[RSMo. §79.080]
No person shall be Mayor unless he be at least twenty-five (25)
years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the
City at the time of and for at least one (1) year next preceding his
election.
[Ord. No. 2 §7, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 17-01, 1-3-2017]
No person shall be an Alderman unless he or she is at least
eighteen (18) years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an
inhabitant and resident of the City for one (1) year next preceding
his or her election, and a resident, at the time he or she files and
during the time he or she serves, of the ward from which he or she
is elected. Two (2) Aldermen shall be elected from each ward of the
City by the qualified voters thereof, and each ward shall elect annually
one (1) Alderman.
[RSMo. §79.100]
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of
the Board of Alderpersons shall, for the time being, perform the duties
of Mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction
of the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed;
or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
[Ord. No. 2 §22, 1-31-1921]
It shall be the duty of the Mayor to exercise a general supervision
over all of the affairs of the City and see that the ordinances of
the City and State laws relating to Cities of the Fourth Class are
complied with. He/she shall preside over the Board of Alderpersons
but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie, nor shall
he/she preside or vote when he/she is an interested party. He/she
shall sign commissions and appointments of all officers of the City
and approve all official bonds. He/she shall sign all warrants drawn
on the City Treasury for money and cause the same to be attested by
the City Clerk and the Seal of the City to be affixed thereto, and
keep an accurate record thereof in a book provided for that purpose.
He/she shall communicate to the Board such measures as may in his/her
opinion tend to improve the health, comfort and prosperity of the
City. He/she shall have the power to call upon any officer of the
City to exhibit all accounts and other papers and records kept by
such officer relating to the business of the City. The Mayor shall
have the power to remit fines and forfeitures and grant reprieves
and pardons for offenses arising under the ordinances of the City,
but shall not have the power to remit any costs that shall accrue
to any officer of the City. He/she shall supervise the work of all
the officers of the City, be active and vigilant in enforcing all
the laws and ordinances, and is hereby authorized to call every male
inhabitant of the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under fifty
(50) to aid in enforcing the laws. He/she shall do and perform all
duties enjoined upon him/her by the laws of the State.
[Ord. No. 2 §23, 1-31-1921]
It shall be the duty of the Board of Alderpersons to attend
all regular and special meetings of the Board, be active and vigilant
in the discharge of the duties of their office and the duties of any
committees on which they may be appointed and to faithfully observe
all the laws of the State and ordinances of the City relating to the
duties of Alderpersons.
[Ord. No. 2 §24, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 01-06 §1, 10-1-2001; Ord.
No. 14-02 §§1 –– 3, 4-14-2014]
[Ord. No. 2 §25, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 21-01, 1-4-2021]
A.
Special
meetings may be called by the Mayor or any two (2) members of the
Board by filing a written request with the City Clerk, who shall thereupon
prepare a notice of such special meeting, stating the time, date,
place and object thereof, which notice shall be served personally
upon each member of the Board or left as his/her usual place of residence
at least twelve (12) hours before the time of the meeting, conforming
with open meetings law as adopted. The City Clerk shall also, immediately
upon receipt of the request for the meeting, make a diligent effort
to notify each member of the Board, either by telephone, email, text
or other electronic means, of such special session.
B.
The
City Clerk shall make a diligent effort to notify those members of
the media who customarily attend meetings of the Board of Aldermen
of the special session, in the same manner described above.
C.
Failure
to comply with the requirements of this Section shall not invalidate
any action taken at a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 474 §2, 9-7-1982]
The Board of Alderpersons shall semi-annually in October and
April of each year make out and spread upon the City records a full
and detailed account and statement of the receipts, expenditures and
indebtedness of the City for the half (½) year ending September
thirtieth (30th) and March thirty-first (31st) which account and statement
shall be published in some newspaper in the City.
