The office of City Clerk is hereby created. Council shall appoint a City Clerk on the first Monday of May, 1952, and on the first Monday of May every four years thereafter. He shall serve for a term of four years and until his successor is duly appointed and qualified.
[Adopted as Art. 113 of the 1979 Codified Ordinances]
A.
The person appointed as City Clerk shall also be Clerk of Council, and his term of office shall be the same as that of City Clerk. The Clerk of Council shall attend all the meetings of Council, keep the minutes thereof, assist in the preparation of motions, resolutions and ordinances, and perform such other duties as devolve upon a Clerk of Council or that Council may designate.
B.
The City Clerk shall perform such duties as are prescribed for a City Clerk in cities of the third class and such other as are prescribed by law or ordinance.
C.
The City Clerk shall assist the Director of the Department of Accounts and Finance in keeping such books and accounts as the Director is required by law to keep, for which service he shall receive no additional salary.
All fees received by the City Clerk in his capacity as City Clerk or Clerk of Council shall be paid into the City treasury monthly.