[R.O. 1993 § 110.010; Ord. No.
86-1916A § 1A, 11-10-1986; CC 1988 § 2-16]
No person shall be Council member unless he or she is at least
twenty-one (21) years of age prior to taking office, a citizen of
the United States, and an inhabitant of the City for one (1) year
next preceding his or her election, and a resident of the ward from
which he or she is elected six (6) months next preceding his or her
election. Whenever there is a tie in the election of a Council member,
the matter shall be determined by the Council.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.015]
The Council shall consist of five (5) members, and all persons
now eligible for the position of Council member under the laws governing
Cities of the Third Class shall be eligible to serve as Council members
under §§ 78.430 to 78.630, RSMo. The term of Council members
shall be three (3) years, except that of the first Council elected
after the adoption of §§ 78.430 to 78.630, RSMo., one (1)
member shall serve for one (1) year, two (2) for two (2) years, and
two (2) for three (3) years. Those Council members receiving the highest
number of votes at the first municipal election shall serve for the
three-year term, those receiving the next highest shall serve for
the two-year term, and the other for the one-year term. Should a vacancy
occur in the office of Council member by death, resignation or otherwise,
the Council shall select a successor who shall serve until the next
regular election. All Council members shall be elected at large. They
shall qualify and their terms of office shall begin on the first Monday
after their election. The terms of office of the Mayor and Council
members in the City, in office at the beginning of the terms of office
of the Council first elected under the provisions of §§
78.430 to 78.630, RSMo., including all boards and commissions, shall
cease and determine and the terms of office of all other City Officers,
whether elective or appointive, in force in such City except as herein
provided shall cease and determine as soon as the Council shall by
resolution declare, except that the Council may continue the Board
of Public Works, and the Library, Hospital and Park Boards for such
time or times after organizing under §§ 78.430 to 78.630,
RSMo., as the interests of the City in its judgment may require.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.035; Ord. No.
2004-2602 § 1, 6-22-2004; Ord. No. 2010-2891 § 1, 12-28-2010]
Any person elected to serve as a Council member/woman will serve
with no annual compensation effective with the April 2011 election
and each seat elected to office thereafter.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.040]
Three (3) members of the Council shall constitute a quorum to
do business; but no action thereof shall be valid unless at least
three (3) shall vote in favor of such action. Upon every vote the
"yeas" and "nays" shall be called and recorded and every motion, resolution,
and ordinance shall be reduced to writing before the vote is taken
thereon. Every resolution or ordinance passed by the Council must
be signed by the Mayor or in his or her absence by the Chairman pro
tem, or by two (2) members of the Council before the same shall be
enforced.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.130; Ord. No.
96-2247 § 110.130, 9-24-1996; Ord. No. 99-2385 § 1, 5-26-1999; Ord. No. 99-2409-B §§ 1 — 2, 11-23-1999; Ord. No. 2014-2983 § 1, 2-24-2014]
A. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to recommend to the Council persons
to fill any vacancy or member position on any City board or commission.
All recommendations of the Mayor to fill a vacancy on a City board
or commission shall be subject to approval of a majority of the Council.
The Mayor shall promptly appoint those persons approved by the Council
to serve on the appropriate board or commission.
B. When a new board or commission is created, the City Clerk shall cause
a notice to be placed in a local newspaper and on the public notice
board at City Hall. The notice shall show the name and purpose of
the new board or commission and the last date any person seeking appointment
to the new board or commission may submit his or her name for consideration.
At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council following
the last date any person seeking appointment may submit his or her
name for consideration, the Council shall review the names of all
applicants.
C. When a vacancy shall exist on a standing board or commission, the
Chairperson of that board shall immediately notify the City Clerk
and Mayor of the vacancy, and the City Clerk shall cause a notice
of such vacancy and solicitation for applicants to fill the vacancy
to be placed in a local newspaper and on the public notice board at
City Hall. The notice prepared by the City Clerk shall describe the
vacancy and the position to be filled and shall state the last date
upon which any person seeking appointment to such vacancy shall submit
his or her name for consideration to the City Clerk. The current members
of the board or commission may interview the applicants, and, within
thirty (30) days of the application deadline, the Chairman of the
board or commission shall submit the names of all applicants to the
Mayor along with any recommendations which the existing board or commission
may have made as to the individuals which the existing board or commission
has interviewed. At the next regularly scheduled meeting of the City
Council, the Council shall review the names of all applicants.
D. After review of all the applicants has occurred, the Mayor shall
then, within sixty (60) days, either appoint an individual from the
list of applicants to fill the vacancy or shall appoint some other
qualified person.
