[Adopted 12-8-2015 by Ord. No. 2015-2900[1]]
[1]
Editor's Note: This ordinance also repealed former Ch. 125,
Elections, adopted and/or amended 10-7-1991 by Ord. No. 1.050, as
further amended.
All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo., and any other applicable
law.
A.
A municipal election for the qualified voters of this City shall
be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of each
year.
B.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Greenwood shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor who shall
hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her
successor is elected and qualified.
C.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of odd-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Greenwood shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman
from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2)
years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
D.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in April of even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Greenwood shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman
from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2)
years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 2022-3051, 11-8-2022]
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.
[Ord. No. 2022-3051, 11-8-2022]
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.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the Jackson County
Board of Election Commissioners and Cass County Clerk prior to 5:00
P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any City election except as noted
in Section 115.125.1, 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 this Section 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 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.
[Ord. No. 2021-3033, 11-23-2021]
A.
Ward 1 shall consist of and shall be:
All that part of Sections 26, 27, 28, 33, 34, and 35, Township
47 North, Range 31 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Greenwood,
Jackson County, Missouri, and all that part of Section 3, Township
46 North, Range 31 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Greenwood,
Cass County, Missouri, more particularly described as:
Beginning at the Northwest corner of said Section 28; thence
East, along the North line of Section 28, also along the North line
of said Section 27, also along the North line of said Section 26,
to the East line of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Northeast
1/4 of Section 26; thence South, along said East line, also along
the East line of the West 1/2 of the West 1/2 of the Southeast 1/4
of Section 26, to a point on the North line of the Northeast 1/4 of
said Section 35, also the centerline of Missouri State Highway 150,
as now established; thence East, along said North line, to the East
line of the West 1/2 of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 35; thence South,
along said East line, to the North line of the South 726 feet of the
Northeast 1/4 of Section 35; thence West, along said North line, to
the West line of the Northeast 1/4 of Section 35; thence South, along
said West line, to the Northwest corner of the Southeast 1/4 of Section
35; thence East, along the North line of Southeast 1/4 of Section
35, to the East line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of
the Southeast 1/4 of Section 35; thence South, along said East line,
to the South line of the Northwest 1/4 of the Northwest 1/4 of the
Southeast 1/4 of Section 35; thence West, along said South line, to
the East line of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 35; thence South, along
said East line, to the Southeast corner of the Southwest 1/4 of Section
35; thence West, along the South line of the Southwest 1/4 of Section
35, also along the South line of said Section 34, to a point in the
centerline of Airport Road, as it now exists; thence Southeasterly,
along said centerline, also the Easterly line of a tract described
by deed document #139366 in Book 1699 at Page 97 in the office of
the Recorder of Deeds, Cass County, Missouri, to a point in a line
parallel with and 69 feet South of the North line of said Section
3; thence West, along said line, a distance of 958.32 feet, to the
Southeast corner of said tract; thence North, along the West line
of said tract, a distance of 69 feet, to the South line of Section
34; thence West, along said South line, to the Southwest corner of
Section 34, also the Southeast corner of Section 33; thence North,
along the East line of said Section 33, a distance of 3,980 feet to
the North line of the South half of the Northeast Quarter of Section
33; thence West, along said South line, a distance of 1,330 feet to
the centerline of Allendale Lake Road, as now established; thence
South, along said centerline, to the centerline of Park Drive, as
now established; thence West, along said centerline to the centerline
of South Huntington Drive, as now established; thence North, along
said centerline to the center line of Allendale Drive; thence West,
along said centerline to the centerline of 20th Avenue South; thence
North, along said centerline to a prolongation of the North line of
Lot 56, "Cheyenne Estates 2nd Plat Lots 49 thru 101," as recorded
in Book 56, on Page 16, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Jackson
County, Missouri, said Lot 56 having common address 700 20th Avenue
South; thence West, along said North line, to the East line of "Tract
1" as recorded in a Certificate of Survey in Book 22, Page 73, in
the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Jackson County, Missouri, said
Tract 1 having common address 707 Doc Henry Road; thence South, along
said East line, to the Southeast corner of said Tract 1; thence West,
along the South line of said Tract 1, to the West line of said Section
33, also the centerline of Doc Henry Road, as now established; thence
North, along said West line, also along the West line of said Section
28, to the Point of Beginning.
