Every three years in the month of January, the Municipal Council
shall elect an officer to be known as "Clerk of Committees" to serve
for a term of three years, and whose whole time shall be at the disposal
of the City. A vacancy in such office shall be filled in like manner
for the unexpired term.
The Clerk of Committees shall act as clerk of all committees,
standing and special, except in cases where other provisions are specifically
made. The Clerk of Committees shall record and make a proper entry
in bound books, with numbered pages, of all proceedings and transactions
of all meetings of the committees of which he/she is clerk. The Clerk
of Committees shall have the care and custody of all books and papers
belonging to such committees. Such records shall, at all times, be
open for inspection by the Mayor, City Solicitor, City Clerk and members
of the Municipal Council. The Clerk of Committees shall, when so requested
by the Chairperson, or by a majority of a committee, or by the Mayor,
give reasonable notice of meetings of any standing or special committee
of the Municipal Council. The Clerk of Committees shall attend all
regular and special meetings of the Municipal Council and perform
such other duties as the Municipal Council or any committee thereof
may from time to time direct. The Clerk of Committees shall provide
each Council member with a copy of all committee reports, on forms
specified for that purpose.
The Clerk of Committees shall prepare the annual Municipal Council
budget. After the submission of the annual municipal budget, the Clerk
of Committees shall obtain departmental estimates and any other data
in relation thereto, as directed by the Municipal Council.
[Added 10-10-1989; amended 5-23-2000]
There shall be appointed by the Municipal Council an Assistant
Clerk of Committees, who shall be a permanent employee and who shall
be removed from the position for just cause only after hearing before
the Municipal Council. The Assistant Clerk of Committees shall perform
such clerical duties as may be determined by the Clerk of Committees
and/or the Municipal Council and shall perform the duties of the Clerk
of Committees in his or her absence.
[Amended 5-23-2000]
In the event of the temporary absence or disability of the Clerk
of Committees and/or Assistant Clerk of Committees, a committee of
the Municipal Council may elect one of its members to serve as its
clerk pro tem.