The clerk shall perform the following duties relating to elections and nominations:
1. Certify to the county commissioner of elections the type of nomination process to be used by the city no later than ninety (90) days before the date of the regular city election.
2. Accept the nomination petition of a candidate for a city office for filing if on its face it appears to have the requisite number of signatures and is timely filed.
3. Designate other employees or officials of the city who are ordinarily available to accept nomination papers if the clerk is not readily available during normal working hours.
4. Note upon each petition and affidavit accepted for filing the date and time that the petition was filed.
5. Deliver all nomination petitions, together with the text of any public measure being submitted by the council to the electorate, to the county commissioner of elections not later than five o’clock (5:00) P.M. on the day following the last day on which nomination petitions can be filed.