Chapter 2.19
CITY CLERK DEPARTMENT
Sections:
2.19.010 Creation of department.
2.19.020 City clerk department director – Appointment and confirmation.
2.19.040 City clerk director – Qualifications.
2.19.010 Creation of department.
There is hereby created a city department known as the city clerk department. The department shall provide and manage those services and duties required of a city clerk under state law, manage the city’s records system, administer the Public Records Act and policies related to city records, maintain and update information about the city, council, and council-appointed commissions and committees, prepare and ensure timely publication of public notices, and serve as election liaison.
(Ord. No. 23-950, § 2, 2-7-23.)
2.19.020 City clerk department director – Appointment and confirmation.
There is hereby created the position of city clerk department director, also to be known as the city clerk. The city clerk department director shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the city council.
(Ord. No. 23-950, § 2, 2-7-23.)
2.19.030 City clerk – Duties.
The city clerk shall have all of the powers granted and duties imposed by authority of the laws of the state of Washington and ordinances of the city now existing or subsequently adopted, including: serving as the clerk of the council, overseeing the administration of all city council meetings including agenda development, publication, production of official minutes of the proceedings thereof; ensuring the safekeeping and organization of official records including the original roll of ordinances, original contracts, deeds and certificates related to city-owned property; attesting to official acts of the mayor; certifying copies of original records, and producing them in accordance with the city’s fee schedule; accepting legal service on behalf of the city during normal office hours pursuant to state law; acting as the city’s designated public records officer to ensure the proper processing of requests for public records in accordance with state law and the city’s public records policy; the timely posting of legal and public notices; coordinating local elections and city council appointment processes; and coordinating administrative hearings of the city’s hearing examiner.
(Ord. No. 23-950, § 2, 2-7-23.)
2.19.040 City clerk director – Qualifications.
The city clerk director shall have any combination of education, professional clerk’s association certification and experience equivalent to a bachelor’s degree in public administration or related field, along with increasingly responsible relevant management experience.
(Ord. No. 23-950, § 2, 2-7-23.)