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Email address: clerk@ci.homer.ak.us, jjohnson@ci.homer.ak.us, mjacobsen@ci.homer.ak.us, rkrause@ci.homer.ak.us
Main Home Page address: http://clerk.ci.homer.ak.us
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City Of Homer’s Question of the Week Locations
v
Jo Johnson – City Clerk
as of
o Hired
part time
o Became
full time Deputy Clerk I
o Became
Deputy Clerk II
v
Melissa Jacobsen – Deputy
Clerk II as of
o
Hired
full time
v
Renee Krause – Deputy
Clerk I as of
The Homer
City Clerk is appointed by the City Manager and confirmed by the City Council
as provided by Alaska State Law. The Homer City Clerk is overtime exempt, in
other words does not receive monetary compensation for overtime.
The
Clerk's job description and duties are set in part by Alaska Statute Title 29
and the Homer City Code.
Information you may obtain from the City Clerk's Office
§ Public Disclosure of Records Unless Restricted or Confidential
§ City Council & Commission Agendas & Minutes
§ Council & Commission Meeting Packet Information
§ Information Regarding City Policies & Procedures
§ City Code Ordinance Information
§ City Ordinances, Resolutions, Legislative Memorandum & History Thereof
§ Public Hearing Information
§ Liquor License Approval
§ Games of Chance & Contests of Skill Permit Approval
§ Contract, Leases, Licenses, Agreement Information
§ Easement & Right of Way Information
§
Standard Construction Specs for the City of
§ Cemetery Maps, Plots & Deeds
§ City Projects
§
Notary Services
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Election Information
§
Voter Registration, Absentee Voting
§ City Candidacy Declaration Papers
§ Initiative and Referendum
§ Legislative Directory Assistance
§ Historical Homer Information
§ Local Improvement District Process & Procedures
§ Homer Accelerated Roads & Trails (HART)
§ Homer Accelerated Water & Sewer Program (HAWSP)
§ Capital Improvement Program
§ Legislative Requests
§ Bid and RFP (Request for Proposal) Information
§ Fee Schedule
§ Lease Policy
§ Records Retention Schedule
§ City Directory – Names of City Employees & Legislative & Advisory Body Information
§ Basic and general parcel numbers, maps, owner of record and legal descriptions as listed in the Borough Tax Rolls
Code of Ethics
Believing in Freedom throughout the World allowing increased cooperation
between municipal clerks and other officials, locally, nationally and
internationally, I do hereby subscribe to the following principles and ethics
which I affirm will govern my personal conduct as municipal clerk:
* To
uphold constitutional government and the laws of my community;
* To so conduct my public and private life as to be an example to my
fellow-citizens;
* To impart to my profession those standards of quality and integrity
that the conduct of the affairs of my office shall be above reproach and to
merit public confidence in our community;
* To be ever mindful of my neutrality and impartiality, rendering equal
service to all and to extend the same treatment I wish to receive myself;
* To record that which is true and preserve that which is entrusted to me
as if it were my own; and
* To strive constantly to improve the administration of the affairs of my
office consistent with applicable laws and through sound management practices
to produce continued progress and so fulfill my responsibilities to my
community and others.
These
things, I, as municipal clerk, do pledge to do in the interest and purposes for
which our government has been established.
Colonial Development
When the early colonists came to
Between
1742 and 1756 the town clerk was responsible for maintaining residency records
to substantiate a person's voting rights. The town clerk was required to
administer and record the oath of office taken by town officials. By 1776, the
town clerk was empowered to call town meetings to elect selectmen if a majority
of the selectmen had moved from the town or were absent in the service of the
country.
Early Beginnings
The Municipal, Clerk is the oldest of public servants in local
government, along with the tax collector. The profession traces back before
Biblical times. For example, the modern Hebrew
translation of Town Clerk is "Mazkir Ha'ir" which literally
translated, means city or town "Reminder." The early keepers of
archives were often called "Remembrancers", and before writing came
into use, their memory served as the public record. In the eighth century, the
Frankish Kings of France depended on the Mayor of the Palace to perform all
manner of clerical and administrative tasks for the King including collecting
taxes and fees, publishing documents, keeping state records and assisting in
the enforcement of the King's justice.
Historical Summary
Over the years municipal clerks have become the hub of government, the
direct line between the inhabitants of their community and their government.
The clerk is the historian of the community, for the entire recorded history of
the town (city) and its people is in his or her care.
Professor William Bennett Munro, political scientist, 1934: "No
other office in municipal service has so many contacts. It serves the mayor,
the city council, the city manager (when there is one), and all administrative
departments without exception. All of them call upon it, almost daily, for some
service or information. Its work is not spectacular, but it demands versatility,
alertness, accuracy, and no end of patience. The public does not realize how
many loose ends of city administration this office pulls together.