[CC 1987 §110.010; Ord. No. 86-8 §2, 6-10-1986]
The regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen of the City of Northwoods shall be held on the second (2nd) and fourth (4th) Tuesdays of each month at the hour of 7:30 P.M. at the City Hall of the City of Northwoods. Both meetings shall be general meetings, and the Board and/or the Mayor may call for special meetings during or after said regularly scheduled meetings, if necessary.
[CC 1987 §110.020; Ord. No. 363 §2, 8-23-1955]
Special meetings may be called at the direction of the Mayor upon notice thereof, whenever such are necessary.
[CC 1987 §110.030; Ord. No. 426 §1, 7-2-1958]
All members of the Board of Aldermen shall be required to attend all stated and special meetings of the Board unless leave of absence is granted by the Board or unless excused by the Mayor for illness or other good cause.
[CC 1987 §110.040; Ord. No. 86-9 §2, 6-10-1986]
At the appointed hour the Mayor, or in his/her absence the Acting President of the Board of Aldermen, shall call the Board to order; the Clerk shall call the roll of members and announce whether or not a quorum is present. Five (5) of the eight (8) Aldermen shall constitute a quorum. If a quorum not be present, a smaller number may lawfully adjourn the meeting from day to day until a quorum is present.
[CC 1987 §110.050; Ord. No. 426 §3, 7-2-1958]
The Board of Aldermen shall adopt a policy to determine the order of business for their meetings.
[CC 1987 §110.060; Ord. No. 426 §4, 7-2-1958]
All committees shall be appointed by the Mayor unless on motion the Board shall elect to appoint any such committee.
A. 
The Mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of Aldermen, but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie, nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested party. He/she shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers and affairs of the City, and shall take care that the ordinances of the City, and the State laws relating to such City, are complied with.
B. 
The Acting President of the Board of Aldermen, if presiding in the absence of the Mayor shall have the right to vote on any bill, motion or other matter acted upon by the Board, and in case of a tie shall also have the authority to cast a vote to break the tie.
[CC 1987 §110.080; Ord. No. 426 §5, 7-2-1958]
The established rules of parliamentary procedure shall govern the proceedings of the Board, except when otherwise provided by ordinance.
[CC 1987 §115.060; Ord. No. 25 §§4 — 6, 5-7-1940]
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 he/she neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his/her objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the same shall become law without his/her signature.
A. 
Pursuant to Section 79.130, RSMo., as amended, the style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Normandy, 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 made 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.
B. 
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to ordinances proposed or passed under Section 79.135, RSMo.