[CC 1976 §105.010; Ord. No. 564 §§1—5, 10-9-1951]
A.
It
is hereby declared to be the policy and purpose of this City to extend,
at the earliest date, to all eligible employees and officials of said
City who are not excluded by law, and whether employed in connection
with a governmental or proprietary function of said City, the benefits
of the system of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance, as authorized
by the Social Security Act Amendments of 1950, and by Senate Committee
Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the
State of Missouri and amendments thereto, as the same may be now and
hereafter in effect.
B.
The
Mayor and City Clerk of the City are hereby authorized and directed,
on behalf of the City, to prepare, execute and submit to the Office
of Administration, Division of Accounting of the State of Missouri,
as State Agency of the State of Missouri, a plan and agreement for
extending said benefits to said eligible employees and officials of
this City, in the form prepared by the State Agency and hereby approved
and adopted by the Board of Aldermen of the City, which plan and agreement
are to become effective upon approval thereof by the State Agency,
and the said Mayor and City Clerk are further authorized and directed
to execute agreements and modifications and amendments thereof with
said State Agency, providing for the extension of said benefits to
said employees and officials as set forth in said plan and agreement
to provide that said extension of benefits is to be effective on January
1, 1951.
C.
Commencing
on the first (1st) day of the month following the date of the approval
of the plan and agreement of this City by the State Agency, there
shall be deducted from the wages of all employees and officials of
the City, to whom the benefits of said system of Federal Old-Age and
Survivors Insurance are extended, by virtue of the plan and agreement
hereinbefore provided for, the amount of each of said employees' and
officials' contributions, as determined by the applicable State and
Federal laws and by said plan and agreement, the aggregate amount
of said deductions to be paid into the Contributions Fund created
by Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General
Assembly of the State of Missouri; provided however, that from the
wages paid to each of said employees and officials during the months
of October, November and December of 1951, and after the benefits
of said system have been extended to such employees and officials
there shall be deducted a sum equal to the amount which would have
been due and payable from such of said employees and officials had
said extension of benefits been provided and effective on January
1, 1951.
D.
Commencing
on the first (1st) day of the month following the date of the approval
of the plan and agreement of this City by the State Agency, there
is hereby authorized to be appropriated from Municipal Revenue Funds
of the City, and there is, and shall be, appropriated the sum or sums
of money necessary to pay the contributions of the City, which shall
be due and payable by virtue of the extension of the benefits of the
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance System to the eligible employees
and officials of said City, said sum or sums of money to be paid into
the Contributions Fund created by Senate Committee Substitute for
Senate Bill No. 3 of the 66th General Assembly of the State of Missouri;
provided however, that in making the first payment to said Contributions
Fund after the benefits of said system have been extended to such
employees and officials, said first payment shall include a sum equal
to the amount which would have been due and payable had said extension
of benefits been provided and effective on January 1, 1951. The fund
from which said appropriation is made will, at all times, be sufficient
to pay the contributions of the City by this paragraph directed to
be paid to said Contributions Fund.
E.
The
City, from and after the approval of the plan and agreement of this
City by the State Agency, shall fully comply with, and shall keep
such records, make such reports and provide such methods of administration
of said plan and agreement as may be required by all applicable State
and Federal laws, rules and regulations, now and hereafter in effect
with respect to the extension of the benefits of the Federal Old-Age
and Survivors Insurance System to the employees and officials of this
City. For the purpose of administering said plan and agreement, the
City Clerk of this City shall be the official who shall make all required
reports, keep all records, and be responsible for the administration
of said plan and agreement on behalf of the City, and any and all
notices and communications from the State Agency to the City with
respect to said plan and agreement shall be addressed to "City of
Shrewsbury, City Clerk, City Hall, 5200 Shrewsbury Avenue, Shrewsbury,
63119, Missouri."
