Appointed officials shall serve in their respective offices
at the will of the Board of Trustees unless otherwise provided by
ordinance. Compensation shall be as provided by ordinance.
A.
For organizational and management purposes, the various operations
of the Village shall be divided into five (5) departments as follows:
1.
Administrative Department. The Administrative Department shall consist
of the clerical, support and administrative functions in the Village
Hall General Administrative offices, including the positions of Village
Clerk, Violations Bureau Clerk and such additional personnel as may
be assigned to the said offices from time to time. The Village Clerk
shall be head of the Administrative Department and shall supervise
and be responsible for day-to-day management of the affairs of the
Department and assignment of duties and responsibilities among the
workforce.
2.
Finance Department. The Finance Department shall be responsible for
the preparation and implementation of the Village budget, the investment
and safeguarding of Village funds, payment of financial obligations
of the Village, preparation for and cooperation in audits of Village
financial affairs, and the preparation of such periodic reports as
may be required. The Financial Department shall consist of the Village
Treasurer and Budget Officer. The Village Treasurer shall be the head
of the Finance Department.
3.
Public Works Department. The Public Works Department shall consist
of the street maintenance, public property maintenance, public works,
and public improvements functions of the Village, including the Street
Department and such additional employees as may be employed in that
Department from time to time. The Public Works Director shall be head
of the Public Works Department.
4.
Zoning And Building Department. The Zoning and Building Department
shall consist of the zoning administration and enforcement, building
and construction permitting, Health Code enforcement, and Building,
Electrical, and Housing Code enforcement functions of the Village,
including the Building Commissioner, the Building Inspector and Code
Enforcement Officer of the Village. The Building Commissioner shall
be head of the Zoning and Building Department.
B.
The duties of such officers, in addition to those prescribed by law,
shall be those customarily performed by such others in like municipalities
in Missouri and such as are from time to time fixed and prescribed
by this Board.
A.
For
purposes of this Section, the term "expenses" shall refer only to
expenses actually and necessarily incurred in the performance of the
official business of the Village. The term "employee" shall include
all persons employed by the Village and all elected and appointed
officials.
B.
Any
employee incurring any expense as defined in this Section and seeking
reimbursement of same may submit to the Village Clerk a voucher certified
as being true and correct. The Village Clerk shall review such expense
vouchers and shall authorize reimbursement to the employee of only
those expenses properly incurred.
C.
The
Village Clerk may authorize the advance payment of projected expenses
when the projected expenses to be incurred would pose a financial
burden on the employee. If such an advance is authorized, within ten
(10) days after such expenses are actually incurred the employee shall
submit to the Village Clerk a voucher for the expenses actually and
necessarily incurred and any balance of the advance remaining after
expenditure.
The Village shall obtain a bond with good and sufficient surety
in any sum not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) to ensure
faithful performance according to law by the Marshal, Treasurer and
the Village Collector.
A.
Selection.
The Board of Trustees shall select some qualified individual to serve
as Village Clerk, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of
Trustees. The Village Clerk shall receive such compensation as may
be fixed by ordinance from time to time.
B.
Duties.
The Village Clerk shall have the following duties:
1.
To have charge and custody of the Seal, ordinances and other records,
papers and documents entrusted to his/her care and keeping by the
Board of Trustees;
2.
To attend to such correspondence as may be required;
3.
To keep the journal of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees and
to enter therein the "yeas" and "nays" of the members of each bill
presented for passage as an ordinance;
4.
To attest each ordinance passed by subscribing his/her name on the
face thereof;
5.
To issue and attest all warrants ordered by the Board;
6.
To act as head of the Administrative Department of the Village; and
7.
In general, to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by
law or ordinance or as directed by the Board of Trustees.
C.
Duties
— Assessment Of Property. The Village Clerk shall have charge
of procuring a lawful and proper assessment of property within the
Village for purposes of providing revenue for Village purposes in
the manner herein provided. It shall be the Chairman's duty, within
twenty (20) days after the date of the final adjournment of the Board
of Equalization, to see that there is procured from the Clerk of the
County Commission of Callaway County, and that the same be immediately
transmitted to the Board of Trustees, a certified abstract from the
County assessment books, as corrected by the County Board of Equalization
of all property within the Village made taxable by law, which abstract
shall by the Board of Trustees be accepted, taken and considered as
the lawful and proper assessment on which to levy and collect the
taxes of the Village. Upon receipt of such abstract, the Board of
Trustees shall by ordinance establish the rate of tax for the year
within constitutional limits.