[RSMo. §79.180]
The Board of Alderpersons shall have power to compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to
any subject under consideration in which the interest of the City
is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officers of
the City, or of the County in which such City is located, to execute
such process. The officer making such service shall be allowed to
receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court
for similar services, to be paid by the City. The Mayor or Acting
President of the Board of Alderpersons shall have power to administer
oaths to witnesses.
[Ord. No. 2 §29, 1-31-1921]
Whenever any member of the Board of Alderpersons shall absent
himself/herself from two (2) or more successive meetings of the Board,
without having a reasonable excuse for his/her absence the Board by
a vote of two-thirds (⅔) of all the members elected thereto
may expel such member and declare his/her office vacant; provided
that no such member shall be expelled or his/her office declared vacant
until he/she has had a hearing before the Board as in this Chapter
hereinbefore provided.
[Ord. No. 2 §30, 1-31-1921]
A majority of the members elected to the Board shall constitute
a quorum to do business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time
to time. Should it be necessary for the Board to adjourn as many as
two (2) consecutive times by reason of no quorum being present, then
at the next date to which an adjournment may be taken, should a quorum
not be present, the Mayor and such Alderpersons as are present shall
proceed to obtain a quorum under and by means of the rules and regulations
that governed the General Assembly of the State of Missouri at its
last preceding session.
[Ord. No. 2 §31, 1-31-1921]
At the hour of meeting, the Mayor shall call the Board to order
and after roll call, if a quorum be present, he/she shall cause the
minutes of the last preceding meeting to be approved.
[Ord. No. 2 §32, 1-31-1921]
A.
After
the minutes of the preceding meeting have been approved, the business
of the regular monthly meetings shall be disposed of in the following
order:
[RSMo. §79.130]
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Alderpersons of the City of ., as follows:" No ordinance
shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance
unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the
Board of Alderpersons shall vote for it, and the "ayes" and "nays"
be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced
to the Board of Alderpersons in writing and shall be read by title
or in full two (2) times prior to passage, both readings may occur
at a single meeting of the Board of Alderpersons. If the proposed
ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance
shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the
bill is under consideration by the Board of Alderpersons. No bill
shall become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the Mayor
or person exercising the duties of the Mayor's office, or shall have
been passed over the Mayor's veto, as herein provided.
[Ord. No. 2 §34, 1-31-1921]
Every bill duly passed by the Board of Alderpersons and presented
to the Mayor and by him/her approved in writing endorsed thereon shall
become an ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid but returned
with the Mayor's objections thereto shall stand reconsidered. The
Board of Alderpersons shall cause the objections of the Mayor to be
entered at large upon the minutes and proceed at its convenience to
consider the question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall
the bill pass, the objections of the Mayor thereto notwithstanding?"
The vote on this question shall be taken by "ayes" and "nays" and
the names entered upon the minutes, and if two-thirds (⅔) of
all the members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the City Clerk
shall certify the fact on the roll and the bill thus certified shall
be deposited with the proper officer and shall become an ordinance
in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the
approval of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have power to sign or veto
any ordinance passed by the Board of Alderpersons; provided, that
should he/she neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the
same with his/her objections in writing at the next regular meeting
of the Board of Alderpersons, the same shall become a law without
his/her signature.
[Ord. No. 2 §36, 1-31-1921]
When a bill is put upon its final passage, if it fails to pass
and a motion is made to reconsider the vote by which it was defeated,
the vote upon such motion to reconsider shall be taken immediately
and the subject finally disposed of before the Board proceeds to any
other business.
[Ord. No. 2 §37, 1-31-1921]
Every member who shall be present when a question is stated
by the chair shall vote thereon unless excused by the Board or unless
he/she be prohibited therefrom by reason of being interested in the
matter under consideration as in this Chapter before provided.
[Ord. No. 2 §55, 1-31-1921]
The Mayor and Board may from time to time appoint Special Policemen
in such manner and for such time as necessity may demand, and at the
time of such appointments, the amount of compensation and the time
for which they are appointed shall be fixed, and such Special Policemen
shall be commissioned and qualify, in the same manner as is required
of the City Marshal.
