[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The corporate powers of the inhabitants hereby incorporated
under the name and style of the Mayor, Board of Aldermen and citizens
of the City of Platte City shall be vested in and expressed by a Board
of Aldermen to consist of two (2) members from each ward to be elected
by the qualified voters of said City of Platte City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002; Ord. No. 1469 §1, 4-27-2006]
A.
No
person shall be a member of the Board of Aldermen unless he/she be
a citizen of the United States, over the age of twenty-one (21) years
and shall have resided within the City limits for one (1) year next
preceding his/her election and be a bona fide resident at the time
he/she files and during the time he/she serves of the Ward for which
he/she is elected.
B.
If
the Alderman shall, after his/her election, move from the ward from
which he/she was chosen, his/her office shall be thereby vacated.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A.
No
person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least twenty-five (25) years
of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of the City
at the time of and for at least one (1) year next preceding his/her
election.
B.
The
Mayor shall sign all commissions and appointments of City Officers
elected or appointed; shall approve all official bonds unless otherwise
provided by ordinance; shall sign all orders and warrants drawn on
the City Treasury for money. He/she shall have power to call every
male inhabitant of the City over the age of eighteen (18) years and
under the age of fifty (50) years to aid in enforcing the laws and
shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, grant reprieves and
pardons for offenses arising under the ordinances of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A.
The
Board of Aldermen shall, at the first (1st) meeting after the City
election in April of each year, elect one (1) of their own number
who shall be styled "Acting President of the Board of Aldermen" and
who shall serve for a term of one (1) year.
B.
When
any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death, resignation,
removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to qualify or
from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of the Board of
Aldermen shall for the time being perform the duties of Mayor with
all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction of the Mayor until
such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed or, in case of
the temporary absence of the Mayor, until the Mayor's return.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The salary of the Mayor shall be as set by the Board from time
to time.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A.
The
Presiding Officer of the Board of Aldermen shall be the Mayor or,
in his/her absence, the Acting President of the Board of Aldermen.
B.
The
Mayor shall have the following duties:
1.
He/she shall preserve strict order and decorum at all regular and
special meetings of the Board.
2.
He/she shall state every question coming before the Board, announce
the decision of the Board on all subjects and decide all questions
of order subject, however, to an appeal to the Board, in which event
a majority vote of the Board shall govern and conclusively determine
such question of order.
3.
The Mayor shall not vote on any question, except in case of tie,
nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases wherein he/she is interested.
4.
He/she shall sign all ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Board
during his/her presence, unless vetoed in accordance with the provisions
of this Code.
C.
In
the event of the absence of the Mayor, the Acting President of the
Board shall sign ordinances and resolutions as then adopted and shall
perform all other duties of the Presiding Officer herein set forth.
[CC 1992 §100.130]
The style of the ordinances shall be as follows: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Platte City, Missouri, as
follows:".
[CC 1992 §100.140; R.O. 1979 §2.010]
Ordinances shall be introduced and sponsored by a member of
the Board of Aldermen; except, that the Mayor, City Administrator
or the City Attorney may present ordinances to the Board, and any
member of the Board may assume sponsorship thereof by moving that
such ordinances be adopted or otherwise such ordinances shall not
be considered. No ordinance or Section thereof shall be amended or
repealed unless the new ordinance contains the title of the ordinance
or Section amended or repealed and, when practicable, all ordinances
shall be introduced as amendments to existing ordinances or Sections
thereof.
[CC 1992 §100.150; R.O. 1979 §2.020]
A.
No
ordinance shall be passed except by bill and no bill shall become
an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members
elected to the Board of Aldermen shall vote for it and the "ayes"
and "nays" be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall
be introduced to the Board of Aldermen in writing and shall be read
by title or in full two (2) times prior to passage. Both readings
may occur at a single meeting of the Board of Aldermen. If the proposed
ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance
shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the
bill is under consideration by the Board of Aldermen. No bill shall
become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the Mayor or
the person exercising the duties of the Mayor's office or shall have
been passed over the Mayor's veto as herein provided.
B.
Every
bill 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 stated above, but returned with the Mayor's objections thereto,
shall stand reconsidered. The Board 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 the
following form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the Mayor
thereto notwithstanding?" The vote on this question shall be taken
by "ayes" and "nays", the names entered upon the journal and if two-thirds
(⅔) of all members of the Board shall vote in the affirmative,
the City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll. The bill thus certified
shall be deposited with the proper officer and shall become an ordinance
in the same manner and with the same effect as if it had received
the approval of the Mayor.
C.
The
Mayor shall have the power to sign or veto any ordinance passed by
the Board of Aldermen; provided that if he/she neglects or refuses
to sign any ordinance and return such ordinance with his/her objections,
in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen,
such ordinance shall become a law without his/her signature.
[CC 1992 §100.160; R.O. 1979 §2.030]
All ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen, except when
otherwise specifically provided, shall take effect and be in force
from and after their final passage.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The Board of Aldermen shall keep a journal of its proceedings
and the "ayes" and "nays" of the members voting on any question shall
be entered therein at the request of any two (2) members.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002; Ord. No. 1614 §1, 2-24-2009; Ord. No. 1615 §1, 3-11-2009; Ord. No. 1631 §1, 8-26-2009]
A.
Standing
committees shall be as follows:
Economic Development Committee
Personnel Committee
Public Works Committee
Public Safety Committee
B.
The
membership of the Public Works and Public Safety Committees shall
consist of three (3) Aldermen appointed by the Mayor, the City Administrator
and the department head or other designated official. The Mayor of
the City of Platte City may serve as an ex officio member.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The Mayor shall appoint the members of the Personnel and Finance
Committee, Public Works Committee, Public Safety Committee and such
other committees as may be provided in this Code with the advice and
consent of the Board of Aldermen. Such committee members shall possess
such qualifications and knowledge of the particular area in which
they shall serve as the Mayor may deem appropriate and advisable.
