§ 17. City clerk, town clerk; duties.

The town clerk shall be, ex officio, the city clerk. The town clerk shall be nominated by the mayor and appointed by the city council for a term of four years. The mayor shall notify such town clerk at least one month prior to the expiration of the town clerk's term in writing that the town clerk will or will not be renominated. The town clerk shall have three years' experience in the Connecticut system of land records and administrative management. The town clerk must become a state certified municipal clerk within the first four-year appointment. The town clerk shall keep the records of all meetings of the electors of said city, of any taxing district therein, and of the city council, and shall have the custody of the record books and clerical papers of said city except those records, the custody of which is vested in the board of finance. All fees received by the city clerk, as such, or as town clerk, for the recording of deeds, the issuing of licenses and all other acts done in the town clerk's official capacity, shall be paid by the town clerk into the city treasury and the town clerk shall make a report of all such receipts, as required by city financial policies or at any other time if requested by the mayor or city council. The town clerk shall be the keeper of the city seal.

(Amend. 11-9-83; Amend. eff. 11-7-89; Amend. eff. 12-2-10; Amend. eff. 12-5-13)

Legislative history— Sp. No. 352, § 15, 1911; Sp. No. 434, § 32; 1931; Sp. No. 489, § 17, 1939.