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City clerk explains public-records process, minutes and retention policies
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City Clerk Joyce Raftery told Citizens Academy attendees about the clerk’s role in elections, agendas, minutes, records retention and public-records requests and described cost and timing rules the office follows.
Joyce Raftery, City Clerk for the City of Deltona, described the clerk’s duties at the Citizens Academy, saying the clerk’s office manages municipal elections, agendas and minutes, boards and committees, records management and public-records requests. "The term clerk came from the Latin clericus and referred to 1 who could read, write, and who could therefore serve as a notary, secretary, and accountant, and recorder," Raftery said while outlining historical duties and modern responsibilities.
Raftery explained minutes practices and public-records law. "Minutes should tell what was done and not what was said," she said, describing action minutes,…
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