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For the past 20 years we have seen the City Clerk but 3 times...would a hired City Clerk do more work? The person you see at the Hall and taking minutes at CC is the deputy city clerk.
I think the expectation is that the duties currently performed by the deputy city clerk would be handled by the new, appointed city clerk; it very well could be the same person. There just would no longer be a figurehead elected position who, as you correctly point out, no one ever sees other than when he shows up every couple years to swear new council members into office.
I checked on that salary/stipend more than a decade ago...I think it was $35,000 for the actual elected city clerk; do not quote me though. However, if that has gone up with inflation--someone who is getting $70,000 a year for pure shyte better pick up a shovel. And $35K, a smaller shovel.
For the past 20 years we have seen the City Clerk but 3 times...would a hired City Clerk do more work? The person you see at the Hall and taking minutes at CC is the deputy city clerk.
I think the expectation is that the duties currently performed by the deputy city clerk would be handled by the new, appointed city clerk; it very well could be the same person. There just would no longer be a figurehead elected position who, as you correctly point out, no one ever sees other than when he shows up every couple years to swear new council members into office.
I checked on that salary/stipend more than a decade ago...I think it was $35,000 for the actual elected city clerk; do not quote me though. However, if that has gone up with inflation--someone who is getting $70,000 a year for pure shyte better pick up a shovel. And $35K, a smaller shovel.