[R.O. 2009 §2-76; Code 1969 §2-7]
It shall be the duty of the City Attorney to prepare and execute
all bills or proposed ordinances that he/she has been requested to
draw in as expeditious a manner as is reasonably possible under all
the circumstances. As soon as the City Attorney has completed the
drafting and execution of any such bill or proposed ordinance, he/she
shall deliver or cause to be delivered the same to the City Clerk/Administrator
who shall then prepare copies as aforesaid.
[R.O. 2009 §2-77; Code 1969 §2-8; Ord. No. 3120 §1, 3-4-1991; Ord. No. 4636 §1, 5-18-2015; Ord. No. 4861, 11-5-2018]
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Brentwood, Missouri, as follows:"
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 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 person
exercising the duties of the Mayor's office, or shall have been passed
over the mayor's veto, as herein provided.
[Ord. No. 4861, 11-5-2018]
A.
Every
bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented to the Mayor
and by the Mayor 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
the Mayor neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same
with the Mayor's objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting
of the Board of Aldermen, the same shall become a law without the
Mayor's signature.
B.
Every
resolution which calls for or contemplates the expenditure of funds
of the City duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented to
the Mayor and by the Mayor approved shall become effective, and every
such resolution 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 resolution 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 resolution thus certified shall be deposited with
the proper officer, and shall become effective 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 resolution which calls
for or contemplates the expenditure of funds of the City passed by
the Board of Aldermen; provided, that should the Mayor neglect or
refuse to sign any such resolution and return the same with the Mayor's
objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Board of
Aldermen, the same shall become effective without the Mayor's signature.
[R.O. 2009 §2-78; Code 1969 §2-11]
The City Clerk/Administrator shall periodically bind or cause
to be bound the original copy of all ordinances, general or special,
the same to be bound in numerical order.