B.
Ward 2 shall consist of and shall be:
All that part of Section 33, Township 47 North, Range 31 West,
Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Greenwood, Jackson County, Missouri,
and all that part of Sections 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 15 Township 46
North, Range 31 West, Fifth Principal Meridian, City of Greenwood,
Cass County, Missouri, more particularly described as:
Beginning at the Southwest corner of said Section 33; thence
North, along the West line of said Section 33, also the centerline
of Doc Henry Road as now established, to the South line of "Tract
1" as recorded in a Certificate of Survey in Book 22, Page 73, in
the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Jackson County, Missouri, said
Tract 1 having common address 707 Doc Henry Road; thence East, along
said South line, to the Southeast corner of said Tract 1; thence North,
along the East line of said Tract 1 to the North line of Lot 56, "Cheyenne
Estates 2nd Plat Lots 49 thru 101," as recorded in Book 56, on Page
16, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Jackson County, Missouri,
said Lot 56 having common address 700 20th Avenue South; thence East,
along said North line and a prolongation thereof, to the centerline
of 20th Avenue South, as now established; thence South, along said
centerline, to the centerline of Allendale Drive, as now established;
thence East, along said centerline, to the centerline of South Huntington
Drive, as now established; thence South, along said centerline, to
the centerline of Park Drive, as now established; thence East, along
said centerline, to the centerline of Allendale Lake Road, as now
established; thence North, along said centerline, to a point on the
North line of the South half of the Northeast Quarter of Section 33;
thence East, along said South line, a distance of 1,330 feet to the
East line of Section 33; thence South, along said East line, to the
Southeast corner of Section 33, also the Southwest corner of said
Section 34; thence East, along the South line of said Section 34,
also the North line of said Section 3, to the West line of a tract
described by deed document #139366 in Book 1699 at Page 97 in the
Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Cass County, Missouri; thence South,
along said West line, a distance of 69 feet, to the South line of
said tract; thence East, along said South line and parallel with the
North line of Section 3, a distance of 958.32 feet, to a point on
the centerline of Airport Road, as it now exists; thence Southeasterly,
along said centerline, to a point on the North line of the South half
of Lot 2 of the Northeast Quarter of said Section 3; thence East,
along the North line of the South half of said Lot 2, to the Northeast
corner of the South half of West half of said Lot 2; thence South,
along the East line of the West half of Lot 2 of the Northeast Quarter
of said Section 3, to a point on the North line of the South 55 acres
of the East half of Lots 1 & 2 of the Northeast Quarter of said
Section 3; thence East, along the North line of said 55 acres, to
a point on the East line of the Northeast Quarter of said Section
3; thence South, along said East line, to a the Southeast corner of
the Northeast Quarter of Lot 2 of said Section 3, also said point
being the Southwest corner of the Northwest Quarter of Lot 2 of said
Section 2; thence East, along the South line of said Lot 2, to the
Southeast corner of the West half of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 2; thence North, along the East line of the West half of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 2, to a point on the Southwesterly
right-of-way line of the Missouri Pacific Railroad, as now established;
thence Southeasterly, along said railroad right-of-way, to a point
on the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 2; thence
South, along the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section
2, to the Southeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of said Section
2; thence West, along the South line of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 2, to the East line of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest
Quarter of said Section 2; thence South, along said East line, to
the Southeast comer of the Northeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
of said Section 2; thence West along the South line of the Northeast
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 2, to the Southwest
corner thereof; thence South, along the East line of the Southwest
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter to the Southeast corner of said Quarter
Quarter section; thence South and Southeasterly, following along the
centerline of Missouri State Route BB, as now established, to a point
of intersection with the Southeast corner of the Northwest Quarter
of said Section 11; thence North, along the East line of said Northwest
Quarter, to the Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 11; thence East, along the North line of the Northeast Quarter
of said Section 11, to the Northeast corner of said Section 11, also
said point being the Northwest corner of said Section 12; thence South,
along the West line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 12, to
the intersection with the centerline of Big Creek, thence running
Southeasterly and the meanderings thereof along the centerline of
