1.25.030 Substitute.
(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) In the event the City Clerk and the holder of the office designated by Council as Deputy City Clerk are simultaneously unavailable for such duties as set forth above, a Temporary Deputy City Clerk is hereby authorized as follows:
(1) The appointment of a City employee as Temporary Deputy City Clerk 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 Manager;
(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, which ever first occurs;
(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 Chairs of Commissions, and a copy thereof shall be placed in the personnel file of the employee so appointed.
(c) When any period of service as City Clerk by a Deputy City Clerk or a Temporary Deputy City Clerk shall be five (5) working days or more in length, the person so serving shall be paid at the same rate as the City Clerk during such period.
(KC 1-9; Ords. 794, 1293-88, 1693-96, 2695-2013)