The Board of Aldermen shall elect a City Clerk, who shall serve
for an indefinite term at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen.
The City Clerk may be removed from office as provided in RSMo.
79.240 (1979).
In the event of a vacancy in such office, the Mayor with the
consent of the majority of the Board of Aldermen shall appoint a duly-qualified
individual to serve in that capacity.
A.
The City Clerk shall, in addition to other duties which are or may
be required of him by this Code or other ordinance, attend all meetings.
1.
He or she shall have the custody of the books, records, papers and
documents belonging to the City.
2.
He or she shall prepare all certificates of election or appointment
of the City officers, and deliver the same to the persons elected
or appointed.
3.
He shall countersign all City bonds, warrants, drafts and orders
upon the treasury for money, and shall see that all ordinances appropriating
money out of the treasury are endorsed by the treasurer before passage,
and shall affix thereto the seal of the City and keep a record thereof
showing the number, date and amount thereof, the name of the person
to whom, and on what account issued, and when redeemed.
4.
He shall record the certificates, oaths and bonds of all the City
officers.
5.
He shall keep an index of the records of proceedings of the Board
of Aldermen.
6.
He shall prepare blank licenses for all purposes for which licenses
are required to be issued, and when required, shall cause the same
to be issued, signing his name and affixing the seal of the City thereto,
and shall keep an account with the collector for such licenses and
the amount of the license tax thereon.
7.
He shall furnish without delay to any person, when called upon during
business hours to do so, certified copies of any records, books, or
papers which are in his custody, for which services a reasonable fee
to be set by City ordinance may be charged, and which shall be paid
by the person demanding such certified copy into the treasury of the
City.
The salary of the City Clerk shall be such as from time to time
the Board of Aldermen shall fix as a certain amount per month payable
by warrant on the City treasury.
Upon temporary disability or inability of the City Clerk to perform his duties as set forth in this Code or other ordinances of the City due to illness, absence from the City or other cause, the Board of Aldermen shall in the same manner as the City Clerk is appointed as set forth in § 21.400, proceed to appoint a temporary City Clerk who shall have the same powers and duties as the regular City Clerk and shall hold office until the disability of the City Clerk is removed.
No person shall be eligible to the office of City Clerk who
is not 21 years of age, a citizen of the United States, and should
be an inhabitant and resident of the City for at least one year next
before his or her appointment; nor shall any person be appointed City
Clerk who is in arrears of any tax, lien, forfeiture or defalcation
in office.
