Now that City Clerk Laddie Wyatt has retired, the administration has begun a search for her successor.The ad above was in the Sunday "Jobs" section of the Courier News, mixed in with ads for sales reps and telemarketers. Plaintalker thought a more likely place to get a response would be the municipal job listings on the League of Municipalities web site, but the only city ad there was for a director of Public Works & Urban Development. Click here to see their listings.
One hopes a permanent clerk will be named soon for this very important office. Meanwhile, Deputy Clerk Abubakar (AJ) Jalloh is ably holding down the fort.
From the state statutes, here are the duties of a municipal clerk:
The municipal clerk shall:
(1) act as secretary of the municipal corporation and custodian of the municipal seal and of all minutes, books, deeds, bonds, contracts, and archival records of the municipal corporation. The governing body may, however, provide by ordinance that any other specific officer shall have custody of any specific other class of record;
(2) act as secretary to the governing body, prepare meeting agendas at the discretion of the governing body, be present at all meetings of the governing body, keep a journal of the proceedings of every meeting, retain the original copies of all ordinances and resolutions, and record the minutes of every meeting;
(3) serve as the chief administrative officer in all elections held in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes;
(4) serve as chief registrar of voters in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statues;
(5) serve as the administrative officer responsible for the acceptance of applications for licenses and permits and the issuance of licenses and permits, except where statute or municipal ordinance has delegated that responsibility to some other municipal officer;
(6) serve as coordinator and records manager responsible for implementing local archives and records retention programs as mandated pursuant to Title 47 of the Revised Statutes;
(7) perform such other duties as are now or hereafter imposed by statute, regulation or by municipal ordinance or regulation.
(1) act as secretary of the municipal corporation and custodian of the municipal seal and of all minutes, books, deeds, bonds, contracts, and archival records of the municipal corporation. The governing body may, however, provide by ordinance that any other specific officer shall have custody of any specific other class of record;
(2) act as secretary to the governing body, prepare meeting agendas at the discretion of the governing body, be present at all meetings of the governing body, keep a journal of the proceedings of every meeting, retain the original copies of all ordinances and resolutions, and record the minutes of every meeting;
(3) serve as the chief administrative officer in all elections held in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statutes;
(4) serve as chief registrar of voters in the municipality, subject to the requirements of Title 19 of the Revised Statues;
(5) serve as the administrative officer responsible for the acceptance of applications for licenses and permits and the issuance of licenses and permits, except where statute or municipal ordinance has delegated that responsibility to some other municipal officer;
(6) serve as coordinator and records manager responsible for implementing local archives and records retention programs as mandated pursuant to Title 47 of the Revised Statutes;
(7) perform such other duties as are now or hereafter imposed by statute, regulation or by municipal ordinance or regulation.
--Bernice
The city council should ask the acting city administrator if the job is being advertised on the LOM site, and insist on it. The Clerk is the clerk of the council as well.
ReplyDeleteI hope our city council is on top of this!
You need a certification with a GED???? Nerve.
ReplyDeleteIf all you need is a GED, then let someone who has smarts and ability be interviewed - the additional certification with that low a level of education just means that someone in Trenton has a job.
In order to eligible to attain State Certification, you have to have a certain number of College credit. Just like in order to have a Masters Degree you have to had first attained a Bachelors Degree. Do your homework!
ReplyDeleteTo 1:04pm - The listing is confusing, then. If you need college credits, then why does it say GED? You wouldn't say "Need Bachelors degree and a high school diploma".
ReplyDeleteI shouldn't have to do my homework - it should be written correctly. That is their job.