[HISTORY: Adopted by the Mayor and Council of the City of
Hoboken 1-7-1959.[1] Amendments noted where applicable.]
A.
The Municipal Clerk, who may also be known as the "City Clerk," by
virtue of his office, is Clerk of the Council and the several committees
thereof, and it shall be his duty to attend the meetings of the Council
and of its committees when required and to attend departmental hearings
when required to and keep correct journals and minutes of the proceedings
thereof and to record the same in separate books to be kept in his
office and to perform such other duties as may be required by ordinance
or resolution of the Council.
B.
He shall cause the City Seal[1] to be affixed to such instruments and writings as he may
be authorized to do by any ordinance or resolution of the Council
or as may be necessary to exemplify any document or record in his
office or to certify any act or paper which, from the records in his
office, shall appear to have been a public act of this corporation
or a public document. He shall not affix the Seal or permit it to
be affixed to any instrument or writing or other paper except as in
this subsection provided, unless required to do so by a statute of
the state.
C.
He shall have the custody and charge of and shall safely keep all
records and documents, reports, papers and maps in proper files in
his office, except such as shall pertain to the business of any other
department or office or be transferred thereto by order of the Council,
and shall be entitled to receive $0.10 per folio for all copies of
papers supplied by him to any person or persons demanding the same,
the proceeds of which shall be turned over to the City Treasurer.
D.
He shall cause all the ordinances passed by the Council to be carefully
and clearly engrossed in books to be provided for the purpose; and
when so engrossed, the record of each ordinance shall be signed by
the Mayor and the Municipal Clerk. He shall engross after each ordinance
a copy, certified by himself, of the proof of the due publication
thereof, but his omission to engross any such ordinance or proof of
publication thereof as hereby directed shall not impair or affect
its validity in any respect.
E.
He shall prepare a copy of all ordinances or proposed ordinances
which require publication under the City Charter or the several supplements
thereto and cause the same, properly attested, to be published in
the newspapers and shall file in his office the requisite proofs of
such publication.
F.
He shall cause entire copies of all reports of City officers, other
than those provided for in the preceding section and excepting annual
reports which are published in book form, and of committees of the
Council, after they shall have been finally acted upon by the Council,
together with a statement of the action thereon, to be entered in
full upon the minutes of the Council, and he shall cause the minutes
to be fully and completely indexed annually.
G.
He shall have the custody and charge of the claims register and shall
transmit a copy of all resolutions approving claims for payments to
the City Treasurer.
H.
He shall keep an accurate account in the margin of the warrant book
of all warrants attested by him, showing the date, amount and number
of each and in whose favor the same was drawn and the object thereof.
I.
He shall countersign all licenses granted by the Mayor and Council
under the Charter and ordinances of the City and shall receive all
money paid for the same.
J.
He shall cause all resolutions and ordinances passed by the Council
to be carefully and fairly engrossed in books to be provided for the
purpose within 10 days of the passing thereof respectively, together
with all assessments referred to the Council for confirmation and
adoption.
K.
He shall, without delay, present to the Mayor for his approval every
ordinance passed by the Council, duly certified, and, as soon as practicable
after final action shall be had in the passage of any special ordinance
or resolution, he shall notify the department or officer of the City
to whom such ordinance or resolution may refer of the passage of the
same, and he shall deliver to all committees such resolutions and
communications as may be referred to them by the Council.
L.
He shall issue notices to the respective members of the different
committees of the Council and to all persons whose attendance may
be required upon such committee when requested to do so by the Chairman
thereof.
M.
He shall enter in a book to be provided for that purpose the names
of all persons from whom he may receive moneys for the City, the time
when received, the amount so received and the object thereof and shall
render a faithful and distinct account of all such moneys to the Council
at their next stated meeting after receiving the same, which moneys
he shall pay over to the City Treasurer immediately upon receiving
the same, taking his receipt therefor.
There is hereby created the position of Assistant Municipal
Clerk, who shall be appointed in the manner provided by law and shall
be under the direction and control of the office of the Municipal
Clerk. He shall attend the Council and its committee meetings and
meetings of such boards and commissions as he may be directed to attend
by the Municipal Clerk or by the Chairman of the Council.
[Added 12-19-1990 by Ord. No. P-119]
A.
There is hereby created the position of Deputy Municipal Clerk, who
shall have the powers and perform all the duties of the Municipal
Clerk during such times and for such specific periods as the Municipal
Clerk shall be absent or disabled.
B.
The Deputy Municipal Clerk shall be appointed for a term of four
years from date of appointment. The appointing authority shall be
the Municipal Clerk.
C.
Additionally, the Deputy Municipal Clerk shall be responsible for
the implementation, operation and maintenance of a computer system,
including hardware and software code, preparation of City Council
agendas, minutes and correspondence, indexing of resolutions and ordinances,
both mechanically and electronically, research of records, elections
management, labor negotiations and such other duties as may be prescribed
by the Municipal Clerk.
D.
The salary of the Deputy Municipal Clerk shall be $36,500.
