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City of Frontenac, MO
St. Louis County
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[Ord. No. 2005-1438 §1, 4-19-2005]
A. 
No person employed by the City, or seeking employment, shall be appointed, promoted, demoted, removed or in any way favored or discriminated against because of age, race, creed, color, marital status, national origin, political opinion or affiliation, religion, sex or handicapped status.
B. 
No person seeking employment or promotion shall either directly or indirectly give, render or pay any money, service or other valuable thing to any person for, or on account of, or in connection with an employment test, appointment, proposed appointment, promotion or proposed promotion.
C. 
No employee of the City shall make any contribution to campaign funds of any candidate for office of Mayor or Board of Aldermen in the City of Frontenac, nor shall any employee campaign for or publicly support the candidacy of any individual for the office of Mayor or Board of Aldermen of the City of Frontenac.
D. 
No employee, either full or part-time, of the City, while on duty or while in uniform that identifies the individual as an employee of the City, shall:
1. 
Canvas on behalf of any candidate, political party or political issue,
2. 
Display a political picture, sticker, badge or button,
3. 
Attend a political rally, fund-raising function or other political gathering,
4. 
Circulate or sign a political petition, or
5. 
Serve as an election judge or clerk.
E. 
No employee of the City shall place, or allow to remain, upon a City vehicle used by the employee in the course of employment, any political picture, sticker, badge or button.
F. 
Nothing in this Section shall be construed to restrict an employee's freedom to express an opinion or exercise the right to vote.
G. 
No employee of the City shall use City equipment, personnel, facilities or resources to promote or help promote any civic, social, business or political candidate, or any non-City of Frontenac purpose, without the expressed written consent of his or her department head or, in the case of an employee who is a department head, without the expressed written consent of the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen.
H. 
No employee of the City shall be allowed to smoke in the City's buildings or vehicles.
I. 
This Section shall apply to all employees of the City, including employees in the classified service and all unclassified employees, as well as all contractual employees and paid consultants. This Section shall not apply to elected officials or residents appointed to serve on City boards, commissions or committees.
[CC 1991 §2-47; Ord. No. 2003-1311 §1, 2-18-2003]
The compensation of the various elected and appointed officers and employees of the City shall be set by the Board of Aldermen by ordinance; provided however, that the salary of an officer shall not be increased during the time for which he/she was elected or appointed unless the duties of that officer have increased by the addition of duties which are not germane or are extrinsic to that office.
Every officer of the City and his/her assistants, and every Alderman, 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 the fourth 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 corporation, 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 moneys 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.
[CC 1991 §2-50]
The duties of the various officers and employees of the City shall be as prescribed by State law, specific provisions of this Code, City ordinances and as required by the Board of Aldermen from time to time.
[CC 1991 §2-51]
Car allowances for City business for officers and employees of the City shall be as established by the Board of Aldermen from time to time.