The Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk for such Board, to
be known as "the City Clerk", whose duties and term of office shall
be fixed by ordinance. Among other things, the City Clerk shall keep
a journal of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen. He/she shall
safely and properly keep all the records and papers belonging to the
City which may be entrusted to his/her care; he/she shall be the general
accountant of the City; he/she is hereby empowered to administer official
oaths and oaths to persons certifying to demands or claims against
the City.
[CC 1992 §115.010; Ord. No. 49 §§I — V, 3-13-1952; Ord. No. 509 §1, 1-27-1986]
A.
The
duties of the Clerk shall be as follows:
1.
To have charge and custody of the City Seal, ordinances and other
records, papers and documents entrusted to his/her care and keeping
by the Board of Aldermen.
2.
To attend to such correspondence as may be required.
3.
To keep the journal of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen and
to enter therein the "ayes" and "nays" as voted by the members of
the Board of Aldermen on each bill presented for passage as an ordinance.
4.
To attest each ordinance as passed by the Board of Aldermen and signed
by the Mayor of the Board of Aldermen by signing his/her name thereto
and affixing the City Seal.
5.
To procure from the County Clerk of St. Louis County on or before
the first (1st) day of June of each year a lawful and proper assessment
of property within the City metes and bounds for purposes of taxation
within the constitutional limits as provided by law for City purposes,
which certified copy of said abstract taken from the County Assessment
books, as corrected by the County Board of Equalization, of all property
within the City made taxable by law shall be received and accepted
by the Board of Aldermen as lawful and proper on which to levy and
collect the taxes of the City, which levy shall be by ordinance each
year establishing the tax rate.
6.
To issue and attest all warrants ordered by the Board of Aldermen
for payment of bills against the City approved for payment.
7.
To perform such other duties as may be prescribed by ordinance or
directed by the Board of Aldermen.
B.
The
City Clerk shall give bond in the sum of two thousand five hundred
dollars ($2,500.00) and such bond shall be at the expense of the City.
