A.    The City Recorder shall pay into the City Treasury all moneys belonging to the City coming into the Recorder's hands by virtue of the Recorder's office and shall deliver to his or her successor in office the corporate seal, together with all books, papers, records and other property in the Recorder's possession belonging to the City.

    B.    It shall be the Recorder's duty to countersign all contracts made on behalf of the City; and the Recorder shall maintain a  properly indexed record of all such contracts and shall record, in order of date passed, all ordinances, orders and resolutions passed by the City Council in a book or books to be kept for that purpose and shall keep a separate book for minutes of the proceedings of the City Council, which record shall be at all times open to public inspection. The Recorder shall keep records provided for that purpose, to contain the names of all persons elected or appointed to any office within the City, the date of their appointment, and the term of office and dates of death, resignation or removal of any such officer and names of persons appointed to fill any vacancy so created. (Added during 1993 recodification)