[R.O. 2006 §115.010]
All officers elected to offices or appointed to fill a vacancy
in any elective office under the City Government shall be voters under
the laws and Constitution of this State and the ordinances of the
City except that appointed officers need not be 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, or forfeiture or
defalcation in office. All Officers, except appointed officers, shall
be residents of the City.
[R.O. 2006 §115.020; CC 1980 §130.020]
Every officer of this 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 this State,
the provisions of all the laws of this State affecting cities of this
class, and the ordinances of this 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 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.
[R.O. 2006 §115.030; CC 1980 §130.030]
The Board shall have power to fix the compensation of all officers
and employees of the City, by ordinance, but the salary of an officer
shall not be changed during the time for which he/she was elected
or appointed.
[R.O. 2006 §115.040; CC 1980 §130.040]
Any member of the Board or officer of the City who shall, in
official capacity, or under color of his/her office, knowingly, willfully
or corruptly vote or assent to, or report in favor of or allow or
certify for allowance, any claim or demand against the City, which
claim or demand shall be on account of or under color of a contract
or agreement not authorized by law or ordinance of the City, shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.
[R.O. 2006 §115.050; CC 1980 §130.050]
A.
The Mayor
may, with the consent of a majority of the Board, remove from office,
for cause shown, any elected officer of this City, such officer being
first given opportunity, together with his/her witnesses, to be heard
before the Board, sitting as a board of impeachment. Any elective
officer, including the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown,
be removed from office by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all the members
of the Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or
recommendation. The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of the
Board, remove from office any appointive officer of the City at will
and any such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds
(2/3) vote of the Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's
approval or recommendation. The Board may pass ordinances regulating
the manner of impeachments and removals.
B.
Nothing
in this Section shall be construed to authorize the Mayor, with the
consent of the majority of all the members elected to the Board of
Aldermen, or the Board of Aldermen by a two-thirds vote of all its
members, to remove or discharge any "chief," as that term is defined
in Section 106.273, RSMo.
