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From YouTube: CityTalk with John McIntire: Kimberly Clark Baskin
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On this episode of CityTalk, John McIntire interviews Deputy City Clerk Kim Clark Baskin.
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It
has
we
recently
hired
an
archivist.
His
name
is
Nick
hartley,
who
has
come
in
to
help
us
get
a
handle
on
all
of
the
city
records
and
be
able
to
archive
them
and
keep
them
in
order,
especially
a
lot
of
the
old
records.
We
still
have
a
lot
of
people
coming
in
asking
for
records
from
the
1800's
and
early
nineties,
and
a
lot
of
our
technology
changed.
Why
might
they
want
records.
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You
know
when
they
do
come
in
and
they
ask
for
that
stuff.
We're
like
what
could
you
possibly
want?
That's
relevant
now
from
the
1800,
so
a
lot
of
them.
You
know
dealing
with
property
and
property
lines
and
streets,
and
things
of
that
nature
so
you'd
be
surprised
at
things
that
people
come
to
clerk's
office
and
ask
for
so.
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Clerk's
office,
we
are
the
official
record
keeper
for
the
city
of
Pittsburgh
and
we
also
serve
as
the
administrative
branch
to
City
Council.
So
we
are
I,
guess
you
can
say
we
help
them
float.
We
prepare
their
minutes
and
their
legislation.
The
administration
always
sends
over
legislation
which
are
resolutions
and
ordinances
that
will
be
introduced
in
City
Council,
which
govern
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
We
have
day-to-day
legislation
and
then
we
also
have
legislation
that
makes
up
the
laws
that
make
up
the
city
of
Pittsburgh.
So.
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Since
he
started
26
years
ago,
oh
definitely
definitely
it
comes
from
a
long
long
line
of
women.
They
first
started
out.
A
lot
of
our
books
are
handwritten
I
mean
then
they
went
to
typewritten
and
now
we're
able
to
search
electronically,
whereas
before
we
just
had
to
go
to
the
typewritten
books
and
just
search
and
now
we're
able
to
do
a
lot
more
and.
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B
Have
property
records?
We
have
different
deeds
to
different
properties
which
streets
were
vacated
and
we
have
where
creeks
and
water
lines
are
located
and
people
come
in
looking
for
when
their
neighbor,
when
neighbors
have
disputes,
there's
different
ordinances,
where
you
can
only
build
things
so
high
or
you
can't
have
so
many
of
one
things
or.
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I
do
I've
been
here:
I
started
off
I'm
straight
out
of
college
on
an
IEP
I
was
Linda.
Johnson
also
was
the
city
clerk.
At
that
time,
wonderful
woman
I
came
up
under
her.
You
know
great
mentor
and
over
the
years
I've
went
from
different
positions
from
an
intern
to
I
used
to
do
stenography
work
and
I
was
the
supervisor.
I
was
administrative
assistant
and
then
I
was
recently
I'm
appointed
in
September
2014
is
deputy
city
part
a.
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B
I
think
there
was
a
Jamaican
Linda
said.
You
know,
I
need
an
intern.
I
said:
okay,
I
can
come
and
do
that
didn't
know
who
the
mayor
was
unfortunately
sad
to
say
back
then
I
just
wasn't
interested
in
politics,
but
the
more
that
I
did
the
work
and
tomorrow
was
learning
the
different
council
members
and
just
seeing
you
know
how
my
community
was
running,
who
were
in
my
community
in
different
communities.
It
became
interesting
and
now,
like
I,
really
actually
do
love
my
job
and.
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B
Definitely
I
tried
to
we
get
a
lot
of
young
people
that
come
through
the
doors
and
we
get
a
lot
of
high
school
students
who
come
in
with
council
and
come
in
three
Pittsburgh
history
landmarks
with
their
tours
and
my
main
thing.
You
know
that
I
impress
upon
them
is
education
and
being
involved
in
their
local
government.
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Absolutely
I
100%
would
agree
with
that.
We
have
my
staff.
It's
we
went
from
a
really
large
staff
at
one
time.
The
clerk's
office
house
alarm
is
25
staffers
now
we're
down
to
about
seven,
and
we
work
great
together.
We're
an
absolutely
awesome
team.
I
couldn't
ask
for
a
better
group
of
people,
and
you
know
we
can
definitely
point
you
in
the
right
direction
when
it
comes
to
just
trying
to
find
out
what
you
need
to
know
about
your
local
government
in
the
communities
that
you
live
in.