Cross References: See City Charter Article III, City Council,
and Article IV, Mayor.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.010; CC 1968 § 15-21; Ord. No. 733 § 1, 2-4-1974; Ord.
No. 4518 § 3, 11-17-2014]
A.
Qualifications.
1.
No person shall be elected to the
office of Mayor who is not at least twenty-five (25) years of age
prior to the election, a citizen of the United States, an inhabitant
and a registered, qualified voter of the City for at least two (2)
years next preceding the Mayor's election.
2.
No Mayor shall be delinquent in paying
any County or Blue Springs income, personal property, real property
or sales taxes, nor be a convicted felon, nor be a registered sex
offender, nor have been removed from an elected public office, except
that a person recalled from office may again run for the office from
which recalled following the expiration of the term from which they
were recalled, or may at any time run for a different office.
[Ord. No. 4818, 5-6-2019]
B.
Tie Vote. When two (2) or more persons
shall have an equal number of votes for the office of Mayor, the matter
shall be determined as provided by State law.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.020; CC 1968 § 15-22]
In addition to the rights, duties,
privileges and prerogatives conferred by the Statutes of Missouri
and the City Charter, the Mayor shall be amenable to and be controlled
by the various Sections of this Chapter, and of other ordinances applicable
to such office.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.030; CC 1968 § 15-23; Ord. No. 732 § 1, 2-4-1974; Ord.
No. 812 § 1, 1-5-1976; Ord. No. 932 § 1, 1-3-1978; Ord.
No. 1706 § 1, 3-21-1988; Ord. No. 3533 § 2, 1-21-2003]
A.
The executive power in the City shall be
vested in the Mayor, who shall be recognized as the head of the City
for all legal and ceremonial purposes and by the Governor of Missouri
for all purposes of military law. As a member of the City Council,
the Mayor shall have all the powers, rights, privileges, duties, and
responsibilities of a member of the City Council, including the right
to vote on questions.
[Ord. No.
4518 § 3, 11-17-2014]
B.
The Mayor shall receive an annual salary
of twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00) payable biweekly or as directed
by the City Council for the year beginning April 18, 2022, and subsequent
years unless said compensation is altered by ordinance. Any change
in compensation shall not become effective during the term of office
being served at the time the ordinance making such change is adopted.
[Ord. No. 5098, 3-21-2022]
[R.O. 1996 § 110.040; CC 1968 § 15-24]
When any vacancy shall happen in
the office of the Mayor by death, resignation, removal or other cause,
the Mayor Pro Tempore shall assume the powers and duties of the Mayor
during the absence or disability of the Mayor and, if a vacancy occurs,
shall become Mayor until the next regular municipal election. The
election shall occur in accordance with the election laws of the State
of Missouri.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.050]
The Mayor shall take care that the
laws, ordinances, resolutions, rules, and regulations of the City
be faithfully executed. The Mayor may require oral or written reports
and opinions from the Directors of all executive departments of the
City or from the heads of other departments, boards, and commissions
of the City, except the Judge of the Municipal Court.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.060; CC 1968 § 15-26; Ord. No. 3584 § 1, 7-21-2003]
A.
The Mayor, with the advice and consent
of a majority of the City Council, shall appoint the City Attorney,
the City Prosecutor, Municipal Judges, and Presiding Judge.
[Ord. No.
4518 § 3, 11-17-2014; Ord. No. 4813, 4-15-2019; Ord. No. 4818, 5-6-2019]
B.
If a vacancy occurs in any office not elective,
the Mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the duties
of such office until the first regular meeting of the City Council
thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be permanently filled.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 110.065, Appointment And Removal
Of Members Of Boards, Commissions, And Committees, which derived from Ord. No. 4813, 4-15-2019; Ord. No. 4820, 5-6-2019, was repealed 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 5111.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.070; CC 1968 § 15-28; Ord. No. 386-B §§ 1
— 5, 4-22-1968]
A.
Proclamation Of State Of Emergency. The
Mayor is hereby authorized, in the event of riot or civil disobedience
or when actions of riot or civil disobedience appear imminent, to
declare, by proclamation, that a state of emergency exists in the
City.
B.
