City Secretary

The City of Clarendon Secretary is appointed by the City Council and performs many duties vital to the daily operations of our local government. Listed below you will find many of the duties performed.

• Documents and preserves all City Council Minutes.
• Posts agendas to all City Council meetings and functions.
• Chief Financial Officer
• Payroll Administrator
• Human Resource Director
• Municipal Court Clerk
• Oversee's the staff, production and operations of the Utility Department.
• Election Administrator
• Cyber Security Officer
• Prepare ordinances, resolutions, or proclamations so that they can be executed, recorded, archived, or distributed.
• Maintains fiscal records and accounts.
• Serves as a notary of the public.
• Secretary to the Airport Board.
• Complies with all federal, state, and local reporting requirements.

"No other office in municipal service has so many contacts, it serves the mayor, the city council, the city administrator, 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"

William Bennett Munro, Political Scientist 1934*

Machiel Covey, City Secretary

(Photo Credit: John Molder)