[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
There shall be two (2) classifications of officers of the City:
Elective and appointive.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
All officers elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective
office under the City Government shall be voters under the laws and
Constitution of this State and the ordinances of the City except that
appointed officers need not be voters of the City except as may be
provided herein. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office
who shall at the time be in arrears for any unpaid City taxes or forfeiture
or defalcation in office. All officers, except appointed officers,
except as may be provided herein, shall be residents of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The following officers shall be elected by the qualified voters
of the City and shall hold office for a term of two (2) years and
until their successors are elected and qualified: Mayor, Board of
Aldermen and Municipal Judge; provided however, that any person elected
to fill an unexpired term shall hold office only until the expiration
of that term.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the Mayor or the
person exercising the duties of the Mayor shall cause a special meeting
of the Board of Aldermen to convene where a successor to the vacant
office shall be selected by appointment by the Mayor with the advice
and consent of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of
Aldermen. If the vacancy is in the office of Mayor, nominations of
a successor may be made by any member of the Board of Aldermen and
selected with a consent of a majority of the members of the Board
of Aldermen. The successor shall serve until the next regular municipal
election. If a vacancy occurs in any office not elective, the Mayor
shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the duties of such office
until the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen thereafter,
at which time such vacancy shall be permanently filled.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of
the members of the Board of Aldermen, shall have the power to appoint
a City Attorney, Finance Officer, City Collector, City Administrator,
Police Chief, Cemetery Committee, such other committees as the Mayor
or the Board of Aldermen may designate, and other such officers as
the Mayor may be authorized by ordinance to appoint.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A.
Appointive
officers shall be appointed at the first (1st) regular meeting of
the Board after each general election and shall hold their respective
offices for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are
duly appointed and qualified unless otherwise specifically provided
by ordinance or the City Code. All appointments, except those of members
of committees, shall be made by the Mayor with the consent and approval
of the majority of the members of the Board. The Mayor shall appoint
members to the various committees.
B.
The
Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected
to the Board of Aldermen, remove from office, for cause shown, any
elective officer of the City, such officer being first given an opportunity,
together with his/her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Aldermen
sitting as a Board of Impeachment. Any elective officer, including
the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office
by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to the Board
of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected
to the Board of Aldermen, remove from office any appointive officer
of the City at will, and such appointive officer may be so removed
by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to the Board
of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
The power of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to remove appointive
officers shall be in addition to any provision to remove appointive
officers included in the personnel policy of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002; Ord. No. 1249 §1, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 1376 §1, 8-10-2004; Ord. No. 1488 §1, 8-8-2006; Ord. No. 1542 §1, 7-10-2007; Ord. No. 1626 §§1 — 4, 8-12-2009; Ord. No. 1866, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 1924, 9-22-2020; Ord. No. 1938, 6-22-2021; Ord. No. 1956, 8-23-2022; Ord.
No. 1977, 7-25-2023]
A.
Disclosure
Reports. Each elected official of the City of Platte City, along with
the City Administrator and Finance Officer, shall disclose the following
information by May 1 of each year if any of the following described
transactions were engaged in during the previous calendar year:
1.
For each such person and all persons within the first degree of consanguinity
or affinity of such person, the date and the identities of the parties
to each transaction with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars
($500.00), if any, that such person had with the City of Platte City,
other than compensation received as an employee or payment of any
tax, fee or penalty due to the City, and other than transfers for
no considerations to the City; and
2.
The date and the identities of the parties to each transaction known
to the person with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars
($500.00), if any, that any business entity, in which such person
had a substantial interest, had with the City of Platte City, other
than payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the City or transactions
involving payment for providing utility service to the City, and other
than transfers for no consideration to the City. As used in this Subsection,
the term "substantial interest" shall be defined
to mean ownership of ten percent (10%) of the business entity or an
interest valued at ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more from
which a salary, gratuity or other compensation of five thousand dollars
($5,000.00) or more is paid per calendar year.
3.
The City Administrator shall also disclose by May 1 the following
information for the previous calendar year:
a.
The name and address of each of the employers of the City Administrator
from whom income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more was received
during the year covered by the statement;
b.
The name and address of each sole proprietorship that he/she owned;
c.
The name, address and the general nature of the business conducted
of each general partnership and joint venture in which he/she was
a partner or participant;
d.
The name and address of each partner or co-participant for each partnership
or joint venture unless such names and addresses are filed by the
partnership or joint venture with the Secretary of State;
e.
The name, address and general nature of the business conducted of
any closely held corporation or limited partnership in which the City
Administrator owned ten percent (10%) or more of any class of the
outstanding stock or limited partnership units;
f.
The name of any publicly traded corporation or limited partnership
that is listed on a regulated stock exchange or automated quotation
system in which the City Administrator owned two percent (2%) or more
of any class of outstanding stock, limited partnership units or other
equity interest; and
g.
The name and address of each corporation for which the City Administrator
served in the capacity of a director, officer or receiver.
B.
Filing
Of Reports. The reports shall be in the format as supplied by the
Missouri Secretary of State or the Missouri Ethics Commission. The
reports shall be filed with the City Clerk and with the Secretary
of State prior to January 1, 1996. All reports filed after January
1, 1996, shall be filed with the City Clerk and the Missouri Ethics
Commission. The reports shall be available for public inspection and
copying during normal business hours.
C.
Time
Of Filing. The financial interest statements shall be filed at the
following times, but no person is required to file more than one (1)
financial interest statement in any calendar year.
1.
Each person appointed to, elected to office shall file the statement
within thirty (30) days of such appointment or election.
2.
Every other person shall file the statement annually not later than
May 1 and the statement shall cover the calendar year ending the immediately
preceding December 31; provided that any member of the Board of Aldermen
may supplement the financial interest statement to report additional
interest acquired after December 31 of the covered year until the
date of filing of the financial interest statement.
D.
Filing
Of Ordinance. The City Clerk shall send a certified copy of this Section
to the Secretary of State's office within ten (10) days of adoption/readoption
of this Section/ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1614 §2, 2-24-2009; Ord. No. 1615 §2, 3-11-2009]
A.
No
elected or appointed official or employee of the City shall:
1.
Act or refrain from acting in any capacity in which he is lawfully
empowered to act as such an official or employee by reason of any
payment, offer to pay, promise to pay or receipt of anything of actual
pecuniary value paid or payable, or received or receivable, to himself
or any third (3rd) person, including any gift or campaign contribution,
made or received in relationship to, or as a condition of the performance
of an official act, other than compensation to be paid by the City;
2.
Use confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason
of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to
result in financial gain for himself, his spouse, his dependent child
in his custody or any business with which he is associated;
3.
Disclose confidential information obtained in the course of or by
reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent
to result in financial gain for himself or any other person;
4.
Favorably act on any matter that is specifically designed so as to
provide a special monetary benefit to such official or his spouse
or dependent children. For the purposes of this Subdivision, "special monetary benefit" means being materially affected
in a substantially different manner or degree than the public in general
or the class of persons affected;
5.
Use his decision-making authority for the purpose of obtaining a
financial gain which materially enriches himself, his spouse or dependent
children by acting or refraining from acting for the purpose of coercing
or extorting from another anything of actual pecuniary value.
B.
No
elected or appointed official or employee of the City shall offer,
promote or advocate for a political appointment to any political subdivision
in exchange for anything of value.
