There shall be a Clerk and Acting Clerk of Council appointed at the same time as the Mayor and Vice Mayor by a majority vote of the members of the Council. The Clerks shall come from outside the Council membership, and shall serve until successors are chosen and enter upon the duties of office. The Clerks are appointed or dismissed by Council and answer to Council only on matters connected with the duties of the Clerk of Council.
The duties of the Clerk shall include giving notice of Council meetings, keeping the journal, advertising public meetings, hearings, vacancies, and recording in a separate book all ordinances and resolutions approved by Council and seeing that such enactments are published as required by this Charter, and performing such other duties as may be assigned by this Charter or by ordinance. The Clerks may be appointed to serve full-time or part-time. The Clerks shall receive compensation as established by ordinance. The Clerk, Acting Clerk or Finance Director shall accept and give receipts for all petitions submitted by any petitioner. All petitions which meet the requirements of this Charter, except recall petitions which shall be handled as set forth in Article X, Section 10.02 Recall, shall be delivered to the Board of Elections for certification as provided in Section 10.01 of this Charter.
(Amended Nov. 3, 1998; Nov. 7, 2006)