Until otherwise provided by Council, the Town Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Town Council.
[Adopted 6-19-1980 as Secs. 2-2-41 through 2-2-50 of the 1980 Code]
The Town Clerk shall attend every meeting of the Council.
The Clerk shall keep an accurate journal of the proceedings of the Council. The Clerk shall file and preserve all papers which may come into his or her hands as Clerk, and shall attest and publish, as Clerk, all ordinances or other papers or proceedings required by the Council to be published.
The Clerk shall transmit to the Council, monthly, the reports of town officers.
In addition to the books of account and records provided for in this article, the Clerk shall keep such other books and records as may be necessary to the discharge of the functions of the office.
The books and papers of the Clerk shall, at all times, be subject to examination by the Mayor, any member of the Council or any committee of the Council.
The Clerk shall notify the Mayor and all members of the Council of a coming town election at least 65 days prior to such town election.
A.
The Town Clerk shall enter in two books copies of all ordinances passed by the Town Council. The books in which ordinances are thus entered shall be known as "Official Ordinances of the Town of Elkton." One of such books shall remain constantly within the town office, and the other shall remain in the customary meeting place of the Council.
B.
The Town Clerk shall maintain three record copies of the Code of the Town of Elkton, Virginia, together with all supplements. These record copies shall constitute the official text of the Elkton Town Code. One copy shall remain within the town office, and the other shall remain in the customary meeting place of the Council.
A.
The two books referred to in § 22-17A shall be kept accurate and up-to-date by the Town Clerk. Whenever any existing ordinance is repealed or amended or a new ordinance enacted, the Town Clerk shall immediately make the proper changes in the two books. He or she shall write on the first page of every ordinance, entered in the books mentioned in the preceding section, if the same has been amended or repealed, as the case may be, the words "amended" or "repealed," with a reference to the page of the ordinance book where the amending or repealing ordinance can be found.
B.
When any newly enacted ordinance amends, repeals or adds to the Elkton Town Code, the Clerk shall enter the number of the new ordinance as a marginal note in the two record copies of the Code adjacent to the Code sections concerned.
All ordinances of the town shall be consecutively numbered by the Town Clerk in annual series, the number of a particular ordinance to consist of the year in which passed and the consecutive number of the ordinance.