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The City Clerk's Office main responsibilities are:

  • Keeping the corporate City Seal
  • Protecting the records of the City and providing quality public records management and service
  • Preparing and posting notices and agendas of meetings in accordance with the Nevada Open meeting law
  • Preparing agenda packets for City Council meetings
  • The City Clerk’s Office maintains the official record of the proceedings of the City Council and all other related City Council records such as resolutions, ordinances and proclamations. 

The City Clerk’s Office is responsible for the conducting of municipal elections and providing voting and municipal election information along with voter registration services. 


Election Information

LEGAL NOTICE

2013 CITY OF MESQUITE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS

NOTICE DESIGNATING OFFICES FOR WHICH CANDIDATES ARE TO BE

NOMINATED AND ELECTED

IN COMPLIANCE WITH AND PURSUANT TO Nevada Administrative Code 293C.060 the City Clerk for the City of Mesquite, Nevada hereby declares the offices for which candidates are to be nominated for the April 2, 2013 Primary Election are as follows:

 THREE (3) CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS - AT LARGE FOR A ONE TIME ONLY TERM OF 5 YEARS

Candidates may file a Declaration of Candidacy, excluding weekends, beginning Tuesday, January 22, 2013 through and including Friday, February 1, 2013 at the Office of the City Clerk, 10 E. Mesquite Blvd., Mesquite, NV  89027.  Hours are Monday – Thursday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and on Friday, January 25 and on Friday, February 1, 2013 from 8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.  The candidacy filing fee is $25.00, which is payable by cash, check, certified check, or money order.  Mesquite Municipal Code requires a candidate must be an actual and bona fide resident of the city and have been for a period of at least one year preceding the election.  Also, each candidate shall be a qualified elector who has actually, as opposed to constructively, resided within the boundaries of the city which he/she desires to represent for a period of not less than 30 days immediately prior to the last day for filing a Declaration of Candidacy.  

Council member Salary:  $10,500.00 per year in addition to NV PERS, Life and Health Insurance coverage. 

Candidate packets will be available in the City Clerk's Office beginning Tuesday, January 22, 2013 at 8:00 a.m.


The Clerk's Office is also responsible for and oversees: 

  • Municipal Cemetery
  • Bids & Legal Notices - Current Bids
  • Financial Report publications
  • Public Notices
  • Public Information Requests - Public Information Request Form
  • Countersign all contracts made in behalf of the City and attest all documents signed by the Mayor
  • Acts as the central public information and materials center