[R.O. 2012 §105.010]
All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[R.O. 2012 §105.030]
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 sixteenth (16th)
Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M., on the eleventh (11th)
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.
[R.O. 2012 §105.040]
The City Clerk shall, on or before the sixteenth (16th) 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.
[R.O. 2012 §105.050]
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
DECLARATION OF CANDIDACY
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STATE OF MISSOURI
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COUNTY OF GREENE
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Ash Grove,
County of Greene, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter; that I do
hereby declare myself a candidate for the office of ____________________________,
to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on the first
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April, _________________,
and I meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said
office, and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official
ballot for said election for said office and state that I will serve
as such officer, if elected.
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Signed:
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of ______,
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City Clerk
City of Ash Grove
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(SEAL)
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[R.O. 2012 §105.060]
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
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 written notice shall be executed on behalf of the
Board of Aldermen by the Mayor of the Board, and shall include the
attestation of the City Clerk and shall have affixed thereto the Seal
of the City of Ash Grove. 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 §105.065; Ord. No. 844, 4-2-2007]
A. Any person
who files as a candidate for election to a public office shall be
disqualified from participation in the election for which the candidate
has filed if such person is delinquent in the payment of any State
income taxes, personal property taxes, real property taxes on the
place of residence as stated on the declaration of candidacy or if
the person is a past or present corporate officer of any fee office
that owes any taxes to the State.
B. Each
potential candidate for election to a public office shall file an
affidavit with the Department of Revenue and include a copy of the
affidavit with the declaration of candidacy required under Section
115.349, RSMo. Such affidavit shall be in substantially the following
form:
AFFIRMATION OF TAX PAYMENTS:
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I hereby declare under penalties of perjury that I am not currently
aware of any delinquency in the filing or payment of any State income
taxes, personal property taxes, real property taxes on the place of
residence as stated on the declaration of candidacy or that I am a
past or present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any
taxes to the State, other than those taxes which may be in dispute.
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Candidate's Signature
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Printed Name of Candidate
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C. Upon
receipt of a complaint alleging a delinquency of the candidate in
the filing or payment of any State income taxes, personal property
taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence as stated on
the declaration of candidacy or if the person is a past or present
corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes to the State,
the Department of Revenue shall investigate such potential candidate
to verify the claim contained in the complaint. If the Department
of Revenue finds a positive affirmation to be false, the department
shall contact the Secretary of State or the election official who
accepted such candidate's declaration of candidacy and the potential
candidate. The department shall notify the candidate of the outstanding
tax owed and give the candidate thirty (30) days to remit any such
outstanding taxes owed which are not the subject of dispute between
the department and the candidate. If the candidate fails to remit
such amounts in full within thirty (30) days, the candidate shall
be disqualified from participating in the current election and barred
from refiling for an entire election cycle even if the individual
pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the subject of the complaint.
[R.O. 2012 §105.070; Ord. No. 705 §§1 — 3, 9-8-1998]
A. Ward
No. 1 shall contain all property west and south of a line described
as follows:
Commencing at the western edge of the City limits and proceeding
easterly along the center line of Boone Street to Webster Avenue thence
proceeding along the center line of Webster Avenue in a southerly
direction to the alley running southeasterly in front of the Park
Villa Senior Citizen Housing to the east side of Bentley Avenue thence
in an easterly line through the City park and south edge of the Ash
Grove Cemetery thence along the center line of Maple Lane in an easterly
direction along the same course eastward through the real property
comprising the Ash Grove School to the center line of Piper Avenue
being the eastern City limits for the City of Ash Grove.
B. Ward No. 2 shall contain all the real property within the City limits of Ash Grove, lying north and east of the line described in Subsection
(A) above.