The Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk for such Board of
Aldermen, 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. (RSMo. § 79.320)
[CC 1986 § 21.510]
A.
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 proceedings of
the Board of Aldermen.
6.
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 for such licenses and
the amount of the license tax thereon.
7.
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, of fifty cents ($0.50) per sheet.
[CC 1986 § 21.520]
The salary of the City Clerk shall be such as from time to time
the Board of Aldermen shall fix by ordinance as a certain amount per
month payable by warrant on the City treasury.
[CC 1986 § 21.530]
A.
Upon temporary disability or inability of the City Clerk to perform his/her duties as set forth in this Code or other ordinances of the City due to illness, absence from the City or other cause, the Board of Aldermen shall, in the same manner as the City Clerk is appointed as set forth in Section 115.090, proceed to appoint a temporary City Clerk who shall have the same powers and duties as the regular City Clerk and shall hold office until the disability of the City Clerk is removed.
1.
Such temporary City Clerk shall receive as compensation such
salary as the Board of Aldermen shall provide for at the time of the
appointment.
