[CC 1995 §21.400]
The Board of Trustees shall elect a Village Clerk at the first
(1st) meeting of the Board after each annual election, who shall hold
office one (1) year and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[CC 1995 §21.410; Ord. No. 87-8, 10-8-1987]
The Village Clerk shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of
age and may be, but need not be, a qualified voter of the Village
and may, but need not, reside in the Village.
[CC 1995 §21.420]
A.
The
Village Clerk shall, in addition to other duties which are or may
be required of him/her by this Code or other ordinance, attend all
meetings of the Board of Trustees.
1.
He/she shall have the custody of the books, records, papers and documents
belonging to the Village.
2.
He/she shall prepare all certificates of election or notification
of appointment to the Village Officers concerning election results.
3.
He/she shall countersign all Village bonds, warrants, drafts and
orders upon the Treasury for money and shall see that all ordinances
appropriating money out of the Treasury are endorsed by the Treasurer
before passage and shall affix thereto the Seal of the Village and
keep a record thereof showing the number, date and amount thereof,
the name of the person to whom and on what account issued, and when
redeemed.
4.
He/she shall record the certificates, oaths and bonds of all the
Village Officers.
5.
He/she shall keep an index of the records of the proceedings of the
Board of Trustees.
6.
He/she shall prepare semi-annually a statement of the receipts and
expenditures of the Village and submit to the Chairman of the Board
of Trustees so that the same shall be published in a newspaper in
the Village.
7.
He/she shall prepare blank licenses for all purposes for which licenses
are required to be issued and, when required, shall cause the same
to be issued, signing his/her name and affixing the Seal of the Village
thereto and shall keep an account of such licenses and the amount
of the license tax thereon.
8.
He/she shall furnish without delay to any person, when called upon
during business hours to do so, certified copies of any records, books
or papers which are in his/her custody, for which services a reasonable
fee to be set by Village ordinance may be charged and which shall
be paid by the person demanding such certified copy into the Treasury
of the Village.
[CC 1995 §21.430]
The salary of the Village Clerk shall be such as from time to
time the Board of Trustees shall fix by ordinance as a certain amount
per month, payable monthly.
[CC 1995 §21.440]
A.
Upon temporary disability or inability of the Village Clerk to perform his/her duties as set forth in this Code or other ordinances of the Village due to illness, absence from the Village or other cause, the Board of Trustees shall, in the same manner as the Village Clerk is elected as set forth in Section 115.210, proceed to elect a temporary Village Clerk who shall have the same powers and duties as the regular Village Clerk and shall hold office until the disability of the Village Clerk is removed.
B.
Such
temporary Village Clerk shall receive as compensation such salary
as the Board of Trustees shall provide for at the time of the election
of such officer.
