[Ord. No. 2007-22 §2, 11-13-2007]
The City Council shall be composed of one (1) Councilperson
from each Ward; and in the absence of the Mayor, shall be presided
over by the President Pro Tempore.
[Ord. No. 2007-16 §4, 8-14-2007]
No person shall be Councilperson unless he/she is at least twenty-one
(21) years of age prior to taking office, a citizen of the United
States and an inhabitant of the City for one (1) year next preceding
his/her election and a resident of the ward from which he/she is elected
six (6) months next preceding his/her election. No person shall be
elected to any office who shall be in arrears to the City for any
unpaid taxes or forfeiture or for any deficit while in office.
[Ord. No. 2008-03 §3, 1-8-2008]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least thirty (30)
years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of such
City at the time of and for two (2) years next preceding his/her election.
A person who has served as Mayor for two (2) consecutive four (4)
year terms is not qualified to serve a third (3rd) consecutive term
as Mayor.
[Ord. No. 2007-22 §4, 11-13-2007]
At the first (1st) regular meeting of the City Council after
the election in each year, which meeting shall occur at the time fixed
by ordinance, but shall not be later than the fourth (4th) Tuesday
in April, the Council shall elect one (1) of its members President
Pro Tem who shall hold his/her office for the term of one (1) year
and who, in the absence of the Mayor, shall preside at the meetings
of the Council; provided that in the absence of the Mayor and President
Pro Tem, the Council may select one (1) of its members present to
preside at such meetings, who shall be styled "Acting President Pro
Tem".
The Mayor and Council 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.
The Mayor shall be President of the Council and shall preside
over same, but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said Council,
when he/she shall cast the deciding vote; but provided however, that
he/she shall have no such power to vote in cases when he/she is an
interested party. He/she shall have the superintending control of
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.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify or otherwise, nominations of a successor may be made by any
member of the Council and selected with the consent of a majority
of the members of the Council. The Council may adopt procedures to
fill any such vacancy consistent with this Section. In the case of
a temporary absence of the Mayor or disability to perform the duties
of his/her office, the President Pro Tem of the Council shall perform
the duties of Mayor until the Mayor shall return or such disability
be removed; and during the time the President Pro Tem of the Council
shall act as Mayor, the President Pro Tem shall receive the same compensation
that the Mayor would be entitled to.
[CC 2001 §2.08.110; Ord. No. 1.03 §14, 9-14-1953]
A resignation by a member of the City Council shall be addressed
to the Mayor.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Council of the City of Bonne Terre, Missouri, 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 Council shall vote therefor and the "ayes" and "nays"
shall be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be
introduced to the Council 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 Council. 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 Council. No bill shall become an ordinance until it shall have
been signed by the officer presiding at the meeting of the Council
at which it shall have been passed. When so signed, it shall be delivered
to the Mayor for his/her approval and signature or his/her veto.
Every bill presented to the Mayor and returned to the Council
with the approval of the Mayor shall become an ordinance and every
bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with his/her objections
thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The Council 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 votes on this question shall be taken by "yeas"
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 President 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 City Council and shall also
possess the power to approve all or any portion of the general appropriation
bill or to veto any item or all of the same; 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 Council, the same shall become a law without his/her signature.
[Ord. No. 2008-03 §8, 1-8-2008]
The Mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or
order of the Council which calls for or contemplates the expenditures
of the revenues of the City. Such vetoes shall be noted on the journal
of the Council and shall be effective and binding unless the Council,
at a subsequent session thereof, general or special, shall pass said
resolution or order by a vote of three-fourths (¾) of all the
members elected to the Council.
The Council shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings
and the "ayes" and "nays" of the members shall be entered on any question
at the desire of any two (2) members. The Council may prescribe and
enforce such rules as may be necessary to secure the attendance of
its members and the expeditious transactions of its business.
The Council shall publish a full and detailed statement of the
receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the City at the end
of each fiscal year and six (6) months after the end of each fiscal
year in a newspaper of general circulation in the City. Each such
statement shall be for the six (6) month period preceding the date
of the statement.
The Council shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses
and the production of papers relating to any subject under consideration
in which the interest of the City is involved and shall have power
to call on the proper officer of the City, or of the County in which
such City is located, to execute such process. The officer making
such service shall be entitled to receive therefor such fees as are
allowed by law for similar service, to be paid by the City. The President
of the Council or President Pro Tem shall have power to administer
oaths to witnesses.
