HomeMy WebLinkAboutORDINANCE 0794-1982CITY OF KENAI
ORDINANCE NO, 794-52
AN ORDINANCE OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALABKA,
AMENDING KMC 1*15,020 AND RE-ENACTING KMC 1,25 TO INCORPORATE
THEREIN THE UNDUPLICATED PROVISIONS OF SAID 1,15,020 AND TO
PROVIDE FOR APPOINTMENT OF AN EMPLOYEE TO CARRY ON THE DUTIES OF
THE CITY CLERK WHEN THERE IB NO CITY CLERK AVAILABLE AND FOR
ADDITIONAL SALARY,
WHEREAB, the current ordinances provide for appointment of a
Deputy City Clock only when the City Clerk is abaont from a
Council meeting, and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk has many duties of an official nature,
and there should be provisions in the Ordinances no that some
employee will be designatod to carry on the Autios of tho City
Clerk when the City Clerk is on leave, out of town, ill,
otherwise incapacitated, or when the position is vacated, and to
®rovide additional pay for such employee if the period of service
is of sufficient duration to cauco an undue hur4on, and
WHEREAS, KMC 1.15.020 appears to be misplaced in a chapter
dealing primarily with operations and rules of order of the City
Council and some of the provisions appear to be duplicitous of
provisions in Chapter 1.25 dealing with the position of the City
Clark, and
WHEREAS, it appears to be advantageous to consolidate the
Provisions in KMC 1.15.020 with the provisions in KMC 1.25 and to
make provisions for substitution of another city employee in
Iiaoe of the City Clerk when the City Clock may be unavailable or
neapacitatt-A in Order that the important duties of thin office
shall be carried on at all times.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
KENAI, ALABKA, an followos
922tiep,11 KMC 1.15,020 is hereby repealed.
94OUGA-2s KMC 1,25 is hereby repealed and to -enacted to
road as follows$
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1.25.010 2091Lgat The City Clerk shall be an officer of
the City appointed by the Council for an indefinite term and
shall serve as clerical officer of the Council as provided by the
City Charter in Section 2-5.
1.25.020 2a4figjs The Clerk shall attend the City Council
meetings, perform all duties set forth in Section 2-5 of the City
Charter and all duties required :zerein and by other sections of
the Kenai Municipal Code -- the duties enumerated herein shall
not be considered to be exclusive, and the Clerk may be assigned
additional duties from time to time by the City Council. The
Clerk shall file and duly keep all records, public papers, and
accounts records held for permanent record or historical purposes
(as contrasted to operational use) as custodian of records for
the City, shall duly authenticate all ordinances and resolutions
passed by the Council, and shall, on request, certify as true and
correct copies of any City records which may be required. The
City Clerk shall be the registrar of elections of the City and be
responsible for issuing the call for, and supervision of, all
elections and shall be responsible for such other duties
Vertaining thereto, as may be set forth in Title 6, entitled
Elections".
1.25.030 figbatitula: (a) in the event of a vacancy of the
office of City Clerk, or in the event the City Clerk is not
available to perform the duties of the office because of illness
or other incapacity, being out of town on official business,
being on annual leave, or being unavailable for any other reason,
there is hereby appointed to perform all of the duties of the
City Clerk during such vacancy, absence, incapacity, or
unavailability, a Deputy City Clerk who shall be that employee of
the City who shall be designated, and may be from time to time
modified, by resolution of the City Council as the person who
shall have the duty of Deputy City Clerk.
(b) 1n the event the City Clerk and the Deputy City Clerk
are simultaneously unavailable for such duties as set forth
above, a Temporary Deputy City Clerk is hereby authorized as
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(1) The appointment of a City employee as Temporary Deputy
City Clark may be made by the Clerk after consultation with:
the City Manager, but if the Clerk is not available or able
to make such appointment, then the appointment will be made
by the Mayor after consultation with the City Managerl
(2) The employee appointed as Temporary Deputy City Clerk
shall serve as such until the return to duty of the City
Clerk, the return to duty of the Deputy City Clerk, or until
the appointment of some other person to that position by the
City Council, whichever first occurst
(3) The appointment of a Temporary Deputy City Clerk shall
be made in writing and shall be posted on the City
Administration Bulletin Board with copies to all Council
members, Department Heads, and Chairmen of Commissions, and
a copy thereof shall ba placed in the Personnel file of the
employee so appointed,
(a) When any period of service as City Clerk by a Deputy
City Clerk or a Temporary Deputy City Clerk shall be five working
days or more in length, the person so serving shall be paid at
the same salary rate as the City Clerk during such period.
PASSED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF KENAI, ALASKA, this lot day
of September, 1982.
VINCENT�O�REIL4R
ATTZST s
i et Whelan, City Clerk
First Readings August 4, 1982
Second Readings August 18, 1982
Third Readings September 1r 1982
Effective Dates October 11 19002
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