[CC 1976 §105.020; Ord. No. 1830 §1, 7-23-1991; Ord. No. 1893 §1, 8-10-1993; Ord. No. 1945 §1, 6-28-1994; Ord. No. 2006 §1, 8-8-1995; Ord. No. 2059 §1, 8-27-1996; Ord. No. 2112 §1, 8-12-1997; Ord. No. 2165 §1, 8-14-1998; Ord. No. 2215 §1, 8-12-1999; Ord. No. 2262 §1, 8-15-2000; Ord. No. 2290 §1, 8-14-2001; Ord. No. 2323 §1, 8-27-2002; Ord. No. 2366 §1, 8-27-2003; Ord. No. 2410 §1, 8-24-2004; Ord. No. 2505 §1, 8-22-2007; Ord. No. 2540 §1, 8-14-2008; Ord. No. 2567 §1, 8-11-2009; Ord. No. 2671 §1, 8-14-2012; Ord. No. 2730 §1, 8-13-2013; Ord. No. 2782 §1, 9-9-2014; Ord. No. 2966, 8-13-2019; Ord. No. 2987, 7-14-2020; Ord. No. 3012, 8-10-2021; Ord.
No. 3083, 11-14-2023]
A.
Declaration Of Policy. The proper operation of municipal
government requires that public officials and employees be independent,
impartial, and responsible to the people; that government decisions
and policy be made in the proper channels of the governmental structure;
that public office not be used for personal gain; and that the public
have confidence in the integrity of its government. In recognition
of these goals, there is hereby established a procedure for disclosure
by certain officials and employees of private financial or other interests
in matters affecting the City.
B.
Conflicts of Interest. The Mayor or any member of
the Board of Aldermen who has a substantial personal or private interest,
as defined by State law, in any bill shall disclose on the records
of the Board of Aldermen the nature of his/her interest and shall
disqualify himself/herself from voting on any matters relating to
these interests.
C.
Disclosure Reports. Each elected official, the City
Administrator and the Purchasing Agent shall disclose the following
information by May 1 if any such transactions were engaged in during
the previous calendar year:
1.
For such person, and all persons within the first degree of
consanguinity or affinity of such person, the date and the identities
of the parties to each transaction with a total value in excess of
five hundred dollars ($500.00), if any, that such person had with
the political subdivision, other than compensation received as an
employee or payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the political
subdivision, and other than transfers for no consideration to the
political subdivision; and
2.
The date and the identities of the parties to each transaction
known to the person with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars
($500.00), if any, that any business entity in which such person had
a substantial interest, had with the political subdivision, other
than payment of any tax, fee, or penalty due to the political subdivision
or transactions involving payment for providing utility service to
the political subdivision, and other than transfers for no consideration
to the political subdivision.
3.
The Mayor, City Administrator and the Purchasing Agent also
shall disclose by May 1 for the previous calendar year, the following
information:
a.
The name and address of each of the employers of such person
from whom income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more was received
during the year covered by the statement;
b.
The name and address of each sole proprietorship that he/she
owned; the name, address and the general nature of the business conducted
of each general partnership and joint venture in which he/she was
a partner or participant; the name and address of each partner or
co-participant for each partnership or joint venture unless such names
and addresses are filed by the partnership or joint venture with the
Missouri Ethics Commission; the name and address and general nature
of the business conducted of any closely held corporation or limited
partnership in which the person owned ten percent (10%) or more of
any class of the outstanding stock or limited partnership units; and
the name of any publicly traded corporation or limited partnership
that is listed on a regulated stock exchange or automated quotation
system in which the person owned two percent (2%) or more of any class
of outstanding stock, limited partnership units or other equity interests.
c.
The name and address of each corporation for which such person
served in the capacity of a director, officer or receiver.
D.
Filing Of Reports. The reports, in approved format,
shall be filed with the City Clerk and the Missouri Ethics Commission.
The reports shall be available for public inspection and copying during
normal business hours by the City Clerk.
E.
