History of the City Secretary
The position of a city secretary or municipal clerk is the oldest public servant role in recorded history. The earliest clerks appeared around 5,000 B.C. with the invention of writing. Biblical reference to the town clerk is found in the Book of Acts chapter 19:35. There is history dating back to ancient Greece that is sometimes titled "city clerk." Early clerk scribes literally used the quill writing instrument. The clerk's office is always one of the first offices created when government is established, and the office is charged with keeping the official records of the government. This government position literally follows the history of writing itself, advancing from verbal, handwritten, typed, and printed, to computerized, digitized and Internet-based documentation and communication technology.
The Office of the City Secretary of today uses modern technology to provide services to citizens, city council, staff, and other government agencies. Ordinances, minutes, and agendas are available electronically, and documents are maintained in accordance with the records management system mandated by the State of Texas. Election laws are both federal and state based, and this office must keep abreast of the latest legal requirements to ensure that all required standards are met. The challenges of official record keeping today, although increased in volume as compared to the past, is maintained by a trained, competent office to ensure that the official records of the City are kept through time for current and future knowledge and historical documentation.
The City Secretary's Office continues to preserve the tradition, ethics, integrity and standards developed by the pioneers of the position in the City of Alpine. The following is a listing of those who have served the City of Alpine as City Secretary.
HISTORY OF THE CITY SECRETARY
No. 17 | Mr. Geoffrey R. Calderon | July 2021 to PRESENT. | ||
Mr. Geoffrey R. Calderon, Acting City Secretary | May 2021 – July 2021 | |||
No. 16 | Ms. Cynthia Salas | August 2017 – May 2021 | ||
No. 15 | Ms. Kalea Cotton | March 2017 – July 2017 | ||
No. 14 | Mrs. Margaret “Molly” Taylor | November 2005 – December 2016 | ||
No. 13 | Mrs. Annabel Holguin | December 1984 – August 2005 | ||
No. 12 | Mrs. Shirley A. Scholl | March 1978 – December 1984 | ||
No. 11 | Ms. Janet Sanders | April 1976 - March 1978 | ||
No. 10 | Mrs. Marjorie Graham | April 1962 – April 1976 | ||
Mrs. Marjorie Graham, Acting City Secretary | November 1961 – April 1962 | |||
No. 9 | Mr. Lee Cowell | August 1958 – November 1961 | ||
Mrs. Loma Skevington, Acting City Secretary | June 1958 – August 1958 | |||
No. 8 | Mr. John Stovell | June 1947 – July 1958 (Died in office) | ||
No. 7 | Judge R.B. “Bob” Slight | January 5, 1947 – June 1947 | ||
No. 6 | Mr. T.F. Skevington | May 1942 – December 1946 (Died in office) | ||
No. 5 | Mr. L. Nelson Lee | August 1941 - May 1942 | ||
Mr. T.B. Davis, Acting City Secretary | 7/15/1941 July 1941 – August 1941 | |||
No. 4 | Mr. M.H. Moorman | September 1929-1941 (Died in offce) | ||
No. 3 | The Honorable E.E. Townsend | 2/5/1929 - September 1929 | ||
No. 2 | Mr. W.A. Daugherty | 2/5/1923 – 2/5/1929 | ||
Mr. G.W. Bechtol, Acting City Secretary | 1921 | |||
No. 1 | Ms. Flora L. Daugherty | 1918- February 1923 |
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