The City Clerk shall be a resident elector of the City, and
be selected by the City Council at its organizational meeting to hold
office until the next organizational meeting unless sooner removed
by a vote of 2/3 of the members of the Council. The Clerk shall attend
all meetings of the Council, keep a detailed journal of Council proceedings,
and discharge such other duties as may be prescribed by law or ordinance.
The Clerk shall be a commissioner of deeds and shall have custody
of the City Seal. The Clerk may appoint deputies and assistants to
hold office at the Clerk's pleasure, with the approval of the City
Council.
The City Clerk, before exercising any of the powers or discharging
any of the duties of the office, shall execute a bond to the City
in such sum as the City Council may direct by ordinance, and with
such sureties as the Council may approve, conditioned for the faithful
performance of the duties of the office, and that the Clerk may properly
apply and account for all public money and all public property received.
Such bond may be a blanket bond covering all those employees of the
City who are required to be bonded, whichever the Council may decide.
Such bond shall be filed in the office of the Clerk of the County
of Rensselaer and recorded at length in a book kept for the purpose
of recording the bonds of City officers.