The compensation to be paid to the committee members, if any, shall
be fixed by resolution by the Board of Aldermen. The duties of such
committee members shall be fixed by the Sections of this Code pertaining
to such committee.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A.
Regular
meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be held at such time and place
as shall be designated by resolution of the Board of Aldermen, which
resolution shall be passed by a majority vote of the members of the
Board of Aldermen at a meeting at which all members of the Board of
Aldermen are present in person. There shall be at least one (1) regular
meeting of the Board of Aldermen each calendar month.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A majority of the Board of Aldermen shall constitute a quorum
to do business but a smaller number may meet and adjourn from day
to day and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner
as the Board may prescribe.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The Board may determine the rules of their proceedings and punish
their members for disorderly conduct.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A.
The
Mayor, or in his/her absence the Acting President of the Board, shall
take the Chair precisely at the hour appointed for the meeting and
shall immediately call the Board to order. In the absence of the Mayor
and the Acting President, the City Clerk or his/her assistant shall
call the Board to order, whereupon a Temporary Chairman shall be elected
by the members of the Board present. Upon the arrival of the Mayor
or Acting President, the Temporary Chairman shall immediately relinquish
the Chair upon the conclusion of the business immediately before the
Board.
B.
Conduct
of the meeting shall include the following:
1.
Before proceeding with the business of the Board of Aldermen, the
City Clerk or his/her Deputy shall call the role of the members and
the names of those present shall be entered in the minutes.
2.
A majority of all members elected to the Board of Aldermen shall
constitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting of the Board.
No business shall be transacted at any regular or special meeting
unless a quorum is present.
3.
The Board of Aldermen shall, by resolution, establish the order in
which business of the Board shall be brought before the Board for
consideration and disposition at each meeting.
4.
Unless a reading of the minutes of the Board of Aldermen's meeting
is requested by a member of the Board, such minutes may be approved
without reading if the City Clerk had previously furnished each member
with a synopsis of the minutes.
5.
Decorum before the Board of Aldermen shall be maintained; no member
of the Board shall, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt
the proceedings or the peace of the Board or disturb any member while
speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the Board or its Presiding
Officer. All persons attending any meetings shall refrain from personal,
impertinent or slanderous remarks or boisterous conduct. Any person
indulging in such conduct shall be forthwith, by the Presiding Officer,
barred from further audience before the Board unless permission to
continue shall be granted by the majority vote of the Board.
C.
The
following rules of debate shall be observed by the Mayor and the Board
members:
1.
The Mayor or such other member of the Board of Aldermen as may be
presiding may move, second and debate from the Chair, subject only
to limitations of debate as are imposed by this Article on all members
of the Board. No Alderman shall be deprived of any of the rights and
privileges of an Alderman by reason of his/her acting as the Presiding
Officer.
2.
Every member desiring to speak shall address the Chair and, upon
recognition by the Presiding Officer, shall confine himself/herself
to the question under debate.
3.
A member, once recognized, shall not be interrupted when speaking
unless it shall be to call him/her to order or as otherwise provided
in this Article. If a member, while speaking, is called to order,
he/she shall cease speaking until the question of order is determined
and, if in order, he/she shall be permitted to proceed.
4.
A member of the Board moving the adoption of an ordinance or resolution
shall have the privilege of closing the debate.
5.
A motion to reconsider any action taken by the Board may be made
only on the day such action was taken. It may be made either immediately
during the same session or at a recessed or adjourned session thereof.
Such motion shall be made by one (1) of the prevailing side, but may
be seconded by any member. Such motion may be made at any time and
shall have precedence over all other motions or while a member has
the floor and it shall be debatable. Nothing herein shall be construed
to prevent any member of the Board from making or remaking the motion
to reconsider or any other motion at a subsequent meeting of the Board.
6.
A member of the Board may request, through the Presiding Officer,
the privilege of having an abstract of his/her statement on any subject
under consideration by the Board entered in the minutes. If the Board
consents thereto, such statement shall be entered in the minutes.
7.
The City Clerk may be directed by the Presiding Officer, with the
consent of the Board of Aldermen, to enter in the minutes a synopsis
of the discussion on any question coming regularly before the Board.
8.
Any member of the Board of Aldermen shall have the right to have
the reasons for his/her dissent from or protest against any action
of the Board entered in the minutes.
D.
When
a quorum is present at any regular or special meeting, any resolution
or motion shall be passed by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen.
Unless a member of the Board of Aldermen states that he/she is not
voting, his/her silence shall be recorded as an affirmative vote.
A motion to adjourn shall always be in order and decided without debate.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002; Ord.
No. 1978, 8-22-2023]
A.
The
Platte City Board of Aldermen is committed to public discourse that
is respectful, civil and courteous as it conducts City business. This
is the expectation of Board Members, City Staff as well as the public
that participates in Board meetings and the process of governance.
The Board values the input and participation of the public regarding
issues within the community, or on specific items that come before
the Board for consideration.
B.
Each
person addressing the Board of Aldermen shall give their name and
address in an audible tone of voice for the records and, unless further
time is granted by the Board, shall limit their address to three (3)
minutes. All remarks shall be addressed to the Board or Committee
as a body and not to any member thereof. No questions shall be directed
to an Alderman or Committee Member except through the Presiding Officer.
No person, other than the members of the Board and the person having
the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either
directly or through a member of the Board, without permission of the
Presiding Officer.
1.
The Board of Aldermen or Appointed Committee establishes, on each
agenda, a maximum period of time for public comments to not exceed
thirty (30) minutes at regularly scheduled meetings, however it is
optional and therefore not mandatory.
