All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general City election shall file with the City
Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M. on the sixteenth (16th)
Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the eleventh (11th)
Tuesday prior to the next City municipal election, a written declaration
of his/her intent to become a candidate at said election. The City
Clerk shall keep a permanent record of the names of the candidates,
the offices for which they seek election, and the date of their filing,
and their names shall appear on the ballots in that order.
[Ord. No. 105.035 §1, 1-19-2015]
No person shall be a candidate for municipal office unless such
person complies with the provisions of Section 115.342, RSMo., regarding
payment of municipal taxes or user fees.
The City Clerk shall, on or before the sixteenth (16th) Tuesday
prior to any election at which City offices are to be filled by said
election, notify the general public of the opening filing date, the
office or offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the
closing filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished
by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general
circulation in the City.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125.1, RSMo. The notice shall be in
writing, shall specify that the City Council is calling the election,
the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the
sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by this
Section may, with the prior notification to the election authority
receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior
to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to the election, provided
that the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal
notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election
authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile
transmission.
[CC 1978 §125.010; Bill No. 78-6(100.000), 9-25-1978]
The City of Chaffee shall be and hereby is divided into four
(4) wards, which said wards shall be known and designated by the respective
numbers as hereinafter set out and described.
Ward Number One shall be that portion of the City of Chaffee
laying north of a line running down the centerline of the alley between
Black and Wright Avenues extending along the easement line south of
the Clarman subdivision to Highway 77, then due west to the line of
intersection of the City boundary and to the east to the alley between
Main and Second Streets, then north to the centerline of Black Avenue,
then east to the Frisco railroad tracks and then northeast along the
railroad tracks to the corporate limit intersection.
Ward Number Two shall be all of that portion laying south of
the south line of Ward Number One, above described, and north of the
centerline of Parker Avenue extended to the west along the easement
line south of the Davidson Circle subdivision to Highway 77, then
west to the City boundary and to the east along the middle line of
East Parker and Missouri State Highway Route A to the City limits
on the east, and including all of that part of the City of Chaffee
located east of the Frisco railroad tracks and north of the centerline
of East Parker Avenue and State Highway Route A.
Ward Number Three shall be all of that portion of the City laying
south of the south line of Ward Number Two, above described, and north
of the centerline of Frates Avenue extending to the west to Highway
77, then on due west to the City boundary and to the east to centerline
of Main Street, then south to Heeb Creek and following Heeb Creek
east to the intersection of the corporate limits on the south.
Ward Number Four shall be all of that portion of the City of
Chaffee laying to the south of the south line of Ward Number Three,
above described, and to the corporate limits to the east, west, and
south of the City.