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Committee recommends city clerk report to city manager; commission asks for clarifying details
Summary
The proposal would make the city clerk a department head reporting to the city manager rather than a charter officer; proponents said it aligns with other municipalities and offers clearer managerial structure, while commissioners asked for detail on duties and timing.
One of the committee's recommendations would change multiple charter sections to make the city clerk a department head reporting to the city manager rather than a charter officer with separate reporting lines. Mark Billings said the committee's research found most municipalities have the clerk reporting to the manager, and the change would reduce the clerk's accountability to multiple supervisors.
Commissioners asked for clarification on duties and whether the clerk would remain the official election officer; the city attorney answered that the clerk would retain duties provided by the charter and continue as the election official while reporting administratively to the manager. The item is in the set of seven draft ordinances the city attorney will refine for Aug. 12.
