City Clerk
City Clerk Department Detail.
The city clerk prepares and maintains the city’s legislative actions and proceedings; assures compliance with open meeting laws; conducts local elections; and provides administrative support to the city manager and city council.
The city clerk is the city government’s recordkeeper and chief information officer. Responsibilities include:
- Providing council agendas and preparing meeting packets
- Recording official proceedings of council meetings
- Processing legal documents
- Codifying and updating the municipal code
- Maintaining board and commission membership records
- Providing resources for miscellaneous and historical information
- Maintaining an index of legislative history and official records as required by law
- Maintaining and facilitating statements of economic interest for all elected officials and designated employees as required by the Fair Political Practices Commission
- Planning and coordinating municipal elections
- Maintaining election records, campaign disclosure statements and candidate filings
- Responding to data requests