[Ord. No. 2 §1, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 367 §1, 2-17-1969; Ord. No. 546 §§1 — 2, 3-4-1991; Ord. No. 97-18 §1, 12-1-1997; Ord. No. 98-11 §1, 12-7-1998; Ord. No. 00-08 §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 00-09 §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 19-20, 12-2-2019[1]]
The elective officers of the City of Tipton shall be Mayor, City Marshal and Board of Alderpersons. The Mayor and Alderpersons shall hold their respective offices for two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified. The City Marshal shall hold his/her office for four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
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Editor's Note: The office of elected City Collector was abolished by majority vote at the election held 6-2-2020.
[Ord. No. 2 §2, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 98-11 §2, 12-7-1998]
The Mayor by and with the advice, consent and approval of the Board of Alderpersons shall at the first (1st) meeting after each annual election or as soon thereafter as practicable appoint a City Clerk, Deputy City Clerk, Treasurer, Municipal Judge, City Attorney, Superintendent of Public Works, Wastewater Plant Operator, Fire Chief, Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Captain and Fire Lieutenant and such regular and extra Police as the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons may from time to time deem necessary, and such other officers as are or may be provided for by the ordinances of this City.
[Ord. No. 2 §3, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 97-15 §§1 — 2, 10-6-1997]
All officers elected to the offices within this City shall be voters under the laws and constitution of this State and the ordinances of this City and residents of the City. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office, who shall at the time of his/her election or appointment owe the City any delinquent taxes or any forfeiture or be guilty of defalcation in office.
[RSMo. §79.280]
If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the Mayor or the person exercising the duties of the Mayor shall cause a special meeting of the Board of Alderpersons to convene where a successor to the vacant office shall be selected. The successor shall serve until the next regular municipal election. If a vacancy occurs in any office not elective, the Mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the duties of such office until the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Alderpersons thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be permanently filled.
[RSMo. §79.240]
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Board of Alderpersons, remove from office, for cause shown, any elective officer of the City, such officer being first given opportunity, together with his/her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Alderpersons sitting as a board of impeachment. Any elective officer, including the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to the Board of Alderpersons, independently of the mayor's approval or recommendation. The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Board of Alderpersons, remove from office any appointive officer of the City at will, and any such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all the members elected to the Board of Alderpersons, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation. The Board of Alderpersons may pass ordinances regulating the manner of impeachments and removals.
[RSMo. §79.260]
Every officer of the City and his/her assistants, and every Alderperson, 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 this 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 monies 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.
[Ord. No. 2 §§16, 17, 18, 1-31-1921]
A. 
Until otherwise provided, bonds of the following officers shall be in the following sum, to-wit: Superintendent of Public Works, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); City Clerk, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00); Marshal, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); Collector, ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00); Regular or Special Police, five hundred dollars ($500.00); Wastewater Plant Operator, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); Deputy City Clerk, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); Utility Clerk, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00); Mayor, twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00).
[Ord. No. 17-04, 4-10-2017]
B. 
The form of the bond shall be approved by the City Attorney and if approved by him/her in that respect, he/she shall endorse his/her approval thereon in writing. The sufficiency of the security offered on said bond shall be approved by the Mayor, and if the Mayor deem that the security offered is sufficient, he/she shall endorse his/her approval thereon and file said bond with the Clerk.
C. 
When the aforesaid oath and bond have been filed with the City Clerk, the Mayor shall issue a commission to such person, under the Seal of the City; such commission shall bear the signature of the Mayor and be duly attested by the City Clerk, and shall authorize the person receiving same to discharge the duties of the office therein named until his/her successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified.
[Ord. No. 2 §20, 1-31-1921]
All salaries and expense account amounts of officers of the City of Tipton shall be set by the Board of Alderpersons by ordinance from time to time.