All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
A.
A municipal
election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the
first Tuesday after the first Monday in April.
B.
On
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 2003, and every
four (4) years thereafter, a municipal election of the qualified voters
of the City of Harrisonville shall be held for the purpose of electing
a Mayor who shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years
and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
C.
On
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 2003, and every
four (4) years thereafter, a municipal election of the qualified voters
of the City of Harrisonville shall be held for the purpose of electing
one Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term
of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
D.
On
the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April, 2004, and every
four (4) years thereafter, a municipal election of the qualified voters
of the City of Harrisonville shall be held for the purpose of electing
one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for
a term of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and
qualified.
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general City election shall file with the City
Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M. on the 16th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 11th Tuesday prior to, the next
City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate at said election. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent
record of the names of the candidates, the offices for which they
seek election, and the date of their filing, and their names shall
appear on the ballots in that order.
[Ord. No. 3295 §1, 12-1-2014]
A.
No person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office
in the State of Missouri who has been found guilty of or pled guilty
to a felony under the Federal laws of the United States of America
or to a felony under the laws of this State or an offense committed
in another State that would be considered a felony in this State.
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Editor's Note: Pursuant to Subsection 2 of Ord. No. 3343 the title of this Section changed from "Candidates For Municipal Office - No Arrearage For Municipal Taxes or User Fees Permitted" to "Candidates For Municipal Office Disqualifications, Filing of Affidavit, Tax Deliquency," and former Subsections (A) through (C) were redesignated as Subsections (B) through (D), respectively.
B.
Any person who files as a candidate for election to a public office
shall be disqualified from participation in the election for which
the candidate has filed if such person is delinquent in the payment
of any State income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes,
real property taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration
of candidacy, or if the person is a past or present corporate officer
of any fee office that owes any taxes to the State.
C.
Each potential candidate for election to a public office, except candidates for a County or City committee of a political party, shall file an affidavit with the Department of Revenue and include a copy of the affidavit with the declaration of candidacy required under Section 115.349, RSMo., and Section 105.050 of this Code. Such affidavit shall be in substantially the following form:
[Ord. No. 3343 §2, 12-7-2015; Ord. No. 3458-19, 2-4-2019]
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AFFIRMATION OF TAX PAYMENTS AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS:
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I hereby declare under penalties of perjury that I am not currently
aware of any delinquency in the filing or payment of any State income
taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes
on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or that I am a past or present corporate officer of any fee office
that owes any taxes to the State, other than those taxes which may
be in dispute. I declare under penalties of perjury that I am not
aware of any information that would prohibit me from fulfilling any
bonding requirements for the office for which I am filing.
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___________________________________________ Candidate's Signature
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Candidate.
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D.
Upon receipt of a complaint alleging a delinquency of the candidate
in the filing or payment of any State income taxes, personal property
taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence,
as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or if the person is a past
or present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes
to the State, the Department of Revenue shall investigate such potential
candidate to verify the claim contained in the complaint. If the Department
of Revenue finds a positive affirmation to be false, the Department
shall contact the Secretary of State, or the election official who
accepted such candidate's declaration of candidacy, and the potential
candidate. The Department shall notify the candidate of the outstanding
tax owed and give the candidate thirty (30) days to remit any such
outstanding taxes owed which are not the subject of dispute between
the Department and the candidate. If the candidate fails to remit
such amounts in full within thirty (30) days, the candidate shall
be disqualified from participating in the current election and barred
from refiling for an entire election cycle even if the individual
pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the subject of the complaint.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the 16th Tuesday prior to
any election at which City offices are to be filled by said election,
notify the general public of the opening filing date, the office or
offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the closing
filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished
by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation in the City.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
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STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Harrisonville,
County of Cass, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter; that I do hereby
declare myself a candidate for the office of ____________________________,
to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday in April, __________, and I meet all
the qualifications required of a candidate for said office, and I
hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for
said election for said office and state that I will serve as such
officer, if elected.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ___________________,
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City of Harrisonville
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125.1, RSMo. The notice shall be in
writing, shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling the election,
the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the
sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by this
Section may, with the prior notification to the election authority
receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior
to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to the election, provided
that the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal
notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election
authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile
transmission.
[CC 1977 §10-4; Ord. No. 644, 4-5-1965]
The City is divided into four (4) wards.
[Ord. No. 3174 §1, 8-15-2011; Ord.
