In addition to other duties that may be assigned by the administrator, the clerk-treasurer shall:

(1) Be the general accountant for the municipality, maintaining a complete set of books and accounts, which shall comprise all of the financial transactions of the municipality through the various departments under their respective appropriations.

(2) Attend all meetings of council, take minutes thereof, and record the same in a suitable book, and keep an index book in connection therewith in which shall be indexed the subject matter of important matters in the proceedings of council, with a reference to the page of the record where such matters appear, and lay before council any communications and other papers. He shall have the proceedings of council promptly published in a local newspaper when so required by council.

(3) Be charged with the preservation of all papers, records and documents of every description pertaining to the city, and so arrange and file all such papers in packages or cases as will facilitate access to them, arranging and filing same according to their subject matter, and numbering the packages or cases numerically.

(4) Keep an index book, in which shall be entered alphabetically the names or subject matter of such papers and documents, and the number of the packages or cases in which the same are to be found.

(5) Issue all notices, personal and general, which the interest, convenience, laws and orders of the municipality require in the administration of its government.

(6) Communicate to the administrator all acquired information which may contribute to the efficiency of government and welfare of the people. (Prior code § 1-4-34)