REMARKS
Review of City Clerk duties and responsibilities
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Council Member Keith Powers provides an overview of the functions and qualifications of the City Clerk and Clerk of the Council. The duties are set forth in section 48 of the city charter.
- The City Clerk serves a 6-year term and can be removed by a 2/3 vote of the City Council.
- Responsibilities include attending to laws passed by the council, keeping transcripts of council proceedings, attesting to city property documents, and keeping official city papers and documents.
- An additional important duty mentioned is officiating marriages in New York City.
Keith Powers
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Before I choose to candidate, I will review a the functions and qualifications of the clerk The duties of the city clerk and the clerk of the council are set forth in section 48 of the city charter under section under section 48 The council's mandated to appoint a clerk who shall serve a term of 6 years.
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The city clerk may be removed on charges by a 2 third vote of the city council.
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Such decision is subject to judicial view.
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As clerk says city council, the clerk attends to all laws passed by the council on all legislation passed by the council every requires concurrent action by the state legislature.
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The clerk of the council is also responsible for keeping the transcripts of counsel proceedings.
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It's a duty of city clerk to attest to leases and deeds of city properties, grant agreements, bonds, tax note tax notes, and additional obligations of the city.
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The city clerk must keep and its charge of all the papers and documents of the city including executive and administrative orders of mayor, certificates of judicial appointments by the mayor, oath of office for city employees and referendum petitions, The council clerk serves a term of 6 years and until such time a successor has chosen.
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I also feel like we left out a really important one on here, which is he also responds before marrying folks in the city of New York, which I feel like is where many people come to find out where our city clerk's office is.