[R.O. 2009 §105.110; CC 1976 §2-56; R.O. 1954 §16; Ord. No. 2531 §1, 3-3-2014]
A.
The
mayor may, with the consent of a majority of the members elected to
the Board of Aldermen, remove from office, for cause shown, any elective
officer of the City, such officer first being given opportunity, together
with his/her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Aldermen 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
vote of all the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, independently
of the Mayor's approval or recommendations. The Mayor may, with the
consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Board of Alderman,
remove from office any appointive officer of the City at will, and
any such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds vote
of all the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, independently
of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
B.
The
Chief of Police shall be removed or discharged pursuant to the provisions
of Section 106.273, RSMo., and as the same may be hereafter amended.
[R.O. 2009 §105.120; CC 1976 §2-57; R.O. 1954 §17]
All proceedings for the impeachment of any elective City Officer
shall be instituted by some officer of the City filing with the Mayor,
or with the Board of Aldermen, at some regular meeting of said Board,
a written statement signed by such officer, setting forth the offense
charged against said offending officer.
[R.O. 2009 §105.130; CC 1976 §2-58; R.O. 1954 §18]
When written charges are so filed against any elective officer,
the Board shall set a time for a trial upon said charges, at which
time the complainant with any witnesses that he/she may produce, shall
be heard and the officer complained against shall be heard together
with any witnesses that he/she may produce, and if he/she so desires
he/she may be represented by an attorney in the trial of said charges.
If by two-thirds (2/3) vote of all elected members of the Board of
Aldermen he/she is found guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer or
interested in any contract with the City, he/she shall be immediately
dismissed from office.
[R.O. 2009 §105.140; CC 1976 §2-59; R.O. 1954 §19]
The trial upon the charges filed against any elective officer
shall be heard before the Board of Aldermen, sitting as a Board of
Impeachment, and they shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and
determine all proceedings. The Mayor shall sit as the Presiding Officer
of said Board of Impeachment. The Mayor shall have power to issue
subpoenas for witnesses and to compel their attendance by attachment,
and to administer oaths as is by law conferred on magistrates. All
such proceedings shall be conducted as trials are conducted in courts
of record.
[R.O. 2009 §105.150; CC 1976 §2-60; R.O. 1954 §20]
Pending charges and trial against any elective City Officer
for impeachment, the Mayor shall by order suspend said officer so
charged and shall appoint some suitable person to act as such officer,
and the person so appointed shall have full power to enforce the ordinances
and do all other things incumbent upon the officer whose place he/she
is filling during such suspension.
[R.O. 2009 §105.160; Ord. No. 1274 §2, 4-10-1986; Ord. No. 1280 §1, 7-7-1986; CC 1976 §2-61]
All appointive employees of the City shall serve at the will
of the Board of Aldermen for no definite period of time and such employment
may be terminated at any time, without cause, upon a majority vote
of all the members elected to the Board of Aldermen.
