Menifee Municipal Code Ch. 2.10 City Clerk

The Office of the City Clerk is established pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code § 36501. The City Clerk shall be appointed by the City Manager. The City Manager may appoint himself or herself as the City Clerk.

(Ord. 2008-02, passed 10-1-2008)

The City Clerk shall receive compensations and expense allowance as the City Council shall from time to time determine, and the compensation shall be a proper charge against the funds of the city as the City Council shall designate.

(Ord. 2008-02, passed 10-1-2008)

(A) The City Clerk shall have all of the power, duties and responsibilities granted to and imposed upon the office of the City Clerk by the provisions of Cal. Gov’t Code Chapter 2 of Part 3 of Division 3 of Title 4 (commencing with § 40801), other general laws of the state, the provisions of this code and the ordinances and resolutions of the City Council.

(B) The principal functions of the City Clerk shall be to:

(1) Attend all meetings of the Council and be responsible for the recording and maintenance of a record of all the actions of the Council;

(2) Keep all ordinances and resolutions of the Council in a manner that the information contained therein will be readily accessible and open to the public. The City Clerk shall attach to the original copy of each ordinance a certificate which shall state the date the ordinance was adopted and, as to an ordinance requiring publication, that the ordinance has been published or posted in accordance with law;

(3) Keep all records of the Council and of the Office of the City Clerk in a manner that the information contained therein shall be readily accessible and open to the public until a time as any of the records may be destroyed, or reproduced and the original destroyed, in accordance with state law;

(4) Serve as the official custodian of all city records;

(5) Be the custodian of the seal of the city;

(6) Prepare the Council agendas, in conjunction with and under the direction of the City Manager;

(7) Perform the duties prescribed by the California Elections Code in conducting municipal elections;

(8) Perform the duties imposed upon city clerks by the California Political Reform Act;

(9) Be responsible for the publication of all official advertising for the city;

(10) Be responsible for the maintenance and distribution of the municipal code;

(11) Process all claims filed against the city and its officers, agents or employees, pursuant to Cal. Gov’t Code Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 3 of Division 3.6 (commencing with § 900) and Chapter 3.16 of Title 3 of this code;

(12) Perform any financial and accounting duties imposed upon the City Clerk by Cal. Gov’t Code §§ 40802 through 40805, as those may be amended from time to time, and which have not been delegated to the Finance Director; and

(13) Perform other duties consistent with this code as may be required of the City Clerk by the City Manager.

(Ord. 2008-02, passed 10-1-2008)