[R.O. 2005 §2-31; Code 1997 §2-31; Charter Articles
III and V]
All officers elected or appointed to offices under the City
Government shall be qualified voters under the laws and Constitution
of this State, the Charter and this Code or other ordinances of the
City; except that the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk, Prosecuting
Attorney, Municipal Judge, appointed Police Officers and other employees
having only ministerial duties need not be registered voters of the
City. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office who shall
at the time be in arrears for any unpaid City taxes and forfeiture
or defalcation in office. All officers, except the City Manager, City
Attorney, City Clerk, Prosecuting Attorney, Municipal Judge, appointed
Police Officers and other employees having only ministerial duties,
shall be residents of the City.
[R.O. 2005 §2-32; CC 1997 §2-13]
Before entering upon the duties of their offices, every officer
and their assistants shall take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation
before the City Clerk, or some other person authorized to administer
oaths, that they possess all the qualifications prescribed for their
offices by law, that they will support the Constitution of the United
States and of the State, the provisions of all laws of the State and
the ordinances and Charter of the City and that they will faithfully
demean themselves while in office.
[R.O. 2005 §2-337; CC 1997 §2-337]
All officers and employees charged with the duty of receiving
or disbursing funds of the City shall give bond in the sum of one
hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) or some other sum as deemed
necessary by the Council.
[R.O. 2005 §2-33; CC 1997 §2-32]
The compensation of all officers of the City shall be as established
from time to time by the Council.
[R.O. 2005 §2-50; CC 1997 §2-50; Ord. No. 2387 §1, 6-21-2000; Ord. No. 3519, 7-20-2022]
A.
The
Mayor and all Council members are prohibited from appointing or hiring
any relative within the fourth degree, by consanguinity or affinity,
to any City position. Any violation of this Section shall result in
the forfeiture of office or employment and shall be subject to the
general penalties as provided for in this Code.
B.
No
person within the fourth degree, by consanguinity or affinity, of
any person serving as the Mayor or member of the Council, shall, after
the effective date of this Subsection, be appointed or reappointed
to serve on the Planning and Zoning Commission or the Board of Adjustment
of the City, provided that nothing herein shall affect the ability
of a Board member to continue to serve for the remainder of his/her
term after a relative within the fourth degree of consanguinity or
affinity has been elected as Mayor or to the Council.
[R.O. 2005 §§2-21—2-23; CC 1997 §§2-20,
2-22; Ord. No. 1777 §1, 11-18-1992; Ord. No. 2545 §1, 2-5-2003]
A.
BUSINESS ENTITY
BUSINESS WITH WHICH HE/SHE IS ASSOCIATED
1.
2.
3.
DEPENDENT CHILD OR DEPENDENT CHILD IN HIS/HER CUSTODY
SUBSTANTIAL INTEREST
Definitions. As used in this Section, unless the context
clearly requires otherwise, the following terms mean:
A corporation, association, firm, partnership, proprietorship,
governmental entity (other than City of Ellisville), religious organization,
non-profit corporation or association or business entity of any kind
or character.
Any sole proprietorship owned by himself/herself, his/her spouse
or any dependent child in his/her custody;
Any partnership or joint venture in which he/she or his/her
spouse is a partner, other than as a limited partner of a limited
partnership, and any corporation or limited partnership in which he/she
is an officer or director or of which either he/she or his/her spouse
or dependent child in his/her custody whether singularly or collectively
owns in excess of ten percent (10%) of the outstanding shares of any
class of stock or partnership units; or
Any trust in which he/she is a trustee or settlor or in which
he/she or his/her spouse or dependent child whether singularly or
collectively is a beneficiary or holder of a reversionary interest
of ten percent (10%) or more of the corpus of the trust.
All children, stepchildren, foster children and wards under
the age of eighteen (18) residing in his/her household and who receive
in excess of fifty percent (50%) of their support from him/her.
Ownership by the individual, his/her spouse or his/her dependent
children, whether singularly or collectively, directly or indirectly,
of ten percent (10%) or more of any business entity or of an interest
having a value of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more or the
receipt by an individual, his/her spouse or his/her dependent children,
whether singularly or collectively, of a salary, gratuity and other
compensation or remuneration of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00)
or more per year from any individual, partnership, organization or
association within any calendar year.
B.
Conduct Of Meetings, Deliberations Or Lobbying Activities. No person elected or appointed to an elected office or appointed
to a board or commission of the City shall conduct or participate
in meetings or deliberations regarding matters on file or pending
with the City with any person or business which has filed or has pending
any application or petition before the Council or other board or commission,
unless the following requirements are met, to wit:
1.
Public notice in accordance with Title 39, Chapter 610, RSMo., be
posted announcing the meeting, the entities involved and the time
and place of said meeting or lobbying activity and said meetings or
lobbying activities are open to the public.
2.
Said meeting or lobbying activity is conducted at the Ellisville
City Hall or on the site of a proposed project and in no event outside
the limits of the City of Ellisville unless the petition seeks a boundary
change of the City.
