§ 24. City secretary.

The city council shall appoint a city secretary. Pursuant to Section 150.021 of the Texas Local Government Code, the city secretary, as an appointee of the mayor and city council, may be required to reside within the city. The city secretary shall receive for services such compensation as the city council may fix. Unless excused by the city council for good cause, the city secretary shall attend all meetings of the city council and keep accurate minutes of its proceedings; the city secretary shall preserve and keep in order all books, papers, documents, records and files of the city council. The city secretary shall have custody of the seal of the city and shall affix same to such documents and obligations only of the city as the city secretary may be legally authorized so to do. The city secretary shall facilitate city elections as the chief election official for the city of Irving, but the city council shall engage an election administrator to work with the city secretary as provided by the Texas Election Code. Final approval of the city secretary's budget and the expenditure of the budgeted funds, as well as the classification and salary structure of city secretary's department employees, shall be the sole responsibility and prerogative of the city council. By approval of the city secretary's annual budget, administrative services required by other city departments in support of the approved budget are authorized. The city secretary shall hire, discharge and supervise other employees of such department.

(Ord. No. 889; Ord. No. 8575, Amd. 6, 11-8-05; Ord. No. 2013-9464, Amds. 3, 15, 16, 5-22-13)