and shall continue to be a resident throughout his term of office or Council shall remove him.
(Amended 11-6-1973)
Editor’s note:
The Council may remove the Clerk of Council, for gross misconduct, malfeasance, misfeasance or nonfeasance, in, or for disqualification for office, or for the conviction while in office of a crime involving moral turpitude. Such removal shall not take place without the concurrence of five (5) of the members of Council, nor until the Clerk of Council shall have been notified in writing of the charges against him at least ten (10) full days in advance of any hearing upon such charge, and until he or his counsel shall have been given an opportunity to be heard, present evidence, and examine witnesses appearing in support of such charge.
(Amended 11-6-1973; 11-8-2005)
The Clerk of Council shall attend all meetings of Council and shall keep the journal of Council and its records and perform such other duties as Council may from time to time require. The Clerk of Council shall have custody of all rules, by-laws, ordinances and resolutions passed or adopted by Council and such records shall be available for the inspection of all interested persons.
(Amended 11-7-1978)
The Clerk of Council, at the discretion of Council, shall be provided with a suitable office and with necessary stenographic and other assistance of the same standard and in the same manner in which Council shall make provision for other offices of the Municipality.
(Amended 11-6-1973)