The city secretary shall attend every meeting of the city council,
and keep accurate minutes of the proceedings thereof in a book to
be provided for that purpose, and engross and enroll all laws, resolutions
and ordinances of the city council, keep the corporate seal, take
charge of and preserve and keep in order all the books, records, papers,
documents and files of the council, countersign all commissions issued
to city officers and licenses issued by the mayor, and keep a record
or register thereof, and make out all notices required under any regulation
or ordinance of the city. He shall draw all the warrants on the treasurer
and countersign the same and keep an accurate account thereof in a
book provided for the purpose. He shall be the general accountant
of the corporation, and shall keep in books regular accounts of the
receipts and disbursements for the city, and separately, under proper
heads, each cause of receipt and disbursement, and also accounts with
each person, including officers, who have money transactions with
the city, crediting accounts allowed by proper authority and specifying
the particular transaction to which such entries apply. He shall keep
a register of bonds and bills issued by the city, and all evidence
of debt due and payable to it, noting the particulars thereof, and
all facts connected therewith, as they occur. He shall carefully keep
all contracts made by the city council, and he shall perform all such
other duties as may be required of him by law, ordinance, resolution
or order of the city council. He shall receive for his services an
annual salary payable at stated periods, and such additional fees
as the city council may allow.
(Ordinance 156, sec. III, adopted 8/23/76)
