Officers and employees of the borough shall have the qualifications prescribed by this charter and such additional qualifications as the assembly may prescribe; but the assembly shall not prescribe additional qualifications for members of the borough assembly.
The borough manager, the director of finance, and such other officers and employees as the assembly may designate, before entering upon their duties, shall be bonded, by individual and/or group bonds, for the faithful performance of their respective duties, payable to the borough, in such form and in such amounts as the assembly may prescribe, with a surety company authorized to operate within the state. The borough shall pay the premiums on such bonds.
Every officer of the borough, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation of office prescribed by the Alaska Constitution, Article XII, Section 5. The oath or affirmation shall be filed and kept in the borough clerk's office.
All officers authorized by federal or state law, the mayor, the borough manager, the borough clerk, the heads of all administrative departments, and such other officers as the assembly may authorize, may administer oaths and affirmations.
All records and accounts of every office, department or agency of the borough government shall be open to public inspection except as otherwise provided by Alaska Statutes, municipal code or other applicable law.