[CC 1990 § 2-26; Ord. No. 13 § 2, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 199 § 3, 10-17-1988; Ord. No. 350 § 3, 9-18-1989]
The Mayor shall receive compensation at the rate of twelve thousand dollars ($12,000.00) per year, to be prorated as and paid on the same basis as members of the City Council.
[CC 1990 § 2-27; Ord. No. 11 § 1, 6-1-1988]
The Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years and he/she shall be the president of the City Council as is provided by Statute.
[CC 1990 § 2-28; Ord. No. 11 § 2, 6-1-1988]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she is at least thirty (30) years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Chesterfield at the time of and for two (2) years preceding his/her election. When two (2) or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for the office of Mayor, the matter shall be determined by the City Council.
[CC 1990 § 2-29; Ord. No. 11 § 3, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 2964; 7-17-2017]
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City and shall be recognized as the official head of the City by the Governor for all legal purposes. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and all ceremonial occasions. The Mayor shall preside over the City Council but shall not vote except in case of a tie in said Council, when he/she shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that he/she shall have no such power to vote in cases when he/she is an interested party.
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State Law Reference: Similar provisions, § 78.560, RSMo.
[CC 1990 § 2-30; Ord. No. 11, § 4, 6-1-1988]
Before entering upon the duties of his/her office, the Mayor shall give a bond with sureties to be approved by the City Attorney conditioned upon the faithful performance of his/her duties in the sum of at least six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or such higher sum as may be directed by the City Council or required by State statute. He/she shall take the oath of office prescribed by statute and shall receive as compensation the sum established by City Council.
[CC 1990 § 2-31; Ord. No. 11 § 5, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 3030, 1-23-2019]
In the case of a temporary absence of the Mayor or disability to perform the duties of his/her office, the President Pro Tem of the Council shall perform the duties of Mayor until the Mayor shall return or such disability be removed; and during the time the President Pro Tem of the Council shall act as Mayor, the President Pro Tem shall receive the same compensation that the Mayor would be entitled to. In case of vacancy other than a temporary absence or disability, the person exercising the office of Mayor shall cause a new election to be held; provided, when a vacancy occurs within six months of a municipal election, no election shall be called to fill such vacancy.
[CC 1990 § 2-32; Ord. No. 11 § 6, 6-1-1988]
Every bill presented to the Mayor and returned to the Council with the approval of the Mayor shall become an ordinance and every bill presented as aforesaid but returned with his/her objections thereto shall stand reconsidered. The Council shall cause the objections of the Mayor to be entered upon the journal and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the Mayor thereto notwithstanding?" Pursuant to Section 77.270, RSMo., as amended, the votes on this question shall be taken by "yeas" and "nays" and the names entered upon the journal and if two-thirds (2/3) of all the members elect shall vote in the affirmative, the President Pro Tem shall certify the fact on the roll and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the Clerk and shall become an ordinance in the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the approval of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by the City Council and shall also possess the power to approve all or any portion of the general appropriation bill or to veto any item or all of the same provided that should he/she neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his/her objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Council, the same shall become a law without his/her signature.
[CC 1990 § 2-33; Ord. No. 11 § 7, 6-1-1988]
The Mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or order of the Council which calls for or contemplates the expenditure of the revenues of the City. Pursuant to Section 77.280, RSMo., as amended, such vetoes shall be noted upon the journal of the Council and shall be effective and binding unless the Council, at a subsequent meeting thereof, general or special, shall pass said resolution or order by a vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all the members elected to the Council.