No. 3646, 4-17-2023]
The wards of the City of Harrisonville shall be and the same
are hereby changed to include the territory hereinafter set forth.
A map depicting these boundaries is on file in the Harrisonville City
Clerk's office.
Ward 1: Beginning at the intersection of East South Street and
Eastwood Road; thence north along Eastwood Road to Oakvale Drive;
thence east along Oakvale Drive to Halsey Street; thence north along
Halsey Street to East Pearl Street; thence east along East Pearl Street
to Price Street; thence north along Price Street to Elm Street; thence
west along Elm Street to North Halsey Street; thence north along North
Halsey Street to Forest Street; thence west along Forest Street to
North King Avenue; thence north along North King Avenue to Ash Street;
thence west along Ash Street to the east boundary line, going south,
of the City Park; thence northeast to the north boundary line of Grand
River Township; thence east along the north boundary line of Grand
River Township to the east boundary line of the corporate limits of
the City of Harrisonville, Missouri; thence south along the east boundary
line of the corporate limits of the City of Harrisonville, Missouri,
thence west along Meadowlark Drive to Brookridge Drive; thence north
along Brookridge Drive to Ridgewood Road; thence west along Ridgewood
Road to Pheasant Road; thence south along Pheasant Road to Quail Street;
thence west along Quail Street to Meadowlark Drive; thence northwest
along Meadowlark Drive to Bird Avenue; thence south along Bird Avenue
to South Street; thence west along South Street to the point of beginning.
Ward 2: Beginning at the intersection of East Pearl Street and
Price Street; thence north along Price Street to Elm Street; thence
west along Elm Street to North Halsey Street; thence north along North
Halsey Street to Forest Street; thence west along Forest Street to
North King Avenue; thence north along North King Avenue to Ash Street;
thence west along Ash Street to the east boundary line of the City
Park; thence northeasterly to the north boundary line of Grand River
Township; thence west along the North Line of Grand River Township
to the intersection of North Commercial Street; thence southeasterly
along North Commercial Street to West Wall Street; thence east along
West Wall Street to Butler Drive; thence north along Butler Drive
to West Pearl Street; thence east along West Pearl Street to the point
of beginning; also all that part of the City of Harrisonville, Missouri,
which lines within Peculiar and West Peculiar Townships.
Ward 3: Beginning at the intersection of East South Street and
Eastwood Road; thence north along Eastwood Road to Oakvale Drive;
thence east along Oakvale Drive to Halsey Street; thence north along
Halsey Street to East Pearl Street; thence west along East Pearl Street
to Butler Terrace; thence south along Butler Terrace to West Wall
Street; thence west along West Wall Street to North Commercial Street;
thence northwesterly along Commercial Street to Rock Haven Road; thence
west along Rock Haven Road to the West boundary line of the corporate
limits of the City of Harrisonville, Missouri, thence south along
the west boundary line of the corporate limits of the City of Harrisonville,
Missouri, to the south boundary line of the corporate limits of the
City of Harrisonville, Missouri; thence east along the south boundary
line of the corporate limits of the City of Harrisonville, Missouri,
to Interstate 49; thence south along Interstate 49 to the south boundary
line of the corporate limits; thence north along Interstate 49 to
South Commercial Street; thence north along South Commercial Street
to South Independence Street; thence northeasterly along South Independence
Street to South Street; thence east along South Street to the point
of beginning.
Ward 4: Beginning at the intersection of East South Street and
South Independence Street; thence southwesterly along South Independence
Street to South Commercial Street; thence southwesterly along South
Commercial Street to Interstate 49; thence southeasterly along Interstate
49 to the south boundary line of the corporate limits of the City
of Harrisonville, Missouri; thence east along the south boundary line
of the corporate limits of the City of Harrisonville, Missouri, to
the east boundary line of the corporate limits of the City of Harrisonville,
Missouri; thence north along the east boundary line of the corporate
limits of the City of Harrisonville, Missouri, to the extension of
Meadowlark Drive; thence west along Meadowlark Drive to Brookridge
Drive; thence north on Brookridge Drive to Ridgewood Road; thence
west along Ridgewood Road to Pheasant Road; thence south on Pheasant
Road to Quail Street; thence west on Quail Street to Meadowlark Drive;
thence northwesterly on Meadowlark Drive to Bird Avenue; thence south
on Bird Avenue to East South Street; thence west on South Street to
the point of beginning.
