All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 414 §1, 5-11-2011]
A.
A municipal
election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the
first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of each
year.
B.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Lake Waukomis shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor, Collector
and one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold their office for
a term of two (2) years and until their successors are elected and
qualified.
C.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Lake Waukomis shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman
from each ward and a Municipal Judge who shall hold their offices
for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are elected
and qualified.
D.
(Reserved)
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general City election shall file with the City
Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M. on the 17th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 14th Tuesday prior to the next
City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate at said election. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent
record of the names of the candidates, the offices for which they
seek election, and the date of their filing, and their names shall
appear on the ballots in that order.
A.
No
person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office in
the State of Missouri who has been found guilty of or pled guilty
to a felony under the Federal laws of the United States of America
or to a felony under the laws of this State or an offense committed
in another state that would be considered a felony in this State.
B.
Any
person who files as a candidate for election to a public office shall
be disqualified from participation in the election for which the candidate
has filed if such person is delinquent in the payment of any State
income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property
taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or if the person is a past or present corporate officer of any fee
office that owes any taxes to the State.
C.
Each
potential candidate for election to a public office shall file an
affidavit with the Department of Revenue and include a copy of the
affidavit with the declaration of candidacy required under Section
115.349, RSMo. Such affidavit shall be in substantially the form as
set out in Section 115.306, RSMo.
D.
Upon
receipt of a complaint alleging a delinquency of the candidate in
the filing or payment of any State income taxes, personal property
taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence,
as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or if the person is a past
or present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes
to the State, the Department of Revenue shall investigate such potential
candidate to verify the claim contained in the complaint. If the Department
of Revenue finds a positive affirmation to be false, the Department
shall contact the Secretary of State, or the election official who
accepted such candidate's declaration of candidacy, and the potential
candidate. The Department shall notify the candidate of the outstanding
tax owed and give the candidate thirty (30) days to remit any such
outstanding taxes owed which are not the subject of dispute between
the Department and the candidate. If the candidate fails to remit
such amounts in full within thirty (30) days, the candidate shall
be disqualified from participating in the current election and barred
from refiling for an entire election cycle even if the individual
pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the subject of the complaint.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the 17th Tuesday prior to
any election at which City offices are to be filled by said election,
notify the general public of the opening filing date, the office or
offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the closing
filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished
by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation in the City.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF PLATTE
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Lake Waukomis,
County of Platte, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter; that I do
hereby declare myself a candidate for the office of ____________________________,
to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on the first
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April, ______, and I
meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said office,
and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot
for said election for said office and state that I will serve as such
officer, if elected.
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Signed:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of __________________,
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City Clerk
City of Lake Waukomis
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Election
Board prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any
City election except as noted in Section 115.125, RSMo. The notice
shall be in writing, shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling
the election, the purpose of the election, the date of the election,
and shall include a certified copy of the legal notice to be published
including the sample ballot. The notice and any other information
required by Section 115.125, RSMo., may, with the prior notification
to the election authority receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile
transmission prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior
to the election, provided that the original copy of the notice and
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published shall be received
in the office of the election authority within three (3) business
days from the date of the facsimile transmission.
[CC 1974 §§7-1 — 7-3; Ord.
No. 3 §§1-301 — 1-303, 2-8-1958]
A.
The
City shall be and is hereby declared to be divided into two (2) wards,
to be known as "First Ward" and "Second Ward".
1.
First Ward. All that part of the City constituting
blocks A, B, C and lots A and B of block D and lots 34 to 58 inclusive
of block D and all unplatted portions lying north and east and adjacent
to such blocks and lots described in this Section (all lying and being
in the subdivision known as Lake Waukomis) shall be and is hereby
declared to be the First Ward.
2.
Second Ward. All that part of the City constituting
blocks G, F, E and all that part of block D which shall include lots
1 to 33 inclusive and lots 59 to 80 inclusive of block D, together
with all of the land lying south and adjacent to such lots and blocks
described in this Section (all lying and being in the subdivision
known as Lake Waukomis), shall be and is hereby declared to be the
Second Ward.