[Ord. No. 37 § 1124, c.a. 1918; Ord. No. 1997 § 1, 2-17-1998]
No action shall be maintained against the City on account of any injuries growing out of any defect or unsafe condition of or on any bridge, boulevard, street, sidewalk or thoroughfare, in the City until notice shall first have been given in writing to the Mayor, within ninety (90) days of the occurrence for which said damage is claimed, stating the place where, the time when such injury was received, and the character and circumstances of the injury, and that the person so injured will claim damages therefor from the City.
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State Law Reference — As to claims against City, see RSMo., § 79.480.
[Ord. No. 435 § 53, 12-4-1950]
Except as otherwise provided by this Code or other ordinance, all bills, claims and accounts against the City shall be audited and approved by the City Administrator prior to payment; except accounts against the library fund and the park fund. No claim, bill or demand against the City shall be paid, or warrant issued therefor, until audited, approved and initialed by the City Administrator, and no claim, bill or demand shall be allowed unless itemized and presented in writing. No check shall be drawn, or warrant issued, for any sum greater than the unexpended balance appropriated by the approved budget for that year, or by ordinance.
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Cross Reference — As to property, personnel and contracts, see § 2-48.
[Ord. No. 788 § 1, 6-10-1963]
In the month of April in each calendar year, the Board of Aldermen shall, upon motion duly made and seconded and carried by a majority vote of the Aldermen present and voting at the meeting, which proceedings shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting of such Board of Aldermen at which such motion shall have been made, select a depository for its funds, which shall be a banking corporation or an individual banker or a trust company doing business within the City. If such depository cannot be selected, or satisfactory arrangements made, as herein provided, then the money of the City, or such portion thereof as amounts to that upon which satisfactory. arrangements cannot be made, may by majority vote of the Board of Aldermen present and voting in a regular or special called meeting, designating the depository, be loaned upon the same terms and under the same conditions as provided by law for the loaning of County and school money.
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State Law References — As to authority of boards of aldermen of fourth class cities to select depository, see RSMo., § 95.355. Also see RSMo., § 369.194(1) as to investments.
Cross Reference — As to securities, see §§ 9-4 and 9-5.
[Ord. No. 788 § 2, 6-10-1963; Ord. No. 1530 § 1, 2-19-1990]
The funds of the City which are deposited in a designated depository shall be secured by the deposit of securities by the depository of the character prescribed by Section 30.270 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri, and of the value of one hundred percent (100%) of the actual amount of funds on deposit with the depository, less the amount, if any, the depository is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, which securities shall, at the option of the depository banking institutions, be delivered either to the City Treasurer or by depositing the securities with another banking institution or safe depository as trustee, satisfactory to both the City and the depository. The trustee may be a bank owned or controlled by the same bank holding company as the depository banking institution. There shall be, at all times, a written agreement between the City, the depository and the trustee, which contract shall give the City the rights as are conferred by Section 110.010 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri and subsequent amendments.
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State Law Reference — As to securing public funds, see RSMo., §§ 30.270, 110.010 and 110.020.
[Ord. No. 788 § 3, 6-10-1963]
If no motion is made designating a new depository, the prior designated depository shall continue. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Board of Aldermen from designating a new depository at any time.
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Cross Reference — As to City depository — when and how selected, see § 9-3.
[Ord. No. 37 §§ 1125 to 1127, c.a. 1918; Ord. No. 1178 § 1, 6-8-1981]
The City Clerk shall be the custodian of all bids, of whatsoever nature, which are submitted to the Board of Aldermen to secure any contract for work to be done for the City or for supplies to be furnished, and no one shall have the right or be allowed to withdraw, alter, change, inspect, fortify or in any manner interfere with any bid after the same has once been deposited with the City Clerk; provided, that the person making any bid may have the privilege of finally withdrawing the same with the consent of the City.
All bids must be accompanied by a certified check or cash, if so requested in the call for bids, and shall be delivered to the City Clerk not later than the time specified in the call for bids. All bids shall remain valid and subject to acceptance for two (2) weeks, to give the City time to investigate and determine the lowest and best bid.
All contracts shall be awarded on the basis of the lowest and best bid tendered, or rejected altogether, all at the sole discretion of the Board of Aldermen. All contracts awarded shall be signed, sealed and delivered and all bonds approved by the Mayor and the sureties thereon duly qualified by the City Attorney at the time or next succeeding meeting of the Board of Aldermen following the awarding of the contract. Any contractor refusing or neglecting to so sign such contract may be by ordinance debarred from performing such contract and his bid declared a nullity, and such contract may, at the option of the Board, be let to the next lowest bidder or re-advertised for bids, in which latter case the contractor whose bid has been rejected under this Section shall not be considered as a bidder for the work and his certified check or deposit shall be forfeited to the City.
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Cross Reference — As to City administrator's power and responsibilities as to property, personnel, contracts, etc., see § 2-48 of this code.
[Ord. No. 37 § 1128, c.a. 1918]
All bonds which may be given to the City to secure the faithful performance of any contractual obligation shall bear at least two (2) good and sufficient sureties, duly qualified and approved in accordance with the provisions of Section 9-6; provided, that in case a duly incorporated bonding and surety company is offered as surety on any bond, the surety company shall be considered sufficient.