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City Secretary

Michael Wells
City Secretary

The City Secretary Division is responsible for accurately recording, publishing, indexing, and maintaining City Council records
to include minutes, ordinances, resolutions, contracts, agreements, and other legal documents of the City of Bedford.
Serving as the City's Records Management Of cer, this of ce oversees a records management policy and records
destruction policy to provide ef cient, economical, and effective controls over the creation, distribution, organization,
maintenance, and space allocation for all City records. It also handles requests made for City documents under the
provisions of the Public Information Act. The City Secretary coordinates the election process for all City elections. This of ce
coordinates daily communication and operations with the Mayor/Council, prepares and executes Council packets, processes
alcohol and beverage registrations and reports, issues release of liens, and works with the City Manager's Of ce to respond
to customer service complaints and issues.

FY 2021-2022 Highlights
Awarded second consecutive Municipal Clerk's Of ce Achievement of Excellence Award from the Texas Municipal Clerks
Association.
Successfully implemented a new, more cost-effective and user-friendly voting system in the Council Chambers.
Successfully oversaw the move of the Laser che records management system from an onsite server to the Cloud.
Processed 423 public information requests with an average response time of 1.67 days.
Processed 13 Community Powered Revitalization applications.
Successfully oversaw the May 2022 General Election and the August 2022 Special Election.

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