City of Altoona, PA
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2023-09-11
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The Charter
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Chapter C Home Rule Charter
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Article VI City Clerk
- The Charter
- Ch C Home Rule Charter
- Ch C Art VI City Clerk
- § C-6.1 Appointment and compensation.
- § C-6.2 Removal.
- § C-6.3 Powers and duties.
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 7 Administration of Government
- Ch 11 (Reserved)
- Ch 15 Authorities, Boards and Commissions
- Ch 22 Electrical and Engineering Civil Service
- Ch 44 Fire Civil Service Commission
- Ch 94 Pensions
- Ch 98 Personnel Policies
- Ch 105 Police Civil Service Commission
- Ch 112 Records
- Ch 117 Refunds Policy
- Ch 134 (Reserved)
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 170 Alarm Systems, Fire
- Ch 171 Alarm Systems
- Ch 175 Alcoholic Beverages
- Ch 184 Animals
- Ch 237 Business Privilege License
- Ch 256 Checks, Returned
- Ch 262 Condemnation Orders
- Ch 270 Construction Standards
- Ch 281 Curfew
- Ch 289 Demolition or Partial Demolition of Buildings and Other Structures
- Ch 291 Disorderly Houses
- Ch 295 Disposition of Surplus Real and Personal Property
- Ch 300 Driveways
- Ch 314 Electricians
- Ch 335 Fees
- Ch 346 Fire Cost Recovery
- Ch 347 Firearms and Fireworks
- Ch 352 Fire Insurance Proceeds
- Ch 358 Fire Prevention
- Ch 362 Floodplain Regulations
- Ch 390 Grass, Weeds and Other Vegetation
- Ch 397 Hazardous Materials Cleanup
- Ch 405 Lease and/or Conveyance of City-Owned Lands
- Ch 440 Littering and Dumping
- Ch 453 Mercantile Licenses
- Ch 470 Noise
- Ch 474 Nuisances
- Ch 510 Parks and Recreational Facilities
- Ch 515 Pawnbrokers, Junk Dealers and Secondhand Dealers
- Ch 535 Planning
- Ch 542 Plumbers
- Ch 550 Property Maintenance
- Ch 553 Public Gatherings
- Ch 555 Public Property, Protection of
- Ch 557 Purchasing of Real Estate, Materials, Supplies and Services
- Ch 558 Redevelopment Authority Designated as Land Bank
- Ch 560 Registration of Properties in Default of Mortgage
- Ch 563 Registration of Vacant Buildings
- Ch 570 Residential Rental Inspection
- Ch 580 Sewage Facilities
- Ch 584 Sexually Oriented Businesses
- Ch 593 Signs
- Ch 595 Small Wireless Facilities
- Ch 597 Skateboards, Roller Skates and Scooters
- Ch 615 Solid Waste
- Ch 620 Stormwater Management, Erosion and Sedimentation Control
- Ch 633 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 640 Subdivision of Land and Land Developments
- Ch 646 Taxation
- Ch 647 Local Economic Revitalization Tax Assistance
- Ch 662 Towing
- Ch 673 Transient Retail Businesses
- Ch 679 Trees
- Ch 690 Utilities
- Ch 700 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 711 Vehicles, Storage of
- Ch 800 Zoning
- Derivation Table
- Ch DT Derivation Table
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
The City Council shall, by a majority vote of its total membership,
appoint a City Clerk for an indefinite term and shall fix compensation.
The person so appointed shall be a notary public or become the same
within one year of appointment to the position.
The Council may, by a majority vote of its total membership,
remove the City Clerk at any time, with or without cause.
The City Clerk shall:
(1)
Attend all meetings of the Council and shall keep full minutes of
its proceedings.
(2)
Transcribe the bylaws, rules, regulations, resolutions, and ordinances
into appropriate books kept for those purposes.
(3)
Preserve the records and documents of the City and shall have custody
of the corporate seal.
(4)
Certify copies of any book, paper, record, bylaw, rule, regulations,
resolution, ordinance or other proceedings of the City under the seal
of the City.
(5)
Attest to the execution of all instruments and record all ordinances.
(6)
File or record proof of service of all notices required by law or
ordinance and the City Clerk's certificate thereof shall be good
evidence of such notice.
(7)
Deliver to the successor the seal and all the books, papers and other
records and matters belonging to the City.
(8)
Perform such other duties as are required by the Manager or Council.
