[CC 1982 §§21.135, 21.400, 21.410, 21.420, 21.430]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk for such Board, at the first (1st) meeting after the municipal election at which a Mayor is elected, 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.
B. 
Before entering upon the duties of his/her office, he/she shall give bond in the amount of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00).
C. 
Duties Generally. The City 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 Aldermen.
1. 
He/she shall have the custody of the books, records, papers and documents belonging to the City.
2. 
He/she shall prepare all certificates of election or appointment of the City Officers and deliver the same to the persons elected or appointed.
3. 
He/she shall countersign all City 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 City 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 City Officers.
5. 
He/she shall keep an index of the records of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen.
6. 
He/she shall prepare semi-annually a statement of the receipts and expenditures of the City and cause the same to be published in a newspaper published in the City.
7. 
He/she shall copy the tax books of the City and extend the taxes thereon.
8. 
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 City thereto and shall keep an account with the Collector for such licenses and the amount of the license tax thereon.
9. 
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 City ordinance may be charged, and which shall be paid by the person demanding such certified copy into the Treasury of the City.
[CC 1982 §21.450]
The Mayor may appoint a Deputy City Clerk to be approved by the Board of Aldermen, and when such Deputy Clerk shall have taken and subscribed to the oath provided by this Code, he/she shall possess all the qualifications and powers and be charged with the same duties as the City Clerk.