[HISTORY: Adopted by the City Council of the City of Crystal Lake 1-19-1993 (Art. II, Ch. II, Section C, of the 1993 Code). Amendments noted where applicable.]
[Amended 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 6161; 8-6-2024 by Ord. No. 8045;[1] 4-15-2025 by Ord. No. 8126]
Effective May 1, 2025, the City Clerk shall be appointed by the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council members pursuant to the provisions of the Illinois Compiled Statutes. The City Clerk shall serve a term of office of four years, which term shall automatically renew unless and until his/her successor is appointed and qualified.
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Editor's Note: Section 3 of this ordinance provided that any time the City Clerk is unable or unwilling to perform official duties, the City Mayor is authorized to issue directives to City employees to ensure that City operations are appropriately performed. The Mayor shall notify the City Council whenever a directive is authorized pursuant to this section.
[Amended 8-6-2024 by Ord. No. 8045]
The compensation of the City Clerk shall be established in the same manner as any other City employee; provided, however, that a City employee appointed as City Clerk is not entitled to any additional compensation as a result of any such appointment.
The Clerk shall be the custodian of the City Seal and shall affix its impression and attest to all documents, licenses, and permits, whenever required by any ordinance of the City or the Illinois Compiled Statutes.
The City Clerk shall keep a record of ordinances and other records which the Clerk is required to keep under the ordinances of the City or the Illinois Compiled Statutes, and the Clerk shall keep a record of all officers and regular employees of the City, as well as any other records which may be required by the City Council.[1]
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Editor's Note: Former § 2.21, Warrants, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 2-20-2007 by Ord. No. 6161. See now Ch. 33, Divisions and Departments, § 33-1.
[Added 8-7-2012 by Ord. No. 6816]
A. 
The City Clerk is hereby authorized to appoint three Deputy City Clerks who, without limitation, shall have the power and duty to execute all documents, papers, receipts, orders, checks and other instruments required by any law to be executed by the City Clerk, to affix the corporate seal thereto whenever required, and to make such records and perform any and all duties and functions performable by the City Clerk. Any such appointment may be revoked at any time and a new appointment may thereafter be made if desired. Any such appointment, however, shall run concurrently with the City Clerk's term of office unless sooner terminated. An original of the instrument making an appointment of a deputy by the City Clerk shall be filed and shall remain on file in the office of the City Clerk. Any person accepting an appointment as deputy of the City Clerk hereunder shall take and subscribe the same oath or affirmation as is required of City officers, and such oath or affirmation shall be filed and remain on file in the office of the City Clerk. The Deputy City Clerks shall be bonded in the same manner as the City Clerk.
B. 
In signing any documents, the Deputy City Clerk shall sign the name of the Clerk with the word "by" and the Deputy City Clerk's own name and the words "Deputy City Clerk."
C. 
The powers and duties of the Deputy City Clerk shall be exercised only in the absence of the City Clerk from the place where the City Clerk's office is maintained, and only when written direction has been given by the City Clerk to such Deputy Clerk to exercise such power or when the corporate authorities have determined by resolution that the City Clerk is temporarily incapacitated to perform that power.
[Amended 12-5-2023 by Ord. No. 7979]
D. 
When duly authorized, the signature affixed by any such deputy in the manner hereinabove prescribed on any document, including but not limited to contracts, bonds, or other obligations of the City, shall have the same effect as if the documents so executed had been signed by the Clerk in person.