Emergency Curfew. The Mayor is hereby authorized
in the event of the declaration of such emergency, to order an emergency
curfew, at such hours as the Mayor shall deem necessary, to be in
effect not to exceed seventy-two (72) hours at any one time without
further orders of the City Council.
C.
Curfew Area — Persons Permitted In
Public Places. Such emergency curfew shall be for the entire City
and all persons other than Law Enforcement Officers and personnel,
conservators of the peace, Firemen and persons gainfully employed
going to and from their places of employment shall remain off the
streets and away from public places during the period of the curfew.
D.
Certain Businesses And Establishments To
Be Closed. The following businesses and establishments shall be ordered
closed during the time and term of said curfew:
E.
Penalty For Violation Of Section. Any person
who shall violate any provision of this Section, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500.00)
or by a jail sentence not to exceed thirty (30) days, or by both such
fine and imprisonment.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.080; CC 1968 § 15-29; Ord. No. 1066 § 1, 5-5-1980]
A.
The Mayor is hereby authorized, in the
event of shortage of water in the City's water distribution system,
or when it appears that a shortage is imminent, to declare by proclamation,
that a state of emergency exists in the City.
B.
In the event of declaration of such emergency,
the Mayor is hereby authorized to limit or prohibit the outdoor use
of City water for such periods of time as they shall deem necessary,
and to authorize designated City employees to enter upon private property
to enforce the provisions of such proclamation.
C.
Any person who shall violate any provision
of this Section, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine
not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100.00).
[R.O. 1996 § 110.090; CC 1968 § 15-30; Ord. No. 2028 § 1, 3-4-1991]
The Mayor shall be elected for a
term of four (4) years. In each election for the office of Mayor after
the enactment of this Section, the term that the Mayor shall be elected
to shall be four (4) years. This Section shall not affect the term
of the present Mayor unless and until that person is re-elected.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.100; CC 1968 § 2-35; Ord. No. 156A, 2-7-1955; Ord. No. 1255 § 3, 11-7-1983]
Each district shall be represented
by two (2) Councilmembers, making a total of six (6) members. City
Councilmembers shall be elected to serve staggered three (3) year
terms.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.110; CC 1968 § 2-36; Ord. No. 1442 § 4, 9-3-1985]
A.
No
person shall be a Councilmember of the City unless they shall be at
least twenty-five (25) years of age prior to said election, a citizen
of the United States, an inhabitant, and a registered qualified voter
of the City for two (2) years next preceding election and shall be
an inhabitant of the district one hundred eighty-two (182) days next
preceding election.
[Ord. No. 4818, 5-6-2019]
B.
No
Councilmember shall be delinquent in paying any County or Blue Springs
income, personal property, real property or sales taxes, nor be a
convicted felon, nor have been removed from an elected public office,
except that a person recalled from office may again run for the office
from which recalled following the expiration of the term from which
they were recalled, or may at any time run for a different office.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.120; CC 1968 § 2-38; Ord. No. 1176 § 1, 10-4-1982; Ord.
No. 4518 § 3, 11-17-2014; Ord. No. 4818, 5-6-2019]
A vacancy in the office of a City
Councilmember shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and approval
by the City Council by a majority of the remaining City Councilmembers.
This shall occur at the next regular City Council meeting and shall
be decided by approval of the City Council by a majority of the remaining
City Councilmembers. The person appointed to fill the vacancy shall
hold the appointed position until the next regular municipal election
for which the filing period has not closed and shall serve until the
end of the current term.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.130; CC 1968 § 2-39; Ord. No. 343 § 2, 1-23-1967]
A.
Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the
City Council shall be held on the first and third Monday of each month,
at such hour as they may from time to time designate.
B.
Special Meetings. The Mayor upon their
own motion may, or at the request of two (2) members of the City Council
shall, call a special meeting of the Council for a time not earlier
than twenty-four (24) hours after notice is given to all members of
the City Council then in the City. Special meetings of the City Council
may also be held with less than twenty-four (24) hours notice by the
consent of all of the members of the City Council then in the City,
and such consent may be given either prior to or during the special
meeting.
[Ord. No. 4749, 7-16-2018]
The agenda for City Council meetings shall be established by
the Mayor; provided, however, that any item requested by two (2) members
of the City Council shall be included on the agenda.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.140; CC 1968 § 2-40]
A.
