REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
Title
Introduction of an Ordinance Assigning Professional Responsibilities from the Elected City Clerk to the Assistant City Clerk and Setting the Salary of the Elected City Clerk Commensurate with the Stipend and Benefits of Council Members
Report
BACKGROUND
On February 6, 2018, former City Clerk Rod Diridon, Jr. resigned leaving a vacancy in the elected City Clerk position. Charter Section 903 provides that the City Council may, in its discretion, appoint any other officer of employee of the City as City Clerk and grant such person additional compensation for the performance of such duties.
Following the course of discussing the Office of the City Clerk at five different Council meetings, on June 26, the Council directed that the City Attorney draft an Ordinance amending the City Code to specify the primary responsibilities of the elected City Clerk and Assistant City Clerk and to draft an Ordinance setting a stipend for the position of elected City Clerk and benefits comparable to what the current Council Members are eligible to receive.
DISCUSSION
Professional skills have evolved since the drafting of the City Charter duties and, as such, the City Clerk skills and technical requirements have also changed. After several hearings, the Council determined that the skill set and expertise needed to achieve and fulfill the day-to-day professional administrative functions of the City Clerk's Office are suited for a position where qualifications, experience and training are taken into account in order to perform the varying and complex democratic processes and legislative actions in compliance with federal, state, and local statutes that govern the City Clerk's Office.
Assigning the day-to-day professional administrative functions to the Assistant City Clerk will align the democratic processes and legislative actions that govern the City Clerk's Office to a City employee that possesses substantive knowledge of professional standards...
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