[Ord. No. 942 § 1, 8-16-1983]
The Carrollton Police Department shall be under the direction
and management of a Board of Directors consisting of five (5) members
to be chosen from the citizens of the Town of Carrollton, at large,
with reference to their fitness and for such office; and no members
of the municipal government or the Volunteer Fire Department or the
Police Department or the Street and Sewer Departments shall be a member
of said board.
[Ord. No. 942 § 2, 8-16-1983]
The members of the Board of Directors shall be a politically
non-partisan board appointed by the Council of the Town of Carrollton;
they shall hold office for a term of three (3) years each; or until
their successors are appointed and qualified; with each member given
the privilege of re-appointment subject to the approval of the Town
Council for a consecutive three-year term. Thereafter, that person
shall not serve until the expiration of a period of three (3) years
whereupon said person may be re-appointed to the Board. The Council
may remove any director for misconduct or negligence of duty. All
Board actions are subject to final Council approval.
[Ord. No. 942 § 3, 8-16-1983]
Vacancies in said Board of Directors occasioned by removal,
resignation, death or otherwise shall be reported to the Council and
be filled in like manner as original appointments, and no director
shall receive compensation as such. Any person appointed by the Council
to fill any vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the term
to which is predecessor was appointed. Any person so appointed may,
at the expiration of said vacancy appointment, be re-appointed by
the Council to one (1) full three-year term.
[Ord. No. 942 § 4, 8-16-1983]
The Board of Directors shall make and adopt such bylaws and
regulations for its own guidance and for the government of said Police
Department as may be expedient and consistent with the laws of the
State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 942 § 5, 8-16-1983]
The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once a month
at the time and place to be fixed by said Board and shall hold additional
meetings upon the call of the President of the Board and shall do
all things necessary to carry out the powers and duties of said Board.
[Ord. No. 942 § 6, 8-16-1983]
The directors shall immediately, after the first day of October
of each year, meet and organize by electing one member president,
and by electing such the officers as they may deem necessary.
[Ord. No. 942 § 7, 8-16-1983]
The Board of Directors shall make, on or before the first Tuesday
in January of each year, an annual report to the Council stating the
condition of their trusts on the first day of January of that year,
the various sums of money received by them and its source and how
much monies have been expended and for what purposes, and the balance
of money on hand as of that time; and at the first meeting in October,
the Board shall present to the Council their estimated budget setting
out their estimate of the funds necessary to satisfactorily operate
and maintain the Police Department for the coming calendar year.
[Ord. No. 942 § 8, 8-16-1983]
The Board of Directors shall work in close cooperation with
duly acting Chief of Police of Carrollton, consulting him/her when
deemed necessary, for the welfare of the Police Department and the
Town of Carrollton.
[Ord. No. 942 § 9, 8-16-1983]
No director appointed for a full term, a partial term or to
fill any vacancy existing, shall receive any compensation for serving
as such.
[Ord. No. 1168 § 1, 5-18-2015]
The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this Article,
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section, except where
the context clearly indicates a different meaning:
- UNCLAIMED PERSONAL PROPERTY
- Any motor vehicle or other personal property which has been impounded or otherwise comes into the possession of the Police Department, and after a reasonable effort to locate the owner of such property, the owner cannot be found or fails and refuses to claim such property, and such property has been in the continued possession of the Police Department for at least thirty (30) days.
[Ord. No. 1168 § 2, 5-18-2015]
A.
Officers of the Town Police Department are hereby authorized to commence
actions in the Circuit Court of the County pursuant to RSMo. 195.140
and 195.146, for the forfeiture of properties as set out in those
statutes.
B.
The Town Police Department is hereby authorized to request the retention
of and to retain property forfeited pursuant to the Criminal Activity
Forfeiture Act, RSMo. 513.600 et seq. Any property retained, and a
statement of its value, must be reported to the Town Administrator
and the Mayor in writing.
C.
The Town Police Department is hereby authorized to request the transfer
to it of property forfeited pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(e)
and 19 U.S.C. § 1616(c) if it is eligible for such a transfer,
and to do such acts necessary to make such a request. Copies of all
such requests must be given to the Town Administrator and Mayor in
writing. Disbursements of money must be made to the Finance Director/Treasurer,
who will place the money in a special fund for the use of the Town
Police Department in its official functions. Any property retained,
and a statement of its value, must be reported to the Town Administrator
and the Mayor in writing.
[Ord. No. 1168 § 3, 5-18-2015]
[Ord. No. 1168 § 4, 5-18-2015]
The Town Clerk shall cause notice of any auction sale under
this Article to be published in any legal newspaper at least seven
(7) days prior to such sale.
[Ord. No. 1168 § 5, 5-18-2015]
The proceeds of any auction sale of unclaimed personal property
shall be deposited to the general revenue of the Town as additional
budgeted funds for the Police Department.
[Ord. No. 1168 § 6, 5-18-2015]
The Chief of Police shall file with the Town Clerk within ten
(10) days following any sale under this Article an itemized list of
all property sold, the sale price and the name of the purchaser.
