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 Fresno
 Code of Ordinances
 CHARTER OF THE CITY OF FRESNO
 Article VIII. OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

  § 802. CITY CLERK. POWERS AND DUTIES.  

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  • The City Clerk shall have power and be required to:

    (a) Be responsible for the recording and maintaining of a full and true record of all the proceedings of the Council in books that shall bear appropriate titles and be devoted to such purpose, and attend all meetings of the Council either in person or by deputy:

    (b) Maintain separate books, in which shall be recorded respectively all ordinances and resolutions, with the certificate of the Clerk annexed to each thereof stating the same to be the original or a correct copy, and as to an ordinance requiring publication, stating that the same has been published in accordance with this Charter; keep all books properly indexed and open to public inspection when not in actual use;

    (c) Maintain separate files, with appropriate indexes thereto, of all contracts the execution of which was specifically authorized by Council action, and of all official bonds of the City;

    (d) Be the custodian of the Seal of the City;

    (e) Administer oaths or affirmations, take affidavits and depositions pertaining to the affairs and business of the City and certify copies of official records;

    (f) Be ex-officio Assessor, unless the Council has availed itself, or does in the future avail itself, of the provisions of the general laws of the State relative to the assessment of property and the collection of City taxes by county officers, or unless the Council by ordinance provides otherwise.

    (g) Maintain in appropriate books and files such other records, documents, instruments, and papers as the Council shall provide by ordinance.

    Except as may be otherwise provided by ordinance or resolution of the Council the destruction or other disposition of City records, documents, instruments, books, and papers in the custody of the City Clerk shall be governed by the laws of the State regulating the destruction or disposition of the records of general law cities.

    (Amendment ratified 1969 General Municipal Election; approved, Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 172, filed with Secretary of State on June 12, 1969, Res. Ch. 197, Stat. 1969.)