text: (A) Clerk to Commission. The Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Community Development shall designate an employee of the department as clerk to the Tree Conservation Commission. The clerk also shall be responsible for the administration of the appeals process established in Section 158-71, including the creation and maintenance of files in appeals cases, the filing of documents submitted by the parties to an appeal, and the maintenance of evidence submitted in connection with appeals cases. The clerk also shall direct and supervise the giving of notices required by the Commission and by this Article in connection with appeals, and shall certify, when necessary, the actions of the Commission in such matters.