The City Clerk's Department is most commonly known to the citizens for producing City records upon request or to help in research of legislative history. The City Clerk/Director of Legislative Services is appointed by the City Manager and is required to attend and record minutes of the City Council, San Dieguito Water District Board, Encinitas Housing Authority Board and Encinitas Public Financing Authority Board.
The Clerk's department consists of a Deputy City Clerk, and Executive Secretary to the City Council, a Secretary and a Records Management Coordinator. The department is responsible for the following:
- Agendas Packets
- Records Management
- Minutes Preparation
- Legislative Services -
- Municipal Code Maintenance
- Maintaining a computerized Legislative History database listing all Council Actions since incorporation by category
- Conducting records research
- Obtaining signatures on public documents as a follow up to Council action
- Publishing Ordinances
- Recording Documents
- Dispersing copies of official documents
- Commission Recruitment
- Committees Coordination
- Election Management
- Opening of Bids
- Financial Disclosure
- Legal Advertising and Posting
- Short Term Vacation Rental Permits
- Sheriff Regulated Permits/Licenses
- Business Registration
The City Clerk's office strives to provide fast, friendly service to the citizens of Encinitas. Please contact me if I can further assist you.
Deborah Cervone
Encinitas City Clerk
Deborah Cervone - Biography
Deborah Cervone has worked in administrative and supervisory positions for over thirty years. As an employee of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, she was assigned as Administrative Assistant to the Assistant State Superintendent. In 1978, she was hired by the City of San Diego's first Paramedic Provider where she served as Operations Assistant. In 1984, she was hired by Mercy Hospital in the Trauma Department, reporting to the Director of the Trauma Unit. In 1987, she was hired as the City's first Deputy City Clerk, promoted in 1995 as City Clerk and has served in that position for eleven years. She is Past President of the San Diego County City Clerks Association and is a member of the California Clerks Association as well as the International Municipal Clerks Assocation. Over the past 19 years, she has attended most of the professional education opportunities offered by these City Clerk Associations.