[R.O. 2013 § 145.010; Ord. No.
89-15 § 1, 6-12-1989]
There is hereby established an advisory commission in the City
of Fredericktown, Missouri, to be known as the "Transportation Tax
Commission."
[R.O. 2013 § 145.020; Ord. No.
89-15 § 2, 6-12-1989]
The Transportation Tax Commission shall be comprised of nine
(9) residents of the City of Fredericktown, Missouri, three (3) from
each ward, and they shall be selected as follows: The Aldermen from
each ward shall nominate and select four (4) persons to serve on the
Commission and shall submit those names within thirty (30) days after
the passage of this Chapter to the Mayor; the Mayor shall thereupon,
with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, appoint three (3) of such
persons so nominated from each ward to serve on the Commission, with
one (1) of the three (3) selected to be for a one-year term; another
person to be for a two-year term; and a third person from each ward
to be for a three-year term (except that the terms shall be measured
from the first Tuesday of April of 1989 and the first Tuesday of April
of each year thereafter). The Mayor shall have the authority to designate
which persons shall have the one-year term, the two-year term and
the three-year term. Within thirty (30) days after the first Tuesday
of April of each year hereafter, the Aldermen from each ward shall
submit a name to the Mayor to serve for the ensuing year for the member
of the Commission whose term has expired, and the Mayor shall, thereupon,
appoint the person so nominated with the approval of the Board of
Aldermen.
[R.O. 2013 § 145.030; Ord. No.
89-15 § 3, 6-12-1989]
The members of the Transportation Commission shall have the
following duties and responsibilities: The three (3) members of each
ward shall, annually at least by August 31, 1989, cause to be made
a survey of the City streets, alleys, and curbs in their respective
wards for the purpose of making recommendation to the City Street
Commissioner and to the Board of Aldermen as to how the respective
ward's share of the Transportation Sales Tax money might best
be used each year. The members of the Commission may hold hearings
for the residents of their respective wards on the subject of how
their share of the transportation tax is to be used, or they may make
their own independent surveys, but in any event, on or before August
31 of each year, the said Commission shall have made its written recommendation
to the City Street Commissioner as to the projects and priorities
recommended by the Commission for use of its share of the tax money.
The Commission shall be entitled to call upon the Street Commissioner
for recommendations, cost estimates and other information to aid them
in formulating their recommendations.
[R.O. 2013 § 145.040; Ord. No.
89-15 §§ 4 — 6, 6-12-1989]
A.
Upon receipt of the Tax Commission's recommendations,
the Street Commissioner shall review the recommendations of the Commission,
and to the extent that is reasonably possible, shall follow the recommendations
of the Commission.
B.
The recommendations of the Commission shall be reviewable
by the Board of Aldermen, who shall to the extent reasonably possible,
follow the recommendations of the Commission.
C.
In the event the decisions of the Street Commissioner,
as approved by the Board of Aldermen, shall be the final decision
and they shall not be bound by the recommendations of said Commission;
but in exercising that final decision, the Board shall continue to
recognize its commitment to give heavy weight and consideration to
the desires of its citizens of each individual ward as to the expenditure
of those funds, as those are expressed through this said Commission.