Financial Interest Statement (When Filed). The financial
interest statement shall be filed at the following times, but no person
is required to file more than one (1) financial interest statement
in any calendar year:
1.
Each person appointed to office as listed in Subsection (C) above shall file the statement within thirty (30) days of such appointment or employment.
2.
Every other person required to file a financial interest statement
shall file the statement annually not later than May 1, and the statement
shall cover the calendar year ending the immediately preceding December
31, provided that any elected official may supplement the financial
interest statement to report additional interests acquired after December
31 of the covered year until the date of filing of the financial interest
statement.
[CC 1976 §105.030; Ord. No. 1068 §1, 10-12-1971]
The Mayor and City Clerk acting for and in behalf of the City,
are hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the County of
St. Louis, Missouri, for the purpose of participating in a Public
Employment Program in St. Louis County as authorized by the recently
enacted Federal Emergency Employment Act of 1971.
[CC 1976 §105.040; Ord. No. 950 §§1—2, 1-29-1968; Ord. No. 1707 §1, 8-18-1987]
A.
The
City of Shrewsbury, a City of the Fourth Class, is a "political
subdivision" as defined in Sections 70.600 through 70.755,
RSMo., and hereby elects to have covered by the Missouri Local Governmental
Employees Retirement System all of its eligible full-time employees
in the following classes: general employees, Firemen and Policemen;
said employees in all classes shall include those presently employed
by said City and those which may be hired in the future.
B.
The
City of Shrewsbury elects as follows:
1.
To adopt a change in the contributions from covered employees, changing
to the requirement of no contributions from covered employees in accordance
with the provisions of Sections 70.705 and 70.730, RSMo.
2.
To adopt a change in the method of determining a member employee's
final average salary, changing to a thirty-six (36) consecutive-month
period for determining a member employee's final average salary in
accordance with Sections 70.600 and 70.656, RSMo.
3.
To adopt a change in the Benefit Program of member employees, changing
to Benefit Program L.T.-5 (1¼% plus ¾ Temporary).
[CC 1976 §105.060; Ord. No. 1556 §§1—4, 10-9-1984]
A.
Purpose. In order for the City of Shrewsbury to assure
that all programs it undertakes are established in a manner which
assures that all residents of the City of Shrewsbury have an equal
opportunity to participate or utilize such programs regardless of
their handicapped status, the following procedure is adopted for the
processing of alleged complaints of discrimination on the basis of
handicapped status.
B.
Filing Of Complaint. Any person who believes that they
have been discriminated against because of handicapped status shall
have the right to file a written complaint of said discrimination
with the Administrative Assistant to the Mayor.
C.
Procedure.
1.
The Administrative Assistant to the Mayor shall within ten (10) days
of the receipt of alleged complaint cause a meeting to occur with
the complainant to determine all details of the incident. The complainant
may request that any witnesses to the alleged incident be present
to offer corroboration to the complaint.
2.
The Administrative Assistant to the Mayor shall make a written record
of all information given at this meeting and shall provide said record
to the Board of Aldermen at its next regularly scheduled meeting.
3.
At its next regular meeting the Board of Aldermen shall review the
record prepared and submitted by the Administrative Assistant to the
Mayor, and shall make a determination as to the validity of the complaint.
4.
If it is then determined that the complaint is valid the Board of
Aldermen shall make adjustments to the program or service to assure
that the discriminatory policy is discontinued.
D.
Employment. The City of Shrewsbury will not discriminate
in the hiring, promotion, disciplining or removal of any City employee
on the basis of handicapped status. The City of Shrewsbury has adopted
an Affirmative Action Plan, copies of which shall be available for
public inspection at City Hall during regular working hours.
[Ord. No. 2020 §1, 12-12-1995]
The City is hereby authorized to adopt an Alcohol and Controlled
Substance Testing Policy as outlined in Exhibit A, on file in the
office of the City Clerk, and made part hereof as though fully set
out herein.
