PROCLAIM MAY 1 - MAY 7, 2016 MUNICIPAL CLERKS WEEK
Staff Contact: Pamela Hanna, City Clerk
Presented By: Office of the Mayor
Accepted By: Pamela Hanna, City Clerk
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Purpose and Recommended Action
Recommendation
This is a request for City Council to proclaim the week of May 1 to May 7, 2016 Municipal Clerks Week.
Ms. Pamela Hanna, Glendale City Clerk since 1994, will accept the proclamation.
Background
The Municipal Clerk is the oldest public service profession in local government. The profession dates back to Biblical times and before the written word. They were called the "Rememberers" and were relied upon to remember everything that happened. Throughout time there has been a clerk as part of government. The clerk is credited for dispersing a mob in ancient Persia and in Ancient Greece they were required to put a curse on anyone intent upon deceiving the people.
The Office of the City Clerk has played a vital role in the preservation of Glendale's history since it was founded in 1910. V.E. Messinger, the first Glendale City Clerk, handed down for future generations a detailed account of the 1,000 person religious farming community that was Glendale in the earlier part of last century. From a time of longhand cursive and leather bound books to the present age of microfilming and electronic records, the Clerk's office has committed itself to recording the actions of the City Council, preserving them as permanent documents, and making them available to the public in an efficient and timely manner.
Additionally, the Clerk's office also carries out the following duties:
* Posts meeting minutes and agendas
* Conducts city elections
* Responds to public records requests
* Records city deeds and easements
* Processes legal notices for publication
* Supervises the codification, supplement and distribution of the city code book
* Supervises the records management program, which includes the circulation, recording, storing, and mic...
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