[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
All officers elected or appointed to fill a vacancy in any elective office under the City Government shall be voters under the laws and Constitution of this State and the ordinances of the City except that appointed officers need not be voters of the City except as may be provided herein. No person shall be elected or appointed to any office who shall at the time be in arrears for any unpaid City taxes or forfeiture or defalcation in office. All officers, except appointed officers, except as may be provided herein, shall be residents of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002; Ord. No. 2009, 12-17-2024[1]]
The following officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City and shall hold office for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified: Municipal Judge; provided however, that any person elected to fill an unexpired term shall hold office only until the expiration of that term. The following officers shall be elected by the qualified voters of the City and shall hold office for a term of four (4) years and until their successors are elected and qualified: Mayor and Board of Aldermen; provided however, that any person elected to fill an unexpired term shall hold office only until the expiration of that term.
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Editor's Note: This ordinance was approved by a majority of the voters at general election held 4-8-2025.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the Mayor or the person exercising the duties of the Mayor shall cause a special meeting of the Board of Aldermen to convene where a successor to the vacant office shall be selected by appointment by the Mayor with the advice and consent of a majority of the remaining members of the Board of Aldermen. If the vacancy is in the office of Mayor, nominations of a successor may be made by any member of the Board of Aldermen and selected with a consent of a majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen. The successor shall serve until the next regular municipal election. 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 (1st) regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall be permanently filled.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the majority of the members of the Board of Aldermen, shall have the power to appoint a City Attorney, Finance Officer, City Collector, City Administrator, Police Chief, Cemetery Committee, such other committees as the Mayor or the Board of Aldermen may designate, and other such officers as the Mayor may be authorized by ordinance to appoint.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002]
A. 
Appointive officers shall be appointed at the first (1st) regular meeting of the Board after each general election and shall hold their respective offices for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified unless otherwise specifically provided by ordinance or the City Code. All appointments, except those of members of committees, shall be made by the Mayor with the consent and approval of the majority of the members of the Board. The Mayor shall appoint members to the various committees.
B. 
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, remove from office, for cause shown, any elective officer of the City, such officer being first given an opportunity, together with his/her witnesses, to be heard before the Board of Aldermen sitting as a Board of Impeachment. Any elective officer, including the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown, be removed from office by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to the Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation. The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members elected to the Board of Aldermen, remove from office any appointive officer of the City at will, and such appointive officer may be so removed by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members elected to the Board of Aldermen, independently of the Mayor's approval or recommendation. The power of the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to remove appointive officers shall be in addition to any provision to remove appointive officers included in the personnel policy of the City.
[Ord. No. 1227 §1, 1-9-2002; Ord. No. 1249 §1, 7-23-2002; Ord. No. 1376 §1, 8-10-2004; Ord. No. 1488 §1, 8-8-2006; Ord. No. 1542 §1, 7-10-2007; Ord. No. 1626 §§1 — 4, 8-12-2009; Ord. No. 1866, 5-22-2018; Ord. No. 1924, 9-22-2020; Ord. No. 1938, 6-22-2021; Ord. No. 1956, 8-23-2022; Ord. No. 1977, 7-25-2023; Ord. No. 2013, 1-28-2025]
A. 
Disclosure Reports. Each elected official of the City of Platte City, along with the City Administrator and Finance Officer, shall disclose the following information by May 1 of each year if any of the following described transactions were engaged in during the previous calendar year:
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For each such person and all persons within the first degree of consanguinity or affinity of such person, the date and the identities of the parties to each transaction with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00), if any, that such person had with the City of Platte City, other than compensation received as an employee or payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the City, and other than transfers for no considerations to the City; and
2. 
The date and the identities of the parties to each transaction known to the person with a total value in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00), if any, that any business entity, in which such person had a substantial interest, had with the City of Platte City, other than payment of any tax, fee or penalty due to the City or transactions involving payment for providing utility service to the City, and other than transfers for no consideration to the City. As used in this Subsection, the term "substantial interest" shall be defined to mean ownership of ten percent (10%) of the business entity or an interest valued at ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) or more from which a salary, gratuity or other compensation of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) or more is paid per calendar year.
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The City Administrator shall also disclose by May 1 the following information for the previous calendar year:
a. 
The name and address of each of the employers of the City Administrator from whom income of one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) or more was received during the year covered by the statement;
b. 
The name and address of each sole proprietorship that he/she owned;
c. 
The name, address and the general nature of the business conducted of each general partnership and joint venture in which he/she was a partner or participant;
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The name and address of each partner or co-participant for each partnership or joint venture unless such names and addresses are filed by the partnership or joint venture with the Secretary of State;
e. 
The name, address and general nature of the business conducted of any closely held corporation or limited partnership in which the City Administrator owned ten percent (10%) or more of any class of the outstanding stock or limited partnership units;
f. 
The name of any publicly traded corporation or limited partnership that is listed on a regulated stock exchange or automated quotation system in which the City Administrator owned two percent (2%) or more of any class of outstanding stock, limited partnership units or other equity interest; and
g. 
The name and address of each corporation for which the City Administrator served in the capacity of a director, officer or receiver.
B. 
Filing Of Reports. The reports shall be in the format as supplied by the Missouri Secretary of State or the Missouri Ethics Commission. The reports shall be filed with the City Clerk and with the Secretary of State prior to January 1, 1996. All reports filed after January 1, 1996, shall be filed with the City Clerk and the Missouri Ethics Commission. The reports shall be available for public inspection and copying during normal business hours.
C. 
Time Of Filing. The financial interest statements shall be filed at the following times, but no person is required to file more than one (1) financial interest statement in any calendar year.
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Each person appointed to, elected to office shall file the statement within thirty (30) days of such appointment or election.
2. 
Every other person shall file the statement annually not later than May 1 and the statement shall cover the calendar year ending the immediately preceding December 31; provided that any member of the Board of Aldermen may supplement the financial interest statement to report additional interest acquired after December 31 of the covered year until the date of filing of the financial interest statement.
D. 
Filing Of Ordinance. The City Clerk shall send a certified copy of this Section to the Secretary of State's office within ten (10) days of adoption/readoption of this Section/ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1614 §2, 2-24-2009; Ord. No. 1615 §2, 3-11-2009]
A. 
No elected or appointed official or employee of the City shall:
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Act or refrain from acting in any capacity in which he is lawfully empowered to act as such an official or employee by reason of any payment, offer to pay, promise to pay or receipt of anything of actual pecuniary value paid or payable, or received or receivable, to himself or any third (3rd) person, including any gift or campaign contribution, made or received in relationship to, or as a condition of the performance of an official act, other than compensation to be paid by the City;
2. 
Use confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself, his spouse, his dependent child in his custody or any business with which he is associated;
3. 
Disclose confidential information obtained in the course of or by reason of his employment or official capacity in any manner with intent to result in financial gain for himself or any other person;
4. 
Favorably act on any matter that is specifically designed so as to provide a special monetary benefit to such official or his spouse or dependent children. For the purposes of this Subdivision, "special monetary benefit" means being materially affected in a substantially different manner or degree than the public in general or the class of persons affected;
5. 
Use his decision-making authority for the purpose of obtaining a financial gain which materially enriches himself, his spouse or dependent children by acting or refraining from acting for the purpose of coercing or extorting from another anything of actual pecuniary value.
B. 
No elected or appointed official or employee of the City shall offer, promote or advocate for a political appointment to any political subdivision in exchange for anything of value.