City Clerk’s Office

Responsibilities

Duties of the City Clerk include:

• Acting as a liaison between the community and its elected officials
• Administering the Oath of Office to newly elected City Council members and appointed commissioners
• Administering local elections
• Advertising and coordinating appointments to the City's commissions and committees
• Attending City Council meetings
• Ensuring City Council meetings are conducted in accordance with the Brown Act, known as the Open Public Meeting Law
• Maintaining conflict of interest and financial disclosure records submitted by public officials
• Maintaining custody of and affixing the City seal to legal documents
• Maintaining official City records
• Responding to requests under the California Public Records Act. 
• Preparing agendas for public meetings of the City Council
• Recording in meeting minutes all actions taken by the City Council