All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
A. 
A municipal election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of each year.
B. 
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Warson Woods shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
C. 
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Warson Woods shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
D. 
On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of Warson Woods shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 1698, 8-15-2023]
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective City office at the general City election shall file with the City Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M., on the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the fourteenth (14th) Tuesday prior to the next City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to become a candidate at said election. The City Clerk shall keep a permanent record of the names of the candidates, the offices for which they seek election, and the date of their filing, and their names shall appear on the ballots in that order.
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Editor's Note: Former Section 105.035, Candidates For Municipal Office — No Arrearage For Municipal Taxes Permitted, was repealed 8-15-2023 by Ord. No. 1698. Prior history includes: Ord. No. 1541.
[Ord. No. 1698, 8-15-2023]
The City Clerk shall, on or before the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday prior to any election at which City offices are to be filled by said election, notify the general public of the opening filing date, the office or offices to be filled, the proper place for filing, and the closing filing date of the election. Such notification may be accomplished by legal notice published in at least one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the City.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the Board of Election Commissioners prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to any City election except as noted in Section 115.125.1, RSMo. The notice shall be in writing, shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling the election, the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by this Section may, with the prior notification to the election authority receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior to 5:00 P.M. on the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to the election, provided that the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile transmission.
[R.O. 2012 §110.010; CC 1988 §110.010; Ord. No. 435 §1, 9-18-1979]
A. 
The City shall be divided into four (4) Wards from each of which shall be elected two (2) members to the Board of Aldermen.
B. 
The Wards shall have the following boundaries:
1. 
The First (1st) Ward shall consist of all residences facing Warson Woods Drive and Andrew Drive and all residences in the City east of Andrew Drive.
2. 
The Second (2nd) Ward shall include all the residences in Bennett Hill Subdivision as duly recorded with the Recorder in the County of St. Louis, and all residences directly north thereof in the City of Warson Woods.
3. 
The Third (3rd) Ward shall include all the residences beginning at the west line of the subdivision of Bennett Hills and extending to the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue, including all residences on the east side of Woodlawn Avenue to north and south lines of the City of Warson Woods.
4. 
The Fourth (4th) Ward shall include all the residences beginning at the centerline of Woodlawn Avenue including all residences on the west side of Woodlawn Avenue and extending west and north and south to lines of the City of Warson Woods.