[Code 1975 §3.01(1); CC 1989 §2-16; Ord. No. 1596 §4, 5-18-1992; Ord. No. 2724 §1, 8-13-2002]
The Board of Aldermen of the City shall consist of eight (8)
members, consisting of two (2) Aldermen from each Ward elected annually
on the April general election day. The voters in each Ward shall vote
only for Aldermen within their own Ward. A Mayor shall be elected
at large in the City as a whole and shall serve for a term of four
(4) years.
[Code 1975 §3.01(3); CC 1989 §2-17; Ord. No. 3786
§1, 1-13-2014]
No person shall be an Alderman unless he/she is at least eighteen
(18) years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant
and resident of the City for one (1) year next preceding his/her election,
and a resident of the Ward from which he/she is elected.
[Code 1975 §3.01(4)(a); CC 1989 §2-18]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall have the care, management
and control of the City and its finances, and shall have power to
enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the constitution
and laws of the State, and such as they shall deem expedient for the
good government of the City, the preservation of peace and good order,
the benefit of trade and commerce and the health of the inhabitants
thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify
or repeal the same.
[Code 1975 §3.01(4)(c); CC 1989 §2-19]
A.
To Keep Journal Of Proceedings. The Board of Aldermen shall
cause to be kept the journal of its proceedings and the "ayes" and
"nays" shall be entered on any question at the request of any two
(2) members.
B.
Power To Prescribe And Enforce Rules. The Board of Aldermen
may prescribe and enforce such rules as it may find necessary for
the expeditious transaction of its business.
C.
To Publish Semiannual Statements. The Board of Aldermen
shall semiannually, in January and July of each year, make out and
spread upon their records a full and detailed account and statement
of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the City for
the half (½) year ending December thirty-first (31st) and June
thirtieth (30th), preceding the date of such report, which account
and statement shall be published in some newspaper in the City.
[CC 1975 §3.01(5); CC 1989 §2-20; Ord. No. 2242 §2, 8-10-1998]
A.
Selection And Duties. The Board of Aldermen shall elect
one (1) of their own number who shall be styled "Acting President
of the Board of Aldermen", and who shall serve for a term of one (1)
year. When any vacancy shall happen in the office of the Mayor by
death, resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal
to qualify or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President
of the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties
of Mayor and with all rights, privileges, powers and jurisdictions
of the Mayor until such vacancy is filled or such disability is removed
or in the case of temporary absence until the Mayor's return.
B.
Notice Of Absences. The Acting President of the Board of
Aldermen shall inform the City Administrator or his/her designee,
of his/her absence from the City, expected or otherwise, as soon as
possible upon learning of same. The Acting President of the Board
of Aldermen shall provide the City Administrator or his/her designee
with an estimated return date and such information as to how he/she
may be contacted as may be required for City business. For the purpose
of this Section, the term "absence from the City" shall mean any occasion when the Acting President of the Board of
Aldermen is not physically present within two hundred fifty (250)
miles from the nearest City boundary for a period in excess of twenty-four
(24) hours.
[Code 1975 §3.01(6); CC 1989 §2-21; Ord. No. 2044 §§1, 2, 2-24-1997]
A.
Every
officer of the City and his/her assistants, and every Alderman, before
entering upon the duties of his/her office, shall take and subscribe
to an oath or affirmation before some court of record in the County,
or the City Clerk, that he/she possesses all the qualifications prescribed
for his/her office by law; that he/she will support the Constitution
of the United States and of the State of Missouri, the provisions
of all laws of this State affecting cities of this class, and the
ordinances of the City, and faithfully demean himself/herself while
in office; which official oath or affirmation shall be filed with
the City Clerk. Every officer of the corporation, when required by
law or ordinance, shall, within fifteen (15) days after his/her appointment
or election, and before entering upon the discharge of the duties
of his/her office, give bond to the City in such sum and with such
sureties as may be designated by ordinance, conditioned upon the faithful
performance of his/her duty, and that he/she will pay over all moneys
belonging to the City, as provided by law, that may come into his/her
hands. If any person elected or appointed to any office shall fail
to take and subscribe such oath or affirmation, or to give bond as
herein required, his/her office shall be deemed vacant. For any breach
of condition of any such bond, suit may be instituted thereon by the
City, or by any person in the name of the City to the use of such
person.
B.
The
oath taken shall be in substantially the following form:
"I do solemnly swear that I possess all the qualifications prescribed
by law for my office, that I will support the Constitution of the
United States and of the State of Missouri, the provisions of all
laws of the State of Missouri affecting cities, and the ordinances
of the City of Town and Country, and that I will faithfully demean
myself in office."
[Code 1975 §3.01(8); CC 1989 §2-22]
The Mayor and members of the Board of Aldermen shall receive
compensation as shall be set by ordinance, provided that any change
shall not become effective during the term of office being served
at the time the change is adopted.
