[Ord. No. 7 §1, 5-12-1966]
One Alderman shall be elected annually from each ward to hold
office for a term of two (2) years, provided, however, that no person
shall be elected a member who does not possess the qualifications
as set out in this Code or other ordinances of this City and who is
not a resident of the ward from which he/she is elected.
[Ord. No. 7 §2, 5-12-1966; Ord. No. 30.1 §§1-2, 4-11-1966]
A. The Board
of Aldermen shall consist of six (6) members, two (2) from each ward,
elected as provided for by the laws of the State of Missouri, and,
this Code or other ordinances of this City, and possessing all the
qualifications as provided for therein.
B. The Board
of Aldermen of the City of Lake Tapawingo, Missouri, shall meet regularly
in the Board room of the Lake Tapawingo Office and City Hall in regular
session on the first Thursday night in each month, at the hour of
7:00 P.M. Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two
(2) members of the Board of Aldermen, but such call shall designate
the time and place of such meeting.
C. At the
time of the first meeting in the month of April each year following
the annual election, the Board of Aldermen shall organize, and shall
elect one of their members as Acting President of the Board of Aldermen,
who shall preside over the Board meetings and perform all the duties
of the Mayor in the absence of the Mayor as in the laws of the State
of Missouri provided.
D. The majority
of the Board of Aldermen elected shall constitute a quorum to do business,
but a lesser number may adjourn from time to time; provided, however,
that the Board of Aldermen may adjourn to any given date for such
extra adjourned meeting; neither the Mayor nor members of the Board
of Aldermen shall receive any additional compensation for adjourned
or special meetings.
[Ord. No. 7 §3, 5-12-1966; Ord. No. 7.1 §1, 5-12-1966]
Each member of the Board of Aldermen shall receive for his/her
services a sum to be set by ordinance from time to time.
[Ord. No. 7 §4, 5-12-1966]
A. At all
meetings of the Board of Aldermen the following officers are expected
to be present, to-wit: Mayor, six (6) members of the Board of Aldermen,
and City Clerk. The following officers are expected to be present
when requested by the Mayor: City Treasurer, City Collector, Municipal
Judge, City Attorney, and City Street Commissioner and City Physician,
if appointed, ready to report on their several departments when called
on, but only the Board of Aldermen, and the Mayor in case of a tie
in the Board of Aldermen, shall be entitled to vote on a proposition.
Neither shall any person be permitted to discuss any question before
such Board without the consent of the majority of the members of the
Board of Aldermen.
B. The Board of Aldermen shall have the right to go into closed sessions as provided by Chapter
610 of the Missouri Statutes and to establish any rules of procedure before them that they shall deem fit and proper.
C. The Board
of Aldermen shall semi-annually each year, in July and January, make
out and spread upon their records a full and detailed account and
statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the
City for the half year ending with the last day of the month immediately
preceding the date of such report, which account and statement shall
be published in some newspaper in the City.
D. The Board
of Aldermen shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings, and
the ayes and nays shall be entered on any question at the request
of any two (2) members. The Board of Aldermen may prescribe and enforce
such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction
of its business.
E. The Board
of Aldermen shall, within a reasonable time after the assessor's books
of each year are returned, ascertain the amount of money to be raised
thereon for general and other purposes, and fix the annual rate of
levy therefor by ordinance.
F. The Mayor
and Board of Aldermen shall have the care, management and control
of the City and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain
any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution and laws
of this State, and such as they shall deem expedient for the good
government of the City, the preservation of peace and good order,
the benefit of trade and commerce and the health of the inhabitants
thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify
or repeal the same.
G. The Mayor
shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of Aldermen, but shall
not vote on any question except in case of a tie, nor shall he/she
preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested party. He/she
shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers and affairs
of the City, and shall take care that this Code or any of the ordinances
of the City, and the State laws relating to such City, are complied
with.
H. Every
bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented to the Mayor
and by him/her approved shall become an ordinance, and every bill
presented as aforesaid, but returned with the Mayor's objections thereto,
shall stand reconsidered. The Board of Aldermen shall cause the objections
of the mayor to be entered at large 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?" The vote on this question shall be taken by ayes
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
City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified
shall be deposited with the proper officer, 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 Board of Aldermen; 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 Board of Aldermen, the same shall become a law without his/her
signature.
I. The Board
shall approve all official bonds.
J. The Board
shall order the issuance of all warrants on the treasury only after
ascertaining that there are such funds in the treasury to meet such
warrants.
K. The Board
shall by ordinance fix all licenses, penalties, provide for all levies
and collection of taxes, and perform all duties required of them by
law and so fixing penalties for neglect or refusal to comply with
any such ordinance; and further, when indebtedness is authorized by
the qualified voters, the Board shall provide by levy such money for
the payment of interest on said indebtedness and a sinking fund to
retire the same.
[Ord. No. 7 §5, 5-12-1966]
If any regular meeting of this Board should fall on a legal
holiday, then the regular meeting of this Board shall be held on the
day following such legal holiday.