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14 CHAPTER 6 ADMINISTRATION OF CITY AFFAIRS Section 6.01. Administrative Responsibility. The Council as a body, shall be responsible for the administration of the City. The Council shall appoint an administrative officer to assist in the administration of City affairs. For purposes of reference in this Charter, this administrative officer shall be referred to as the Clerk-Administrator. Section 6.02. Administrative Organization. Subdivision 1. The Council may by ordinance establish City departments, offices, and agencies and prescribe their functions. No power or duty conferred by this Charter upon a particular office or agency shall be transferred to another. Subdivision 2. The City Council shall hire heads of departments, and such other and further officers and personnel as may be required to operate the City efficiently. The City Council shall determine the qualifications thereof and prescribe the duties to be performed by each, except as otherwise prescribed in this Charter. Subdivision 3. The head of departments and other officers designated by the Council shall report in person to the Council and to the public at least once each quarter at a regularly scheduled Council meeting. Section 6.03. Duties of the Clerk-Administrator. Subdivision 1. The duties of the Clerk-Administrator of the municipality shall include the duties of the Clerk in a statutory city. The Clerk-Administrator shall give the required notice of each regular and special election, record the proceedings thereof, notify officials of their elections or appointments to office, certify to the county auditor all appointments and the results of all municipal elections. The Clerk-Administrator shall also have the duties set forth in the following subdivisions: Subdivision 2. The Clerk-Administrator shall keep a minute book noting therein all proceedings of the Council. Subdivision 3. The Clerk-Administrator shall keep an ordinance book in which shall be recorded in their entirety all ordinances passed by the Council. Subdivision 4. The Clerk-Administrator shall keep an account book in which shall be entered all money transactions of the municipality, including the dates and amounts of all receipts, and the person from whom the money was received, and all orders drawn upon the Treasurer with their payee and object.