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 (1st) Tuesday in April of each year.
B.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal
election of the qualified voters of the City of Gerald shall be held
for the purpose of electing a Mayor and one (1) Alderman from each
Ward who shall hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, and
until their successors are elected and qualified.
C.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday in April of even-numbered years, a municipal
election of the qualified voters of the City of Gerald shall be held
for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from each Ward, who shall
hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, and until their successors
are 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 fifteenth (15th)
Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the eleventh (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.
The City Clerk shall on or before the sixteenth (16th) Tuesday
prior to an 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 newspaper of general circulation
in the City.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Gerald, County
of Franklin, 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
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) 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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Signed:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______,
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City Clerk
City of Gerald
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The County Clerk, as the designated election authority, by State
Statute, shall conduct all City elections.
In City elections, conducted by the County Clerk, the City Clerk
shall notify the County Clerk prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th)
Tuesday prior to any City election or within seven (7) days after
the candidates names are certified, whichever is later, of the forthcoming
City election. 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 written notice shall be executed on behalf of the Board of Aldermen
by the Mayor of the Board, and shall include the attestation of the
City Clerk and shall have affixed thereto the Seal of the City of
Gerald.
[Ord. No. 207 §§2 —
3, 10-14-1976; Ord. No.
503 §§1 — 2, 11-8-2001]
A.
All
citizens living East of Main Street and North of Industrial Drive
West of Highway Y and as far East as the corporate limits of the City
of Gerald shall be considered to be residing in Ward 1.
B.
All
citizens living West of Main Street and South of Industrial Drive
and as far West as the corporate limits of the City of Gerald shall
be considered to be residing in Ward 2.
