[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §1; Ord.
No. 1334 §1, 6-12-2000; Ord. No. 1915 §1, 10-28-2013]
No person shall be an Alderman unless he or she is at least
eighteen (18) years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an
inhabitant and resident of the City for one (1) year next preceding
his or her election, and a resident, at the time he or she files and
during the time he or she serves, of the Ward from which he or she
is elected.
[Ord. No. 1044 §2, 9-11-1989; Ord. No. 1165 §1, 12-13-1993; Ord. No. 1177 §1, 4-13-1994; Ord. No. 1220 §1, 1-16-1996; Ord. No. 1645 §1, 12-11-2006; Ord. No. 1914 §1, 10-28-2013]
A.
Number Of Aldermen. The members of the Board of Aldermen
shall be two (2) in number from each of the City’s two (2) wards.
B.
Meeting Time And Location. The regular meetings of the Board
of Aldermen shall be held at the Robert A. Lloyd Community Center
and Municipal Building located at 1902 Jefferson Street, Hermann,
Missouri or at such other place designated by resolution from time
to time, on the evening of the second and fourth Mondays of each month
at 7:00 P.M. or at such hour as may be prescribed from time to time
by resolution. No further notice to the Board of Aldermen of any regular
meeting shall be required. Notice of all meetings shall be given to
the public as required by law.
C.
Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board of Aldermen
may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) Aldermen by notice in
writing or in person stating the time, place of the meeting and business
to be transacted, such notice to be given by the Mayor, the Aldermen
calling the meeting, the Chief of Police or City Clerk at the request
of the Mayor or said two (2) Aldermen or by any other person over
the age of eighteen (18) years appointed by the Mayor or any two (2)
members of the Board of Aldermen to deliver said notice. Notice of
all meetings shall be given to the public as required by law.
D.
Quorum. The Mayor and any three (3) Aldermen shall constitute
a quorum for the transaction of business at any regular meeting; and
if it appears that all of the members of the Board had received notice
of a special meeting, the Mayor and any two (2) Aldermen shall constitute
a quorum at such meeting, but the fact of such notice to all of the
Aldermen shall be entered upon the journal.
E.
Video-Conferencing. A member of the Board of Aldermen may
be considered present at the meeting for quorum purposes and may vote
on any matter before the Board of Aldermen via video-conference pursuant
to Section 610.015, RSMo.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §4]
The Board of Aldermen shall cause to be kept a journal of its
proceedings, and the "ayes" and "nays" shall be entered on any question
at the request of any two (2) members. The Board of Aldermen may prescribe
and enforce such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious
transaction of its business.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §5]
At the first (1st) regular meeting after the municipal election
day of each year, the Board shall elect one (1) of their own number
who shall be styled "Acting President of the Board of Aldermen" and who shall serve for a term of one (1) year.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §6]
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death,
resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to
qualify, or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of
the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties
of the Mayor with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction
of the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed;
or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §7]
The Board of Aldermen shall semi-annually in January and July
of each year make out and spread upon their records a full and detailed
account and statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness
of the City for the half year ending December thirty-first (31st)
and June thirtieth (30th), preceding the date of such report, which
account and statement shall be published in some newspaper in the
City.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §8]
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel the attendance
of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to
any subject under consideration in which the interest of the City
is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officers of
the City, or the County in which such City is located, to execute
such process. The officer making such service shall be allowed to
receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court
for similar services, to be paid by the City. The Mayor or Acting
President of the Board of Aldermen shall have power to administer
oaths to witnesses.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §9]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall have the care, management
and control of the City and its finances, and shall have power to
enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the Constitution
and laws of this State, and such as they shall deem expedient for
the good government of the City, the preservation of peace and good
order, the benefit of trade and commerce and the health of the inhabitants
thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be
deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify
or repeal the same.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §11]
The Board of Aldermen shall have power, by ordinance, to secure
the general health of the inhabitants of the City by any measure to
regulate, suppress and abate slaughter-houses, slaughtering animals,
stockyards, soap and other factories, pig pens, cow stables, and other
stables and dairies, and to remove the same, and to regulate or prevent
the carrying on of any business which may be dangerous or detrimental
to the public health, or the manufacturing or rendering of articles
obnoxious to the health of the inhabitants; and to pass ordinances
for the prevention of nuisances and their abatement.
[Ord. No. 1068 §12, 9-25-1990]
All measures designed to become ordinances shall be first made
available for public inspection, by posting thereof in or immediately
outside the office of the City Clerk for not less than sixteen (16)
business hours prior to the time the bill is introduced for passage
by the Board of Aldermen. For the purpose of this Section, "business hours" shall be deemed to mean all hours during
which the office of the City Clerk is open to the public for the transaction
of official business of the City of Hermann. All ordinances passed,
unless printed in a newspaper or book form, shall be typewritten and
posted in the City Hall or office of the City Clerk for thirty (30)
days immediately after passage.
[Ord. No. 1068, §13, 9-25-1990]
The style of ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Hermann, Missouri, as follows:
. . ." No ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall
become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the
members elected to the Board of Aldermen shall vote for it, and the
"ayes" and "nays" be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance
shall be introduced to the Board of Aldermen in writing and shall
be read by title or in full two (2) times prior to passage. Both readings
may, at the option of the Board of Aldermen, occur at a single meeting
of the Board of Aldermen. If the proposed ordinance is read by title
only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available for
public inspection prior to the time the bill is under consideration
by the Board of Aldermen. Upon the request of the Mayor or any Alderman,
any proposed ordinance shall be read in full on one (1) of the two
(2) readings hereby required. No bill shall become an ordinance until
it shall have been signed by the Mayor or person exercising the duties
of the Mayor's office, or shall have been passed over the Mayor's
veto, as herein provided.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §14]
Every bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented
to the Mayor and by him approved shall become an ordinance, and every
bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with the Mayor's objections
thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The Board of Aldermen shall cause
the objections of the Mayor to be entered at large upon the journal
and proceed at its convenience to consider the question pending, which
shall be in this form: "Shall the bill pass, the objections of the
Mayor thereto notwithstanding?" The vote on this question shall be
taken by "ayes" and "nays" and the names entered upon the journal,
and if two-thirds (2/3) of all members-elect shall vote in the affirmative,
the City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus
certified shall be deposited with the proper officer, and shall become
an ordinance in the same manner and the like effect as if it had received
the approval of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have power to sign or veto
any ordinance passed by the Board of Aldermen; provided, that should
he neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with
his objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Board
of Aldermen, the same shall become a law without his signature.
[R.O. of 1943, Ch. 4, Art. 3 §15]
The Board of Aldermen shall, within a reasonable time after
the Assessor's books of each year are returned, ascertain the amount
of money to be raised thereon for general and other purposes, and
fix the annual rate of levy therefor by ordinance.