A.
Selection.
The Board of Trustees shall select some qualified individual to serve
as Village Treasurer, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Trustees. The Village Treasurer shall receive such compensation
as may be fixed by ordinance from time to time.
B.
Duties.
It shall be the duty of the Village Treasurer to collect, receive
and safely keep all monies, warrants, bonds and other property belonging
to the Village and entrusted to his/her care, and to deliver the same
to any successor in office; to act as head of the Village Finance
Department; to pay over all monies, bonds and property of the Village
only on warrant ordered by the Board of Trustees, signed by the Chairman,
issued and attested by the Village Clerk and having the Seal of the
Village affixed thereto; to keep in proper books a full, accurate
and complete account of all monies or the other property received
and disbursed by the Treasurer in his/her official capacity, showing
the date of each transaction, the persons from whom received or to
whom paid and on what account so received and disbursed; to issue
receipts to every person making payment of money to the Village and
file a duplicate of same with the Village Clerk; to make written report
to the Board of Trustees at each monthly meeting or whenever required,
showing the amount on hand and the items of receipts and disbursements
since the previous report; to make annual report in writing showing
receipts and expenditures for the previous year and the specific amount
on hand, to the Board of Trustees at its first regular meeting in
April; and to give bond to the Village of Kingdom City in the amount
agreed upon and in the manner approved by the Board, the cost of which,
if any, shall be paid by the Village.
A.
Selection.
The Board of Trustees shall select some qualified individual to serve
as Village Collector, who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Trustees. The Village Collector shall receive such compensation
as may be fixed by ordinance from time to time.
B.
Duties
Of Collector. It shall be the duty of the Village Collector to collect
and enforce the payment of all taxes lawfully assessed in the manner
and under the same rules and regulations as may be provided by law
for collection and enforcement of the payment of State and County
taxes, and to annually make out and return, under oath, to the Board
of Trustees, a list of delinquent taxes remaining due and uncollected
on the first day of January of each year, to be known as the "delinquent
list," the amount of which as approved by the Board of Trustees, after
examination and a finding that such taxes are property returned as
delinquent, shall be credited on the account of the Collector; and
the Board of Trustees shall cause said delinquent list or a certified
copy thereof to be placed in the hands of the County Collector for
collection as other delinquent taxes are collected, and take his/her
receipt therefor.
C.
Pay
Over To Treasurer. The Village Collector shall pay over the taxes
collected to the Village Treasurer, at the times and in the manner
provided by law for the payment of County taxes to the County Treasurer,
and shall make the same statements and settlements for such taxes
with the Board of Trustees and at the same time as may be provided
by law for statements and settlements with the County Court for County
taxes, and all taxes shall bear the same rate of interest, and the
same penalties shall attach to the non-payment of such taxes when
due as may be provided by law in the case of County taxes, and the
same shall be a lien on the property described in such tax bill.
D.
Special
Taxes. It shall be the duty of the Village Collector to collect and
enforce the payment of any special taxes, fees, dues, licenses and
other obligations owing to the Village which may be levied by the
Board of Trustees, or which he/she may be directed to collect by the
Board of Trustees from time to time.
E.
Bond.
The Village Collector, before entering on the duties of that office,
shall give bond payable to the Village of Kingdom City in the amount
agreed upon and in the manner approved by the Board of Trustees, conditioned
that the Collector will faithfully perform the duties of office according
to law; the cost of which, if any, shall be paid by the Village.
A.
Selection.
The Board of Trustees shall select some qualified individual to serve
as Public Works Director who shall serve at the pleasure of the Board
of Trustees. The Public Works Director shall receive such compensation
as may be fixed by ordinance from time to time.
B.
Duties.
