COUNCIL REVIEWING VIDEOS FOR CITY CLERK POSITION.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer BURBANK Burbank, city (1990 pop. 93,643), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1911. Tourism and the entertainment industry are central to its economy; several motion-picture studios and television headquarters are here. Burbank's aerospace industry collapsed with the end of the Cold War. - City Council members are screening videos from 21 applicants for the $84,000-a-year city clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". position in preparation for interviewing finalists and making a decision next Tuesday Tuesday: see week. . John Nicoll, the city's management services director, said Tuesday he was surprised by the high number of applications received. ``I wasn't thinking we'd get this many, because I didn't think they were aware of the position even though we advertised,'' Nicoll said. ``They are broad ranging applicants.'' The candidates - who have backgrounds as varied as physics, court reporting, law, baking baking: see cooking. baking Process of cooking by dry heat, especially in an oven. Baked products include bread, cookies, pies, and pastries. , family therapy, photography, and chemical engineering - on Tuesday taped three-minute videos describing their skills, goals and qualifications. The tapes and the applications will be sent today to council members, who will decide which of the candidates they want to interview at their next meeting. Because the city clerk is usually an elected position, the council decided to make the decision publicly. The tape of the applicants' presentations will be available at the public library Friday and the council will conduct the interviews at a public and televised meeting. The only requirements for the position are that applicants must be residents of Burbank and registered to vote in the city. The clerk's responsibilities include keeping the city's official records, acting as the City Council's secretary, updating Burbank's municipal code and running municipal elections. The previous city clerk Judie Sarquiz resigned Nov. 1 to take a job as the city's deputy financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. director. Deputy City Clerk Kay KAY Kick Ass Year KAY Kansas Association of Youth Moioffer has been filling in until a permanent replacement is appointed. |
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