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Committee weighs moving city clerk under city manager and shortens training window options
Summary
Members debated whether the city clerk should report to the city manager rather than the council to improve day-to-day oversight and discussed reducing the two-year timeline for required municipal training to one year for basic courses.
The committee discussed structural changes to the clerk's reporting line and the timeline for required elected-officer training.
Several members asked whether moving the city clerk to report to the city manager would improve continuity and oversight. Staff said changing the clerk's reporting line would likely require a charter amendment because the clerk is currently defined as a city officer under the charter, but that having the clerk report to the manager often provides more day-to-day supervision and can address operational issues. "It increases accountability on a daily basis if they report directly to the city manager," one staff member said.
Committee members also revisited section 3.07, which allows two years to complete municipal training programs (basic and advanced). Some members proposed clarifying that the basic course be completed within the first year and that the advanced course be completed by the end of the second year, while others suggested keeping the two-year window given scheduling constraints for League of Cities offerings.
Next steps: Staff will provide draft charter-language options for moving the clerk's reporting line and more detail about training availability and scheduling constraints from the Florida League of Cities.
