(a)
The city council shall appoint a city clerk and shall have power to remove him from
office. He shall be the clerk of the city council, shall keep the journal of its proceedings
and shall record all ordinances in a properly indexed book kept for that purpose.
He may incorporate into the journal by reference various documents, including, but
not limited to, agreements, ordinances, resolutions, reports and maps. He shall also
give every ordinance after passage a serial number. He shall be the custodian of the
corporate seal of the city and shall be the officer authorized to use and authenticate
it. All records in his office shall be public records and open to inspection at any
time. He shall receive compensation to be fixed by the city council and shall perform
any additional duties as the city council may from time to time designate.
(b)
The city council may appoint a deputy city clerk when, in the opinion of the council,
the city clerk is, because of disability or otherwise, unable to perform the duties
of the office. The council shall have the power to remove the deputy clerk from office.
Any appointed deputy clerk shall, while holding office, have the power and authority
to perform all of the duties and functions of the city clerk and clerk of council.
(Code 1963, Sec. 2-11)
