All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
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.
No person shall be a candidate for municipal office unless such
person complies with the provisions of Section 115.346, RSMo., regarding
payment of municipal taxes or user fees.
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.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the St. Louis
County Board of Election Commissioners 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 City Council 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 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.
The City Clerk shall adhere to the following procedures on the
first (1st) day for filing of candidates for municipal offices. All
candidates for elective offices in municipal elections are prohibited
from entering City Hall on the opening filing date prior to opening
time for filing of declaration of candidacy for any office and shall
form a line outside the front door of City Hall. All candidates shall
enter City Hall and shall be received by the City Clerk or his/her
designee, during normal business hours, in that order until filing
closes. On the first (1st) day for filing only, the business hours
for filing shall commence at 8:00 A.M. and end at 5:00 P.M. The order
upon which the candidates' names for each office will appear on the
ballot will be in the same order in which they pass through the main
entrance of City Hall and are registered with the City Clerk.
[CC 1996 §110.030; Ord. No. 815 §§1 — 2, 9-16-1991]
A. The City
of Breckenridge Hills shall be divided into four (4) Wards for the
election of officers of the City of Breckenridge Hills and for such
other matters or propositions as the City of Breckenridge Hills may
deem proper and as may be authorized by law.
B. The four
(4) Wards shall be established and exist as delineated in Exhibit
A which is on file in the office of the City Clerk and incorporated
by reference herein.