Public commenter urges council to codify City Secretary office before appointment
During public comment a council participant said the municipal code "never created a City Secretary office" and urged the council to formally create the office so an assistant city secretary (Allison) can be appointed; council clarified a job description exists but the office requires codification.
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During the public-comment portion of the Sept. 9 special session, a participant told the council there is no codified City Secretary office in the municipal code and urged formal creation of the office before any appointment. The speaker said "There was never a city secretary's office created in our code book," and described historical references to town and city secretaries dating back to the 1930s as evidence that the office functionally existed but was not formally codified.
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