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(1) The City Recorder shall keep the corporate seal, attest and seal all legal documents as required by law or this Code and countersign and maintain a properly indexed record of all contracts entered into by the City.

(2) The City Recorder shall attend the meetings and keep the record of the proceedings of the Municipal Council in a book or books to be kept for that purpose and shall keep a separate book for minutes of the proceedings of the Municipal Council, which record shall at all time be open to public inspection.

(3) The City Recorder shall, in the order of date passed, record all ordinances, orders, and resolutions passed by the Municipal Council in a book or books to be kept for that purpose.

(4) Copies of all papers filed in the City Recorder’s office and transcripts from all records of the Municipal Council, when certified by the City Recorder under the corporate seal, are admissible in all courts as originals.

(5) The City Recorder shall prepare for publication all ordinance titles and notices as assigned or required by law or by this Code and shall cause them to be published as required by law or by this Code.

(6) The City Recorder shall keep records which contain the names of all persons elected or appointed to any office within the City, the dates of their appointments, terms of office, dates of deaths, resignations or removals of any such officers and the names of persons appointed to fill any vacancies so created.

(7) The City Recorder shall function under the direction of the administration; provided however, the Municipal Council shall have equal and independent access for services with respect to recording or retrieval of records for legislative functions.

(8) The City Recorder shall, under the direction of the administration, maintain a records access and management program as set forth under state law or this Code.

(9) The City Recorder shall accept writs of garnishment, Unclassified Civil Service appeals, petitions and claims as set forth under state law or by this Code. All claims made against the City will be deemed filed when received by the office of the Mayor, or the office of the City Recorder.

(10) The City Recorder, as the election officer, shall administer municipal elections as authorized by Utah Code Annotated, Title 20A et seq. as amended, and shall, upon request, assist in or conduct elections for the Unclassified Civil Service Appeal Board.

(11) The City Recorder shall pay into the City treasury all monies belonging to the City coming into the Recorder’s hands by virtue of the Recorder’s Office and shall deliver to the successor in office the corporate seal, together with all books, papers, records and other property in the recorder’s possession belonging to the City.

(Am 1989-10, Am 1996-39, Am 2006-45, Am 2018-21)