All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[CC 1989 §8-2]
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 2006
and every four (4) years thereafter, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of Webb City shall be held for the purpose of electing
a Mayor who shall hold his/her office for a term of four (4) years
and until his/her successor is 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
Webb City shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Council
member 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 (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Webb City shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Council
member 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.
E.
Other Elective Officers. On the first (1st) Tuesday in April
of each even-numbered year, there shall be held a general election
in the City for the election of such other elective officers as may
be provided from time to time by this Code or other ordinance of the
City; and all such elective officers shall hold their respective offices
for a term of two (2) years and until their successors shall have
been elected and qualified.
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 sixteenth (16th)
Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the eleventh (11th)
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.
No person shall be a candidate for municipal office unless such
person complies with the provisions of Section 115.346, RSMo., regarding
payment of municipal taxes or user fees.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the sixteenth (16th) 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:
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DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Webb City,
County of Jasper, 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 Webb City
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (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 City Council 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 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 1989 §8-8; Ord. No. 6755 §§1—2, 9-26-1994; Ord. No. 14-016 §§1 –– 2, 11-10-2014]
A.
The
wards, and the boundaries thereof of the City of Webb City, Missouri,
shall be established as follows:
1.
The First Ward shall be comprised of all that part of the City
within the following described boundary: Everything south of a line
starting at Stadium Drive if it were extended to the east City limits
and Madison Avenue to the west; thence south to Aylor Avenue; thence
west to the western City limit if Aylor were extended; thence south
to the intersection of Colonial and Broadway: thence east along Broadway
to the intersection of Webb Street; thence north on Webb Street to
the northern intersection of Webb and Broadway; thence east on Broadway
to Main Street; thence south to the intersection of MacArthur (171
highway) and Main Street; thence east to the City limits.
2.
The Second Ward shall be comprised of all that part of the City
within the following described boundary: Everything south of MacArthur
(171 highway) and east of Madison Avenue to the southern and eastern
City limits.
3.
The Third Ward shall be comprised of all that part of the City
within the following described boundary: Commencing at the southern
intersection of Broadway and Webb Street, thence north along Webb
Street to the northern intersection of Webb and Broadway; thence east
along Broadway to the intersection of Broadway and Main Street; thence
south along Main Street to the intersection of Main and MacArthur;
thence in a westerly direction along the center line of MacArthur
to the intersection of MacArthur and Madison; thence south along Madison
to the intersection of Madison and the southern line of the City limits
(Mount Hope Road); thence west along Mount Hope Road to the western
City limits; thence north along the western City limits to Broadway;
thence in an easterly direction along the center line of Broadway
to the point of beginning.
4.
The Fourth Ward shall be comprised of all that part of the City
within the following described boundary: Commencing at the intersection
of Madison and Stadium Drive, everything north of Stadium Drive to
the eastern City limits if Stadium Drive were extended to the east;
thence from Madison and Stadium Drive South to Aylor Street; thence
west to the western City limits if Aylor were extended; thence north
along the western City limits to the most northern and western points
of the City limits.
