[R.O. 2011 §110.010; Ord. No. 073-88 §2-16, 2-22-1988]
A.
Officers
of the City shall consist of the following:
1.
All
persons holding an elective office, including officers appointed to
fill a vacancy in any elected office; and
2.
All
persons holding any office which is required to be filled by appointment
of the Mayor or the Board of Alderpersons under commission and which
office is not subject to be filled at any City election.
B.
Any person
holding an office in an ex-officio capacity shall be deemed an officer
in a single capacity. All officers must take an oath of office and
shall be commissioned by the Mayor, whether appointed by him/her or
by the Board of Alderpersons.
[R.O. 2011 §110.020; Ord. No. 073-88 §2-17, 2-22-1988]
Unless removed from office or the office is abolished, all appointive
and elective City Officials shall hold office until their successors
are duly appointed or elected, as may be provided by law or ordinance,
and until such successor has duly qualified for office. If any appointive
or elective office is abolished, the term of the official holding
such office of the date fixed by law for abolishment thereof, shall
terminate.
[R.O. 2011 §110.050; Ord. No. 073-88 §2-20, 2-22-1988]
A.
Officers
of the City elected at any regular or special election may take the
oath of office before any person authorized to administer oaths at
any time after completion of the official count.
B.
Every
officer of the City and his/her assistants and every Alderperson,
before entering upon the duties of his/her office, shall take and
subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in
the County, or the City Clerk, that he/she possesses all the qualifications
prescribed for his/her office by law; that he/she will support the
Constitution of the United States and of the State of Missouri, the
provisions of all laws of this State affecting Cities of this class,
and the ordinances of the City, and faithfully demean himself/herself
while in office; which official oath or affirmation shall be filed
with the City Clerk. Every officer of the City, when required by law
or ordinance, shall, within fifteen (15) days after his/her appointment
or election, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties
of his/her office, give bond to the City in such sum and with such
sureties as may be designated by ordinance, conditioned upon the faithful
performance of his/her duty, and that he/she will pay over all monies
belonging to the City, as provided by law, that may come into his/her
hands. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail
to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation or to give bond as
herein required, his/her office shall be deemed vacant. For any breach
of condition of any such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the
City, or by any person in the name of the City, to the use of such
person. The bond provisions of this Section may be satisfied by the
securing of a blanket bond or blanket bonds, approved by the Board
of Alderpersons, covering such officers by name or position.
A.
The Mayor
may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to
the Board of Alderpersons, remove from office, for cause shown, any
elective officer of the City, such officer being first given opportunity,
together with his/her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Alderpersons
sitting as a Board of Impeachment. Any elective officer, including
the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office
by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members elected to the Board of
Alderpersons, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected
to the Board of Alderpersons, remove from office any appointive officer
of the City at will, and any such appointive officer may be so removed
by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members elected to the Board
of Alderpersons, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
The Board of Alderpersons may pass ordinances regulating the manner
of impeachments and removals.
B.
Nothing
in this Section shall be construed to authorize the Mayor, with the
consent of the majority of all the members elected to the Board of
Alderpersons, or the Board of Alderpersons by a two-thirds vote of
all its members, to remove or discharge any “chief,” as
that term is defined in Section 106.273, RSMo.
