(A) The City Clerk shall have custody of all laws and ordinances. He or she shall keep a current journal of the proceedings of the City Council. He or she shall also maintain a complete record of all outstanding bonds against the city, showing the number and amount of each, for and to whom the said bonds were issued and all other pertinent information in regard to said bonds. He or she shall take possession of all books, papers and all other official records of the city, and shall maintain said records in a safe place for the city. He or she shall have custody of the seal of the city and all written official papers of the city. The City Clerk shall attend the meetings of the City Council and keep a minute record of the proceedings thereof.
(B) The City Clerk shall maintain an account of all of the appropriations of the several funds of the city. He or she shall draw, sign and attest all warrants ordered for the payment of money on a particular fund from which the same is payable, and at the end of each month make a report of the amount appropriated to each fund and the amount of warrants drawn thereon.
(C) The City Clerk shall further attest to the Mayor’s signature to be attested and shall attach the city seal to all official documents. Whenever any claim presented by any person has been disallowed by the City Council, the City Clerk shall notify said claimant of said disallowance by the Council within five days after such disallowance.
(D) The City Clerk shall account for all money received by him or her in the normal course of city business and shall keep a proper record of all moneys received by him or her, issuing a proper receipt to those parties making payment to him or her to the account of the city. The City Clerk shall publish all notices required in the performance of his or her duties and shall keep a record of all published notices issued by him or her, and shall keep a record of the publisher’s affidavit of said publication if said notices are published in a legal newspaper.
(E) He or she shall maintain all books and public records of the city for public inspection for any resident of the city during normal business hours. He or she shall make a notation on all correspondence received by him or her of the date of its receipt and shall, as soon as possible, convey said correspondence to the appropriate official of the city. The City Clerk shall keep and maintain all other legal papers required to be maintained by him or her by these ordinances or by state law, and shall maintain a proper record wherein shall be recorded all of the formal and informal actions of the Mayor and City Council, and shall maintain an ordinance record which shall record tire various ordinances and resolutions passed by the City Council.
(F) The City Clerk may charge a reasonable fee for certified copies of any record in his or her office as set by resolution of the City Council. He or she shall destroy city records under the direction of the state’s Records Board pursuant to Neb. RS 84-1201 through 84-1220; provided, the City Council shall not have the authority to destroy the minutes of the City Clerk, the permanent ordinances, resolution books or any other records as classified as permanent by the state’s Records Board.
(G) The duties of the City Clerk will be those set forth herein and as set forth specifically in the job description separately adopted by the Mayor and City Council.