In addition to the members of the City Council, the other elected officers of the City shall be the City Clerk and the City Treasurer. They shall be elected from the city at large at the times and in the manner in this Charter provided, and each shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is elected and qualified.
The regular election of the City Clerk shall be held on the first Tuesday, following the first Monday, in November in even-numbered years at the same time and in conjunction with the regular election of two (2) City Councilmembers. The regular election for the City Treasurer shall be held at the same time and in conjunction with the regular election for three (3) City Councilmembers. The candidates receiving the highest number of votes for each of these offices shall be elected. The terms of the City Clerk, and City Treasurer shall commence at the first regular Council meeting following certification of election results. Any ties in voting shall be settled by the casting of lots.
The City Clerk and City Treasurer shall be elected for a term of four (4) years.
(Amended by the electorate of the city at the election held April 13, 1982; amended by the electorate of the city at an election held November 5, 1985)
No person shall be eligible to hold the offices of the City Clerk or City Treasurer unless he be a qualified elector at the time of his nomination and shall have been a resident of the City for at least that minimum period provided for under State law for General law cities next preceding the date of his election or appointment.
(Amended by Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 96 Paragraph 3, ratified by the qualified electors of the city at a general municipal election held April 11, 1972; amended by the electorate of the city at the election held April 13, 1976)
The City Clerk shall receive one hundred fifty dollars ($150.00) per month for his services, and the City Treasurer shall receive fifty dollars ($50.00) per month compensation for his services; provided that they shall receive reimbursement for necessary travel and other expenses when on official duty on order of the City Council.
(Amended by the electorate of the city at an election held April 8, 1980; amended by the electorate of the city at the election held November 8, 1988)
A vacancy in the office of City Clerk or City Treasurer, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by appointment by the City Council, such appointee to hold office until the first Tuesday following the next general municipal election and until his successor is elected and qualified. At the general municipal election following any vacancy, an officer shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term.
If the City Clerk or the City Treasurer is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude or ceases to be an elector of the City, his office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the City Council.
In the event the City Council shall fail to fill a vacancy by appointment within thirty days after such office shall have become vacant, it shall forthwith cause an election to be held to fill such vacancy.
The City Clerk shall have power and be required to:
(a) 
Attend all meetings of the City Council, unless excused, and record and maintain a full and true record of all of the proceedings of the City Council in books which shall bear appropriate titles and be devoted to such purposes. Such books shall have a general index sufficiently comprehensive to enable a person readily to ascertain matters contained therein;
(b) 
Maintain ordinance and resolution books into which shall be recorded all City ordinances and resolutions with the certificate of the Clerk annexed to each thereof stating the same to be the original or a correct copy, giving the number of said ordinance or resolution and, as to an ordinance or resolution requiring publication, stating that the same has been published or posted in accordance with this Charter or other applicable law;
(c) 
Be the custodian of the seal of the City; and
(d) 
Administer oaths or affirmations, take affidavits and depositions pertaining to the affairs and business of the City, and certify copies of official records.