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1111 Delaware Ave, Marysville (810) 364-6613

 Clerk's Department


The Clerk side of the department relates to the documentation of the various events in the process of running the City. The Clerk is the Clerk of the City Council, attending and recording a permanent journal of the various meetings throughout the year. In addition, the Clerk takes care of the city seal, and is the custodian of all papers, documents, and records pertaining to the City including ordinances and resolutions. All City elections, except for school elections are run by the Clerk's office. 

On the Finance side of the department, the office is in charge of closing the accounting ledgers at  year-end and final reconciling of accounts. Accounts payable, payroll, and personnel issues are taken care of also by this department.   Finance also assists the Auditor at year end. The annual budget process is centralized in the Finance department, which is then used to create one cohesive preliminary budget. That is presented to the City Council, who have the responsibility to make changes as they see fit.