The City Clerk is hereby designated as the custodian of records for the city. Such designation does not mean that the City Clerk will necessarily have all the records in his or her possession, but simply is an indication to which requests for copies of records and information regarding the city government shall be directed. Requests for records made to persons other than the City Clerk shall not be considered to be requests that are made pursuant to the Missouri Sunshine Law, being RSMo. Chapter 610. Nonetheless, any official or employee of the city who receives a request is directed to inform the City Clerk of the request in a timely fashion, so that a response may be made to the request.