It shall be the duty of the Public Works Director to direct, supervise
and be in charge of work and equipment, subject to the Board of Trustees
given in references to opening, maintaining, cleaning and repairing
of all streets, roads, alleys, sewers, drains, bridges, sidewalks,
parkways, trees, lawns and public places in the Village of Kingdom
City. The Director shall make inspections and see that the streets,
alleys, sewers, drains, bridges, sidewalks, parkways, trees, lawns
and public places are maintained and kept in good condition and free
from obstructions and defects which might impair their free and open
use by the public or result in injury to persons or property. The
Public Works Director shall be head of the Public Works Department
and as directed through the Board of Trustees or as required by the
ordinances provide, erect and maintain all street signs and traffic
signs and markings.
C.
Powers.
The Public Works Director shall have power in emergencies to employ
help in the performance of any of his/her duties until the next regular
meeting of the Board of Trustees, and shall certify to the Board the
wages agreed to be paid such employees for such approval and payment.
D.
Attend
Meetings. The Public Works Director shall attend regular meetings
of the Board of Trustees unless excused by the Chairman of the Board
and shall also attend other meetings when requested to do so. He/she
shall, monthly or as requested, report in writing to the Board of
Trustees setting out the receipt and disbursements for the Road Department
for the preceding period. He/she shall report on the work of his/her
Department and any needed work to be done with his/her recommendation
thereon. He/she shall report and recommend the employment or dismissal
of employees of his/her department and with reference to the wages
of salaries to be paid as may be authorized by the Board of Trustees.
E.
Subject
To Direction Of Board. The Public Works Director shall perform such
other duties as may be required by law or ordinance as directed by
the Chairman and Board of Trustees and shall see that the directions
of the Chairman and Board and all ordinances relative to streets,
sewers, alleys, bridges, drains, parkways, trees, lawns and public
places are obeyed and enforced.
A.
Selection
And Qualifications. The Board of Trustees shall select some qualified
individual to serve as Village Attorney who shall serve at the pleasure
of the Board of Trustees. The Village Attorney shall receive such
compensation as may be fixed by ordinance from time to time. The Village
Attorney shall be a lawyer licensed to practice in the courts of the
State of Missouri.
B.
Duties.
The Village Attorney shall, when requested, attend the meetings of
the Board of Trustees, advise the various Village officers, committees
and boards upon legal questions pertaining to their respective duties
for the Village, draw ordinances, deeds, releases, assessments, contracts,
bonds and other documents relating to municipal affairs, and represent
the Village in all litigation in the courts and before the Public
Service Commission.
A.
May
Combine Offices. The Board of Trustees may, if they find it convenient
to do so, appoint the same person to the office of Village Clerk and
Village Collector.
B.
Compensation
Of Combined Office. In the event of the same person holding two (2)
or more offices as above outlined, the total compensation for the
performance of his/her duties in such offices shall be as approved
by the Board of Trustees.
[Ord. No. 110, 3-8-2011]
A.
The Board of Trustees of the Village of Kingdom City, Missouri, a
political subdivision as defined in Sections 70.600 through 70.755,
RSMo. (2000), as amended, hereby elects to become a participating
political subdivision of the Missouri Local Government Employees Retirement
System, and thereby provide retirement benefits to all its eligible
general employees under Benefit Program L-1; and
B.
Elects that one hundred percent (100%) of prior employment be considered
for prior service credit in calculating benefits and contributions
to LAGERS, and further elects that employees employed in positions
normally requiring one thousand five hundred (1,500) hours of work
a year, provided such employees are not members of another governmental
retirement plan or otherwise excluded from membership in LAGERS by
State law; and
C.
Elects to have the final average salary of its employee members determined
over a sixty-consecutive-month period; and
D.
Elects to require employees who become members of LAGERS to pay no
employee contributions to LAGERS; and
E.
Elects the regular retirement age for all eligible employees; and
F.
The Village Clerk is hereby authorized and directed to deduct from
the wages or salaries of each employee member, the employee contributions,
if any, required by Section 70.705, RSMo. (2000), and to promptly
remit such contributions to LAGERS, along with the employer contributions
required by Sections 70.705 and 70.730, RSMo. (2000), as amended.
It is understood there is no statutory provision for a participating
political subdivision to terminate its membership under LAGERS.
G.
Participation as a LAGERS political subdivision will commence on
the first day of April, 2011.
