Sheryl “Shari” Moore found a job as a video production assistant in the St. Paul City Council’s cable office in 1987, helping to run dolly-based television cameras inside the council chambers. She later joined the inaugural Citizen Service Office, directing residents to the department at City Hall that could best respond to their concerns.

The following decades would elevate her to one of the most sensitive and innermost administrative jobs in city government — that of city clerk. It’s a job she’ll retire from next month after nearly 40 years of service to St. Paul’s local elected officials and the public at large.

“This has been the ride of my life,” said Moore, wiping heavy tears as she addressed the council on Nov. 5. “I couldn’t imagine my life going any other way. This has been a pr

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