The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the Council
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 sign the commissions and appointments of all
City Officers elected or appointed in the City and shall approve all
official bonds.
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 have power to remit fines and forfeitures and
to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under 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 the City by reason of any prosecution under the laws or ordinances
of said City.
[Ord. No. 2008-03 §§14 — 18, 1-8-2008]
A.
City Council Committees. The City Council shall form the
following committees: the Economic Development Committee, the Senior
Center Coordination Committee, the Planning, Zoning and Fair Housing
Committee, the Parks Committee, the Library Committee, the Historical
Committee, and any other committee proposed to the City Council, either
formally or informally, and the creation of which is thereafter approved
by the Mayor and a majority of the members elected to the City Council.
These committees shall act as working committees of the City Council
and shall meet on an as-needed basis to consider items and issues,
conduct investigations and make recommendations to the City Council
as a whole.
[Ord. No. 201516, 10-14-2015; Ord. No. 201726, 9-11-2017; Ord. No. 201924, 6-10-2019; Ord. No. 202215, 9-12-2022]
B.
Composition Of Committees, Qualifications Of Members. All
committees shall consist of a minimum of one (1) member of the Bonne
Terre City Council who shall have been appointed by the Mayor and
approved by the City Council. The Mayor and City Administrator shall
serve as non-voting, ex officio members of all committees. No member
of the City Council shall be appointed to any committee where there
is either a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of
interest.
C.
Responsibility Of Committees. The City Council shall periodically
review the functions of the various committees and shall adopt guidelines
as to their operations and responsibilities. The committees shall
be limited in their responsibilities to carrying out the functions
necessary to meet the guidelines which shall be periodically adopted.
In no case shall any committee interfere in the daily operation of
any department nor by-pass the accepted chain of command regarding
operational matters without specific approval/direction of the Mayor
or of the City Council as a whole.
D.
Removal Of Committee Members — Vacancy — How Filled. Once appointed and approved, a member of a committee shall serve
their entire term unless removed for cause. No member may be removed
for cause without first having a hearing by the City Council as a
whole. Vacancies on any committee shall be filled by appointment by
the Mayor with approval of the City Council for the uncompleted term
only.
E.
Method Of Appointment — Term. The Mayor shall appoint
or reappoint all members of all committees with the approval of a
majority of the City Council not later than the second (2nd) regular
Council meeting of the new business year each year. Members shall
serve for a term of not less than one (1) year and until their successors
are appointed and approved.
[CC 2001 §2.08.030; Ord. No. 1.03 §4, 9-14-1953; Ord. No. 1.03A §1, 5-11-1965; Ord.
No. 1.03B §1, 1-12-1993; Ord. No. 1.03C §1, 11-16-1993; Ord. No. 1.03D §1, 1-17-1996; Ord. No. 1.03E §1, 2-12-1998]
A.
The
regular meeting night of the City Council shall be held on the second
(2nd) Monday of each month at 6:00 P.M.
B.
When
the regular meeting night (second Monday of each month) falls on a
holiday, the meeting will be moved to the next Monday, same time and
location.
[Ord. No. 201308 §1, 11-18-2013]
[CC 2001 §2.08.040]
The City Council may hold adjourned meetings at any time which
shall to all intents and purposes be continuations of the meetings
of which they are adjournments and the same proceedings may be held
as at the meeting of which they are adjournments.
[CC 2001 §2.08.050; Ord. No. 1.03 §7, 9-14-1953]
A majority of the City Council shall constitute a quorum and
it is necessary that a quorum be present before any business is transacted.
[CC 2001 §2.08.060; Ord. No. 1.03 §8, 9-14-1953]
The Mayor or any two (2) of the Council may call a special meeting
at any time by notifying all the members of the Council twenty-four
(24) hours in advance, at which meeting any and all business shall
be transacted as at regular meetings.
[CC 2001 §2.08.070; Ord. No. 103 §9, 9-14-1953]
Every regular or special meeting of the City Council shall be
held in a municipal building in the City and shall be open at 6:00
P.M. unless a different hour shall be specified by rule or resolution
of the City Council.
