The city manager shall appoint a finance director and such other employees of the department of finance as may be authorized by appropriate ordinance.
It shall be the duty of the finance director to be present at all meetings of the city commission and to keep a full accurate record of all business transacted by the commission, which record shall be preserved in permanent book form.
The finance director may also serve as the city recorder and in such capacity shall have custody of and preserve in his office, the city seal, the public records, original rolls of ordinances, ordinance books, certificates and papers, all official indemnity or surety bonds, and all other bonds, oaths and affirmations, and he shall register them by numbers, dates, and contents, and keep an accurate and modern index thereof. The finance director shall provide a bond of such surety and in such amount as the commission may require by ordinance, said bond to be filed with the mayor. The failure of the finance director as city recorder to perform any duty required by this paragraph shall not void any ordinance otherwise valid.
When required by an officer or citizen, the finance director shall provide certified copies of records, papers, and documents in his office, and charge thereof, for the use of the city, such fees as may be provided by ordinance; and he shall cause copies of ordinances to be duplicated as may be directed by the city commission and keep them in his office for distribution.