City of Richmond Heights, MO Article I In General

Section 120.010 City Officers.

[CC 1984 §2-24; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.02; Ord. No. 3140 §2-17; Ord. No. 3449 §1, 12-5-1977; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988; Ord. No. 4329 §3, 4-16-1990]

A. The elected officers of the City shall be:

1. Mayor; and

2. Councilmembers.

B. The following officials shall be appointed by the City Council:

1. City Manager;

2. City Clerk;

3. Deputy City Clerk;

4. City Attorney;

5. City Prosecuting Attorney; and

6. Municipal Judge.

C. The following officials shall be appointed by the City Manager:

1. Building and Zoning Commissioner;

2. Assistant City Manager;

3. Chief of Police;

4. Chief of Fire Department;

5. Public Works Director;

6. Finance Director;

7. Director, Parks and Recreation; and

8. Any other officers as may be appointed from time to time.

Section 120.020 Commission of Officers.

[CC 1984 §2-2; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.03; Ord. No. 3140 §2-2; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988]

Upon oath of a City Officer being filed with the Clerk, he/she shall deliver to the person elected or appointed a resolution in the name of and signed by the Mayor and under the Seal of the City authorizing and empowering such person therein named for the time for which he/she is elected or appointed, and until his/her successor shall have been elected or appointed.

Section 120.030 City Officers' Bonds.

[CC 1984 §2-3; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.08; Ord. No. 3140 §2-3; Ord. No. 3192 §1, 9-3-1974; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988]

A. The City Manager and such other officers as the Council shall require, shall, upon appointment as such officers, execute to the City a bond which shall be secured by at least two (2) freeholders of the City, or a corporate surety. The bond, after having been approved by the Mayor and the Council, shall be filed with the Clerk for safekeeping.

B. Bonds of City Officers shall be examined by the City Attorney as to the form and legality and, if approved by him/her in that respect and his/her approval endorsed thereon in writing, shall be presented to the Council for its approval of the security offered which, being approved, the Clerk shall receive and file.

C. The bonds of indemnity, surety or fidelity required to be furnished to the Council shall be in the following amounts: City Manager, two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00) and all others two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00).

Section 120.040 Attendance To Duties — Removal.

[CC 1984 §2-4; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.07; Ord. No. 3140 §2-4; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988]

A. All elective or appointive officers of the City Government shall personally devote their time to the performance of the duties of such offices.

B. Any officer of this City who shall refuse or willfully fail to perform such duties or who shall be guilty of any willful, corrupt or fraudulent violation of any official duty or of disobeying any order or command emanating from the proper officers shall be impeached and removed as provided by law or ordinance.

Section 120.050 Failure To Perform Official Duties.

[CC 1984 §2-5; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.06; Ord. No. 3057 §2, 9-18-1972; Ord. No. 3140 §2-5; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988]

Any officer of the City who shall refuse or willfully fail to perform any duty enjoined upon him/her by law or ordinance of this City or who in the discharge of his/her official duties shall be guilty of any fraud, extortion, oppression, favoritism, partiality, willful wrong or injustice shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, be fined in a sum not exceeding five hundred dollars ($500.00), to be collected as other fines.

Section 120.060 Vacating Officer — Transfer of Records — Inspection.

[CC 1984 §2-6; Rev. M.C. 1963 §3.04; Ord. No. 3140 §2-6; Ord. No. 4218 §1, 7-5-1988]

A. An outgoing officer shall upon vacating his/her office deliver to his/her successor, or to the Mayor, all books, paper, furniture and other things appertaining to his/her office.

B. All books and papers shall at all times, when required, be submitted by every officer to the inspection of the Mayor, City Manager, City Attorney, members of the Council or any other person authorized to inspect the same.