Big Creek, to a point on the Southwesterly right-of-way line of the
Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, as now established, said
land having been sold and conveyed by John C. Gage; thence Southeast,
along the land sold and conveyed by John C. Gage, also being the right-of-way
line of said Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway, to a point of
intersection with the centerline of said Big Creek; thence Southwesterly
and the meanderings thereof along the centerline of Big Creek, to
a point in the bend of said Big Creek; thence Northeast, to a point
on the line between the Southeast and the Southwest Quarters of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 12, said point being 10 rods south
of the line between the Northeast and Northwest Quarters of the Northwest
Quarter of said Section 12; thence East, 10 rods South of the line
between the Northeast and Northwest Quarters of the Northwest Quarter
of said Section 12, to a point on the Southwesterly right-of-way line
of said Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Railway; thence Southeast,
along said right-of-way line, to the Southeast corner of the Northwest
Quarter of said Section 12; thence West, along the South line of the
Northwest Quarter of said Section 12, to a point 21 rods West of the
Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of the Southwest Quarter
of said Section 12; thence Southeasterly in a straight line, to a
point 33 rods South of Northeast corner of the Northwest Quarter of
the Southwest Quarter of said Section 12, on the East line of the
West half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 12; thence South,
along the East line of the West half of the Southwest Quarter, a distance
of 1, 696 feet; thence West, to a point on the West line, 1,696 feet
South of the Northwest corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section
12; thence South, along said West line, to the Southwest corner of
said Section 12, also said point being the Southeast corner of said
Section 11; thence West, along the South line of said Section 11,
to the Southwest corner of said section, also said point being Northeast
corner of said Section 15; thence South, along the East line of said
Section 15, to the Southeast corner of the North half the Northeast
Quarter of said Section 15; thence West, along the South line of said
North half, to the Southwest corner of said North half; thence North,
along the West line of said North half, to the Northwest corner of
the Northeast Quarter of said Section 15, said point also being the
Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 10; thence
West, along the South line of said Section 10, a distance of 34 feet;
thence North, a distance of 579.34 feet; thence South 89 degrees 33
minutes 20 seconds West, a distance of 410.42 feet; thence South 00
degrees 05 minutes 40 seconds East, a distance of 576.16 feet, to
a point on the South line of said Section 10; thence West, along the
South line of said Section 10, to the Southwest corner of the Southeast
Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 10; thence North
84 degrees 06 minutes West, a distance of 244 feet, to the centerline
of the Public Road, as now established; thence North 05 degrees 52
minutes West, along the centerline of said Public Road, a distance
of 1,736 feet; thence North 33 degrees 47 minutes West, along said
centerline, a distance of 627 feet; thence South 84 degrees 08 minutes
East, departing said centerline, a distance of 209.67 feet; thence
North 32 degrees 25 minutes East, a distance of 489.92 feet; thence
East, a distance of 293.92 feet, to the Northeast corner of the West
half of the Southwest Quarter of said Section 10; thence East along
the South line of the Northwest Quarter of said Section 10, to a point
660.0 feet West of the East line of the Northwest Quarter of said
Section 10; thence North, 660.0 feet West and parallel with said East
line, to a point on the North line of said Section 10, also said point
being on the South line of said Section 3; thence East along the South
line of said Section 3, to the Southeast corner of the Southwest Quarter
of the Southeast Quarter of said Section 3; thence North, along the
East line of said Quarter Quarter section, to the Northeast corner
thereof, said point also being on the South line of Government Lot
1; thence West, along the South line of Government Lot 1, to the Southwest
corner of said Lot 1, said point also being on the East line of said
Section 4; thence North along the East line of said Section 4, to
the Southerly line of "Allendale Lake Meadows Lots 1 through 75 and
Tracts A, C, D, E and I," as recorded in Book 20 of Plats, on Page
76, in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds, Cass County, Missouri,
and a prolongation thereof, the following four (4) courses: 1) North
84 degrees 14 minutes 08 seconds West, 1,143.90 feet; 2) North 38
degrees 45 minutes 35 seconds West, 162.96 feet; 3) North 50 degrees
10 minutes 57 seconds West, 76. 20 feet; and 4) North 87 degrees 26
minutes 53 seconds West, 25.00 feet to a point on the West line of
the East 1/2 of Government Lot 2 in the Northeast 1/4 of Section 4;
thence North 02 degrees 33 minutes 07 seconds East, along said West
line, 854.28 feet to a point on the South line of said Section 33;
thence West along said South line, to the Southwest corner of said
Section 33, to the Point of Beginning.
