[R.O. 1996 § 115.010; CC 1968 § 15-1]
A. Appointive Officers. The Mayor may with
the consent of a majority of all members elected to the City Council,
remove from office any appointive officer of the City the Mayor was
entitled to appoint, at will, and any such appointive officer may
be so removed by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of all members elected to
the City Council, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation.
B. Regulation Of Impeachments, Removals. The
City Council may pass ordinances regulating the manner of impeachments
and removals not in conflict with the City Charter.
[R.O. 1996 § 115.020; CC 1968 § 15-3.1; Ord. No. 911 § 1, 7-18-1977]
The monthly compensation of the City
Attorney shall be increased from time to time by the City Council.
[R.O. 1996 § 115.030; CC 1968 § 15-4; Ord. No. 4887, 2-19-2020]
The Mayor and City Council may by
ordinance employ an additional attorney or attorneys who, with the
regular City Attorney, shall perform any legal services required by
the City and said additional attorney or attorneys' fees or compensation
therefor shall be prescribed by ordinance by the City Council.
[R.O. 1996 § 115.040; CC 1968 § 15-10]
Whenever the City shall become indebted
to an employee, and such employee owes the City taxes which may have
become delinquent, such delinquent taxes shall be deducted from the
bill of such employee when presented to the City Council for allowance,
and all employees of the City shall hereinafter be presumed to have
accepted such employment in view of the provisions of this Section.
[R.O. 1996 § 115.050; CC 1968 § 15-11; Ord. No. 703 §§ 1
— 3, 8-6-1973]
A. The City of Blue Springs is a "political
subdivision" as defined in Section 70.600 et seq., RSMo., and hereby
elects to have covered by the Missouri Local Government Employees
Retirement System all its eligible employees in the following classes:
1.
Present and future general employees
(neither "policeman" nor "fireman" as defined in the act).
2.
Policemen (as defined in the act):
present and future Police Officers.
B. The City of Blue Springs hereby elects
that one hundred percent (100%) of prior employment be considered
for prior service credit in computing benefits and contributions to
the system.
C. The Finance Director is hereby authorized
and directed to promptly remit the employer contributions required
by Section 70.730, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 4835, 6-17-2019]
Retirement from City employment is required for all sworn or
commissioned Police Officers at the end of the month in which the
employee reaches the age of sixty-eight (68); provided, the employee
who reaches their 68th birthday on or before January 1, 2022, shall
not be required to retire until they have either accumulated three
(3) years at the top pay step in their job classification, or reached
the age seventy-one (71), whichever comes earlier.