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Neither the mayor, the council nor any of its members may direct or request the appointment of any person to, or his removal from, office or employment by the city manager or by any other authority, or, except as provided in this charter, participate in any manner in the appointment or removal of officers and employees of the city. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the mayor, the council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the city manager; and neither the mayor, the council nor any member thereof may give orders on administrative matters to any subordinate of the city manager either publicly or privately.
1. The city treasurer shall be ex officio city clerk, and an acting city treasurer shall be ex officio acting city clerk. In the absence from a meeting of the city clerk and acting city clerk if any, the council may appoint an acting city clerk to serve for that particular meeting.
2. The city clerk shall keep the journal of the proceedings of the council; shall enroll in a book or books kept for the purpose all ordinances and resolutions passed by it; shall be custodian of such documents, records and archives as may be provided by applicable law or ordinance; shall be custodian of the seal of the city; shall attest, and affix the seal to, documents when required in accordance with applicable law or ordinance; and shall perform such other duties as the charter or the council may prescribe or direct. The city clerk, as such, does not collect revenue and other money for the city except as may be incidental to his duties as city clerk; in all other cases where the law or ordinances provide that money shall be paid to the city clerk, it shall be paid instead to the city treasurer as city treasurer.
The terms of office of the mayor and other councilmen shall begin at 7:30 o'clock P.M. on the first Monday in May following their election. The council shall hold a meeting at that time, and those whose terms are beginning shall be inducted into office. If the mayor-elect or any other councilman-elect fails to qualify within one month thereafter, his office shall become vacant and the council shall fill the vacancy. The council shall meet regularly at least monthly at such times as it may prescribe by ordinance or otherwise. The mayor or any three councilmen may call special meetings. All meetings of the council shall be open to the public, the journal of its proceedings shall be open to public inspection.
A majority of all of the members of the council shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The council shall determine its own rules. On the demand of any member, the vote on any question shall be by yeas and nays and shall be entered in the journal.
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