[R.O. 1996 § 110.010; 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 from which he/she
is elected.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.020]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.030]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.040]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.050]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.055; 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.060]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.070]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.080]
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 (2/3) 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.090]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.100]
The Board of Aldermen shall semiannually
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.110]
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 an ordinance violation.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.120]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.130]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.140]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.150]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.160]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.170; 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
extended 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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.180]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.190]
A quorum of the Board of Aldermen
shall consist of a majority of the full membership of the Board of
Aldermen.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.200]
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.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.210]
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.
