[Ord. No. 832 § 1, 1-12-2017]
No person shall be an Alderman unless he/she is at least eighteen
(18) years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant
and resident of the City for one (1) year next preceding his/her election,
and a resident, at the time he/she files and during the time he/she
serves, of the ward which he/she is elected.
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least twenty-five
(25) years of age, a citizen of the United States, a registered voter
and a resident of the City at the time of and for at least one (1)
year next preceding his/her election.
The Board shall elect one (1) of their own number who shall
be styled "Acting President of the Board of Aldermen" and who shall serve for a term of one (1) year.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of
the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties
of Mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction
of the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed;
or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of the City shall have the care,
management and control of the City and its finances, and shall have
power to enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to
the Constitution and laws of this State, and such as they shall deem
expedient for the good government of the City, the preservation of
peace and good order, the benefit of trade and commerce and the health
of the inhabitants thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations
as may be deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to
alter, modify or repeal the same.
[Ord. No. 530 §1, 2-13-2003; Ord.
No. 751 §1, 9-11-2014]
A.
The Mayor shall appoint annually, at the first regular meeting following
the April election, or as soon thereafter as practicable, standing
committees consisting of two (2) Board of Aldermen members for the
following committees:
[Ord. No. 842 § 1, 6-8-2017]
B.
Department heads shall communicate all matters to come before the
full Board of Aldermen through their respective committee members.
The Mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of
Aldermen, but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie,
nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested
party. He/she shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers
and affairs of the City, and shall take care that the ordinances of
the City, and the State laws relating to such City, are complied with.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Gerald, as follows:" No ordinance
shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become an ordinance
unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the
Board of Aldermen shall vote for it, and the "ayes" and "nays" be
entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced
to the Board of Aldermen in writing and shall be read by title or
in full two (2) times prior to passage, both readings may occur at
a single meeting of the Board of Aldermen. If the proposed ordinance
is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made
available for public inspection prior to the time the bill is under
consideration by the Board of Aldermen. No bill shall become an ordinance
until it shall have been signed by the Mayor or person exercising
the duties of the Mayor's office, or shall have been passed over the
Mayor's veto, as herein provided.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Section 1 of Res. No. 2017-29 states
as follows: “The above recitals are incorporated as though fully
set forth in this Section One.” The “above recitals”
refers to the “whereas” clauses of this resolution, which
provided, in part, for the adoption of a procedure stating that the
introduction and first reading of a proposed ordinance would occur
at the same meeting of the Board of Aldermen, but the second reading
would occur at the following meeting of the Board. The full text of
this resolution is on file in the City offices.
Every bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented
to the Mayor and by him/her approved shall become an ordinance, and
every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with the Mayor's objections
thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The Board of Aldermen shall cause
the objections of the Mayor to be entered at large upon the journal,
and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which
shall be in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the
Mayor thereto notwithstanding?" The vote on this question shall be
taken by "ayes" and "nays" and the names entered upon the journal,
and if two-thirds (⅔) of all the members-elect shall vote in
the affirmative, the City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll,
and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the proper officer,
and shall become an ordinance in the same manner and with like effect
as if it had received the approval of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have
power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen;
provided, that should he/she neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance
and return the same with his/her objections, in writing, at the next
regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the same shall become a
law without his/her signature.
The Board of Aldermen shall cause to be kept a journal of its
proceedings, and the "ayes" and "nays" shall be entered on any question
at the request of any two (2) members. The Board of Aldermen may prescribe
and enforce such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious
transaction of its business.
The Board of Aldermen shall semi-annually each year, in July
and January of each year, make out and spread upon their records a
full and detailed account and statement of the receipts and expenditures
and indebtedness of the City for the half year ending with the last
day of the month immediately preceding the date of such report, which
account and statement shall be published in some newspaper in the
City.
In the event the financial statement of the City is not published as required by Section 110.100 hereof, the City Treasurer shall not pay out any money of the City on any warrant or order of the Board of Aldermen after the end of the month in which such financial statement should have been published until such time as such financial statement is published. If the City Treasurer violates the provisions of this Section he/she shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to
any subject under consideration in which the interest of the City
is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officers of
the City, or of the county in which such City is located, to execute
such process. The officer making such service shall be allowed to
receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court
for similar services, to be paid by the City. The Mayor or Acting
President of the Board of Aldermen shall have power to administer
oaths to witnesses.
The Mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all
City Officers elected or appointed in the City, and shall approve
all official bonds unless otherwise prescribed by ordinance.
The Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws
and ordinances for the government of the City, and he/she shall cause
all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect
or violation of duty; and he/she is hereby authorized to call on every
male inhabitant of the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under
fifty (50), to aid in enforcing the laws.
The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the Board
of Aldermen such measures as may, in his/her opinion, tend to the
improvement of the finances, the police, health, security, ornament,
comfort and general prosperity of the City.
The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, and
to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under the ordinances
of the City; but this Section shall not be so construed as to authorize
the Mayor to remit any costs which may have accrued to any officer
of said City by reason of any prosecution under the laws or ordinances
of such City.
[Ord. No. 721 §1, 4-25-2013; Ord. No. 747 §1, 7-8-2014; Ord.
No. 849 § 1, 7-13-2017]
A.
The regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Gerald
shall be held on the second Thursday of each month at the hour of
6:30 P.M. at City Hall, 106 East Fitzgerald, effective August 10,
2017.
B.
The regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Gerald
shall end on or before 9:00 P.M. CST/DST, unless by a vote of the
majority of the Board members present.
C.
Exception. When the regular meeting date falls on a nationally observed
holiday, the meeting date will be adjusted accordingly. The City Clerk
shall give appropriate notice to all concerned parties at least twenty-one
(21) days in advance of such occasion.
A.
Special
meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the
Board by written request filed with the City Clerk, who shall thereupon
prepare a notice of such special meeting, stating time, place and
object thereof, which notice shall be served personally or by telephone
upon each member of the Board or left at his/her usual place of residence
at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the meeting and
appropriate notice to the public pursuant to the requirements of Chapter
610, RSMo. It shall also be the duty of the City Clerk, immediately
upon receipt of the request for the meeting, to make diligent effort
to notify each member of the Board in person, either by telephone
or otherwise, of such special session.
1.
The City Clerk shall make a diligent effort to notify those members
of the mass media who customarily attend meetings of the Board of
Aldermen of the special session, in the same manner as described above.
2.
Failure to comply with the requirements of this Section shall not
invalidate any action taken at a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
A quorum of the Board of Aldermen shall consist of a majority
of the full membership of the Board of Aldermen.
In case that a lesser number than a quorum shall convene at
a regular or special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the majority
of the members present are authorized to direct the Chief of Police
or other City Officer to send for and compel the attendance of any
or all absent members upon such terms and conditions and at such time
as such majority of the members present shall agree.
All adjourned meetings of the Board shall, to all intents and
purposes, be continuations of the meetings of which they are adjournments,
and the same proceedings may be had at such adjourned meetings as
at the meeting of which they are adjournments.
