The Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk for such Board, to be known as “the City Clerk”, whose duties and term of office shall be fixed by ordinance. Among other things, the City Clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen. He or she shall safely and properly keep all the records and papers belonging to the city which may be entrusted to his or her care; he or she shall be the general accountant of the city; he or she is hereby empowered to administer official oaths and oaths to persons certifying to demands or claims against the city. The City Clerk shall serve at the pleasure of the Board.
(Prior Code, § 115.090) (Ord. 146, passed 10-1-1970)