A majority of members of the entire City
Council shall constitute a quorum for its business, but a smaller
number may meet and compel the attendance of absent members in the
manner and subject to the penalties prescribed by the rules of the
City Council. The entire City Council consists of the Mayor and the
six elected Councilmembers.
[Ord. No. 5111, 4-18-2022]
B.
The names of the absentees shall be noted
by the Clerk upon the journal.
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Section 110.150, Debate On Question
Of Law Or Fact Not Permitted Unless Council Authorizes, which derived
from R.O. 1996 § 110.150; CC 1968 § 2-42, was
repealed 4-18-2022 by Ord. No. 5111.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.170; CC 1968 § 2-44]
In all matters, business and transactions
before the City Council, except as otherwise provided for by ordinances,
the same may be made effective or operative by motion or resolution
of said Council, the same being entered on record.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.180; CC 1968 § 2-45; Ord. No. 1772 § 1, 8-1-1988]
A.
No ordinance of the City shall be passed
or adopted or become effective until the same has been read two (2)
times in the presence of the Council as required by the City Charter.
Such ordinances shall be properly signed by the Mayor and Clerk and
ordered printed. A printed copy shall be filed with the minutes of
the Council meeting.
B.
In voting upon the adoption of any ordinance
or passage of any resolution, the members of the Council shall vote
via voice; the Clerk shall call the roll, the name of each Councilmember
being called in seating order and the name to be called first shall
be advanced one position, with the name of the Mayor being called
last for each vote. Upon the name being called, each Councilmember
and the Mayor shall answer, and their name shall be entered by the
Clerk upon the journal. The result of any such vote shall be given
to the Mayor by the Clerk, and the Mayor shall then announce the same
to the Council.
[Ord. No.
4518 § 3, 11-17-2014]
[R.O. 1996 § 110.190; CC 1968 § 2-46]
In the absence of the Mayor the Mayor
Pro Tempore of the City Council shall preside over the deliberations
of said Council.
Ord. No. 4899, 4-20-2020]
A.
In the event that both the Mayor and the Mayor Pro Tempore are unable to perform the functions and duties of their positions due to absence, incapacitation, or disability, a majority of the remaining City Council members in attendance at the next regular meeting, or at a special meeting as set forth in Section 110.195(B), shall elect an Acting Mayor to temporarily perform all functions of the Mayor until the Mayor or Mayor Pro Tempore is able to resume their position. The City Administrator or their designee shall call the meeting to order and preside at the meeting until the Acting Mayor is elected. For the first order of business, the City Administrator or their designee shall call for nomination of an Acting Mayor, who shall immediately preside at the meeting after elected.
B.
A special
meeting of the City Council to elect an Acting Mayor may be called
by the City Administrator or their designee, or by two of the remaining
City Council members, for a time not earlier than twenty-four (24)
hours after notice is given to all remaining members of the City Council
then in the City. The City Administrator or their designee shall call
the meeting to order and preside at the meeting until the Acting Mayor
is elected. For the first order of business, the City Administrator
or their designee shall call for nomination of an Acting Mayor, who
shall immediately preside at the meeting after elected. The special
meeting of the City Council may also be held with less than twenty-four
(24) hours' notice by the consent of all remaining members of the
City Council then in the City, and such consent may be given either
prior to or during the special meeting.
[R.O. 1996 § 110.200; CC 1968 § 2-47; Ord. No. 1707 § 1, 3-21-1988; Ord.
No. 2062 § 1, 5-20-1991; Ord. No. 3533 § 1, 1-21-2003; Ord.
No. 5098, 3-21-2022]
Each duly elected Councilmember shall
receive a monthly salary of seven hundred twenty-two dollars ninety-two
cents ($722.92) per month, except that in the case of the Mayor Pro
Tempore of the City Council, the salary shall be nine hundred eight
dollars thirty-three cents ($908.33), monthly or as directed by the
City Council beginning April 18, 2022, and subsequent months thereafter
unless said compensation is altered by ordinance. Any change in compensation
shall not become effective during the term of office being served
at the time the ordinance making such change is adopted.
