(A) A City Clerk shall be elected pursuant to ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 3.1-15-5 and 3.1-20-5. The City Clerk shall keep the corporate seal, to be provided by the City Council, and all papers belonging to the city the custody and control of which are not given to other officers. The Clerk shall attend all meetings of the City Council including executive sessions, and keep a full record of its proceedings in the journal, except if the Clerk is the subject matter of the meeting and his or her presence creates a conflict of interest. The record of those proceedings shall be made available for public inspection within seven days after being approved or accepted by the City Council as the official minutes of their proceedings. Copies of all papers duly filed in the Clerk’s office, and transcripts from the journals and other records and files of the Clerk’s office, certified by the Clerk under the corporate seal, shall be evidence in all courts in the same manner as if the originals were produced.
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-35-90)
(B) The Clerk shall perform such duties, in addition to those which may be prescribed by law, and be subject to such other rules and regulations, as the City Council may provide by ordinance.
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-10-40)
(C) The Clerk shall appoint the various clerks and subordinates in his or her office which the City Council may authorize and shall be held responsible, severally, for the fidelity of all persons so appointed. This power, however, is subject to the provisions of ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 10-1-1 et seq. The power of the Clerk is also subject to the provisions of ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-30-10.
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-10-45)
(D) The Clerk shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations upon all lawful occasions.
(ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, § 3.1-15-20)
Statutory reference:
Clerk authorized to hold office of Comptroller or of Collector, see ILCS Ch. 65, Act 5, §§ 3.1-35-115, 3.1-35-130, and 3.1-35-135