About the Office of the City Clerk
The Office of the City Clerks is the official record keeper for all Legislative actions and provides administrative support to the City Council. The City Clerk is ​elected citywide for a four-year term.
Responsibilities of the City Clerk include (but are not limited to):
- Acts as the records center for official actions of the City Council
- Preparation and distribution of City Council agendas and minutes
- Publishes legal notices and public meeting notices
- Ensures adoption and publishing of the Municipal Code of Ordinances
- Records Management
- Accepts service for all suits and claims filed against the city
- Certify Liquor permits
- Administer Oaths of Office
- Schedule citizens for appearance before City Council
- Custodian of the Seal. Seals and attests by signature to ordinances, resolutions, and contracts, bonds, or other documents requiring certification.
- Affix the seal of the City to all documents as required by law
- Providing public information and responding to requests for public records information as required under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).