E. No person shall be appointed to serve as a member of more than two
(2) boards or commissions of the City at the same time. No person
shall be appointed to serve on the Planning and Zoning, Board of Zoning
Adjustment and/or the Building Board of Appeals at the same time.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.140; Ord. No.
99-2392 §§ 1 — 2, 5-25-1999]
It shall constitute good cause, as such term is set forth in
the State Statutes, to remove any individual from a board or commission
if such individual has missed three (3) or more consecutive meetings
of such board or commission.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.060; Code 1972 § 2-7;
CC 1988 § 2-21; Ord. No. 92-2080 § 1, 7-13-1992; Ord. No. 94-2158, 8-22-1994; Ord. No. 2001-2467 § I, 7-24-2001; Ord. No. 2003-2566 § 1, 10-28-2003; Ord. No. 2014-2980 § 1, 1-8-2014; Ord. No. 2015-3023 § 1, 1-9-2015; Ord. No. 2020-3186, 2-11-2020]
A. The Council shall hold its regularly scheduled meetings in the building
known as the City Hall.
B. The regular meetings of the Council shall be held on the second (2nd)
and fourth (4th) Tuesday of each month at 6:00 P.M., and additional
meetings may be held at other times as set by the Council.
C. The
first meeting in April that follows the general election day for Council
members shall be the first (1st) day of terms of office for Mayor
and Council members pursuant to Section 78.460, RSMo.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.070; Code 1972 § 2-8; Ord. No. 86-1905 § 2, 4-28-1986; CC 1988 § 2-22; Ord. No. 2003-2566 § 1, 10-28-2003]
A. The Mayor or any two (2) Council members may call a special meeting
of the City Council at any time and place by causing a notice to be
served upon the members of the Council or by leaving a copy of the
notice at the residence of the Council members or by all members of
the Council and the Mayor meeting by agreement at the City Hall without
notice.
B. The Mayor or Council members, in calling a special meeting, shall
fix the time and place of the meeting and shall state in the call
or have spread upon the journal the object of the meeting. No business
shall be transacted at a special or called meeting other than that
for which the meeting was called, unless the Mayor and all Council
members shall be present at the meeting. In such case, any and all
business may be transacted that might be transacted at any regular
meeting.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.080; Code 1972 § 2-9;
CC 1988 § 2-23]
All meetings of the City Council, whether regular or special,
at which any person not a City Official is admitted shall be open
to the public, except as permitted by State law.
[R.O. 1993 § 110.090; Code 1972 § 2-11;
CC 1988 § 2-25]
A. The following rules and order of business for the governing of the
City Council in its deliberations are hereby adopted:
1.
A quorum being present, the Mayor shall call the Council to
order, cause the roll to be called and the minutes of the last session
to be read or presented as printed, and the mistakes, if any, shall
be corrected. The Mayor shall preserve order and decorum, and shall
decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Council.
He or she shall appoint all committees, subject to the concurrence
therein of the Council.
2.
When a question is put by the chair, each member present shall
vote, unless the Council shall for special reasons excuse him or her
but if directly or indirectly financially interested he or she shall
not vote or participate in any matter in which he or she is financially
interested as defined in § 105.450, RSMo. Upon every vote the
"yeas" and "nays" shall be recorded, and every motion, resolution
or ordinance shall be reduced to writing and read before the vote
is taken thereon.
3.
A motion to adjourn and a motion to fix the time at which the
Council shall adjourn shall always be in order and shall be decided
without debate.
4.
When a Council member or other person is about to speak or address
the Council, he or she shall address the chair as "Mr. Mayor" but
shall not proceed with his or her remarks until recognized. He or
she shall confine himself to the question before the Council and shall
avoid all personalities.
5.
Official reports of Council members and of the different officers
of the City shall be presented in writing and signed by the officers
presenting the same.
6.
The Mayor can temporarily excuse any member of the Council,
but no Council member shall be permitted to leave the meeting of the
Council without the consent of a majority of the members present.
7.
When any question has been voted upon, it shall be in order
for any Council member to move a reconsideration thereof at the same
or the next succeeding meeting, but no question or vote shall be reconsidered
a second time.
8.
At each regular meeting of the Council the following shall be
the order of business:
b.
Approval of minutes as read or printed;
9.
The Mayor shall follow the prepared agenda of the meeting unless
otherwise permitted by a majority of the Council. Such agenda shall
contain all unfinished new business to come before the Council.
B. These rules, or any of them, may be temporarily suspended or amended
by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of all members elected.