Be it further enacted, that the city manager shall appoint an employee of the city to serve as city clerk. It shall be the duty of the clerk to be present at all meetings of the City Council, and to keep a full and accurate record of all business transacted by the same to be preserved in permanent book form. The clerk shall have custody of, and preserve in his office the city seal, the public records, rolls of ordinances, ordinance books, minutes of the City Council, contracts, bonds, idle deeds, certificates, and papers, all official indemnity or security bonds, and all other bonds, oaths and affirmations, and all other records, papers and documents not required by this charter or by ordinance to be deposited elsewhere, and register them by number, dates and contents, and keep an accurate and modern index thereof.
The clerk, shall provide, and when required by any officer or person certify, copies of contracts, papers, and documents in his office, and charge therefor, for the use of the city, such fees as may be provided by ordinance, cause copies of ordinances to be printed as may be directed by the City Council, and keep in his office for distribution. (As amended by Priv. Acts 1972, ch. 416, sec. 7, Priv. Acts 1995, ch. 55, secs. 2 and 4, and Priv. Acts 2014, ch. 55, sec. 1)