Municipal Clerk
Mission
To support the legislative work of the council and to serve as a liaison between the governing officials and the public.
Duties & Challenges
- Licenses businesses, taxi drivers, taxi owners, liquor licenses, dogs
- Issues birth/death certificates and marriage licenses . Processes domestic partnership applications
- Prepares agendas for city council meetings
- Acts as election official for the city (coordinates and conducts all school, municipal, primary and general elections)
- Maintains official resolutions, ordinances and minutes of city council meetings
- Processes all Open Public Records Act (OPRA) requests
- Maintains landlord registration certificates
- Issues bingo and raffle licenses
- Maintains Mayor’s calendar and activities
- Acts as secretary of the municipal corporation by maintaining the city seal and attesting to city official signatures on contracts