[Ord. No. 4456-16 §1, 1-20-2016; Ord. No. 4457-16 §1, 1-20-2016 both passed in election
of 4-5-2016]
There shall be administrative departments as may be created
from time to time as specified by ordinance.
There shall be Boards and Commissions as may be created from
time to time as specified by ordinance.
All departments, Boards and Commissions shall have such powers
and perform such duties as are prescribed by law or by this Charter
or as may be prescribed by Ordinance, not inconsistent with law or
Charter provisions. Nothing herein shall be construed as to prevent
the Council from authorizing the execution of any contract between
the City and any other governmental body, public agency or any one
for the rendition of any service or function assigned by the Charter
to a department of the City.
Each Board or Commission shall maintain a written journal of
its proceedings, said journal to be a public record and open to public
inspection, and may establish such rules of procedure and organization
as it deems necessary, not inconsistent with the Charter, laws or
Ordinances.
Each administrative department shall be under the supervision
and control of a director who shall be appointed by the City Manager
and who shall have supervision and control of the department subject
to the authority of the City Manager. Two (2) or more departments
may be headed by the same person and the City Manager may himself
serve as director of one or more departments.
[Ord. No. 4456-16 §1, 1-20-2016; Ord. No. 4457-16 §1, 1-20-2016 both passed in election
of 4-5-2016[1]]
Neither the City Manager nor any person holding an administrative
office or any employee thereunder shall, while holding such office
or employment, be a candidate for the Council or engage, directly
or indirectly in sponsoring any person as a candidate for the Council
except as permitted by law or as the Council may provide by Ordinance.
Any person violating the provisions of any restrictions imposed by
ordinance pursuant to this Section shall be discharged from the employ
of the City.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Ord. No. 4456-16 also repealed Article V, Section 5, Fire Department, Section 6, Police Department, Section 7, Department of Public Works, Section 8, Department of Finance, Section 9, Division of Purchases, which all immediately followed. Same also repealed former Article V, Section 15, Parks and Recreation, which derived from Ord. No. 2706-95, 12-13-1995. Article V, remaining Sections (10) through (14) were redesignated as Sections (5) through (9), respectively.
The fiscal and budget year shall, unless otherwise provided
by Ordinance, begin on the first day of July and end on the last day
of June of each year.
[Ord. No. 2706-95, 12-13-1995 passed in election of 4-2-1996]
The City Manager shall present to the Council a proposed annual
budget prepared in such manner as may be provided by Ordinance and
in accordance with the accepted principles of municipal budgeting.
The budget shall be presented to the Council not less than thirty
(30) days prior to the beginning of the fiscal year, or at such prior
time as the Council may fix by Ordinance. The Council may adopt the
budget as submitted or may amend the proposed budget in any respects.
1.
Public hearing. At the meeting of the Council at
which the budget is submitted the Council shall fix the time and place
for a public hearing thereon. The City Clerk shall immediately provide
by advertisement in a newspaper of general circulation in the City,
by such other means as may be directed by the Council, for general
notice to the public for said hearing.
[Ord. No. 4457-16 §1, 1-20-2016 passed in election of 4-5-2016]
2.
Public record. The proposed budget and all supporting
schedules shall be a public record in the office of the City Clerk
and open to public inspection. The City Manager shall have sufficient
copies of the proposed budget prepared for distribution to interested
persons.
3.
Appropriation ordinance. The City Manager shall
present along with the annual budget an appropriation Bill which,
if adopted, will authorize and approve the said budget. Such Bill
may be altered or amended by the members of the Council. A favorable
vote of the majority of the members of the Council shall be necessary
for the adoption of the appropriation Ordinance. If the appropriation
Bill as presented has not been adopted as set forth herein so that
it is effective by or on the first day of the fiscal year, then the
Bill as presented shall become effective as if it had been so adopted.
4.
Appropriations. From the effective day of the budget
and appropriation Ordinance, the several amounts stated therein shall
be appropriated to the objects, purposes, departments and offices.
The City Manager may control the rate at which any appropriation is
expended during the period of appropriation, by allotment or other
means, and may reduce the expenditures of the City or its agencies
below the appropriations whenever the actual revenues are less than
the revenue estimates upon which the appropriations were based.
5.
Transfer of unencumbered appropriations. The City
Manager may transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion
thereof from one classification of expenditure to another within a
department or office. At the request of the City Manager, the Council
may by Resolution transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance
or portion thereof from one department or office to another. All appropriations
shall lapse at the end of the budget year to the extent that they
shall not have been spent or lawfully encumbered.
6.
Emergency appropriations. At any time during the
budget year, the Council may, upon recommendation of the City Manager,
make emergency appropriations to meet a pressing need for public expenditure
to protect the public health, safety or welfare. Such appropriation
shall be by Resolution adopted by the favorable vote of at least six
(6) members of the Council. The total amount of all emergency appropriations
made in any budget year shall not exceed five (5) percent of the total
operating appropriation made in the budget for that year.
[Ord. No. 1778-85, 1-30-1985 passed in election of 4-2-1985]
The Council shall, by Ordinance, after the appropriation Ordinance
and budget are adopted, set the tax rates. Should the Council fail
to act, the tax rate previously fixed shall be the rate for the budget
year.
An independent audit of all accounts and other evidences of
financial transactions of the City government shall be made at the
close of the fiscal year, and at such other times as the Council may
deem necessary, by a certified public accountant to be selected by
the Council.
The City may issue its negotiable bonds in evidence of indebtedness
incurred for any purpose which may be authorized in this Charter,
and for any purpose for which any City is authorized to incur indebtedness
under the Constitution and laws of the State. If, under the Constitution
and laws of the State, an election is required to authorize the issuance
of any bonds, the number of votes required for approval shall be as
therein specified. Notice of such elections shall be given and such
elections held, conducted and the returns made, canvassed and declared
in the manner provided by Ordinance consistent with the Constitution
and laws of the State.
All bonds shall be sold at public sale upon sealed proposals.
At least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of sale, the Director
of Finance shall give notice by direct mail and by such other advertising
as the Council may direct to all parties and financial institutions
which, in his opinion, may be interested in the purchase of such bonds.
[Ord. No. 4454-16 §1, 1-20-2016; Ord. No. 4457-16 §1, 1-20-2016 both passed in election
of 4-5-2016]
There is hereby created a Compensation Commission, a short-term,
interim study commission brought together at four-year intervals for
the purpose of fixing the compensation for elected officials of the
City as hereinafter provided. The Commission shall consist of the
then-serving Chairpersons of the Civil Service Board, City Plan Commission
and Parks and Recreation Board. The Chairperson of the Civil Service
Board shall serve as Chair of the Compensation Commission. Members
of the Commission shall receive no compensation for their services
on the Commission.
Beginning on August 1, 2016 and on August 1st of each fourth
year thereafter the members of the Compensation Commission shall be
summoned to convene by the City Clerk. The Commission shall review
and study the relationship of compensation to the duties of all elected
City officials and compensation paid to elected officials in the St.
Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area performing similar services and
shall fix the compensation for each position. The Commission shall
file its schedule of compensation with the City Clerk no later than
the first day of October following. The schedule of compensation shall
become effective unless disapproved by a resolution adopted by a two-thirds
majority vote of the City Council before December 1 following the
filing of the schedule. The schedule shall apply and represent the
compensation for each elected office commencing with the beginning
of the term of office for each person elected to that office following
the filing of the schedule. If a schedule is disapproved as provided
herein the compensation shall be unchanged.
