Colorado § 30-10-319 - Clerk of board - duties.

§ 30-10-319. Clerk of board - duties.

(1) It is the general duty of the clerk of the board of county commissioners:

(a) To record, in a book to be provided for that purpose, all proceedings of the board;

(b) To make regular entries of all their resolutions and decisions on all questions concerning the raising of money;

(c) To record the vote of each commissioner on any question submitted to the board, if required by any member;

(d) Except when specifically provided otherwise by law, sign all orders issued by the board for the payment of money;

(e) To preserve and file all accounts acted upon by the board, with their action thereon, and he shall perform such other duties as are required by law.

Source: G.L. § 469. G.S. § 554. R.S. 08: § 1252. C.L. § 8728. CSA: C. 45, § 75. CRS 53: § 35-3-19. C.R.S. 1963: § 35-3-19. L. 69: p. 223, § 1. L. 71: p. 324, § 1.

Cross references: For the county clerk being the clerk of the board of county commissioners, see § 30-10-402.

ANNOTATION

Power to issue county warrants only in board. While a county warrant is to be signed by the chairman of the board of county commissioners, and also to be signed and attested by the clerk, yet the power to issue a county warrant is vested alone in the board of commissioners and can be only exercised at a meeting of the board. Stoddard v. Benton, 6 Colo. 508 (1883).

Duty to be available to perform certain functions and duty to attend meetings of board of county commissioners. The responsibilities of the position of the clerk of the board of county commissioners include either being available, or having a deputy available, during regular business hours to perform the constitutional and statutory functions. Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Hatfield, 39 Colo. App. 548, 570 P.2d 1091 (1977).

Duty when clerk fails to attend meeting. Where the clerk is notified of a meeting of the board and fails to attend, the board necessarily has authority to record its own proceedings and thereafter approve those minutes. Upon being tendered such minutes, the clerk must record them in the proper book regardless of the fact that neither she nor her deputies actually recorded the proceedings. Bd. of County Comm'rs v. Hatfield, 39 Colo. App. 548, 570 P.2d 1091 (1977).