[CC 1996 §115.100; CC 1981 §115.010; Ord. No. 476 §§1 —
2, 9-18-1978; Ord. No. 795 §1, 3-18-1991]
A.
The
City Council of the City of Breckenridge Hills shall hold one (1)
regular meeting each month on the third (3rd) Monday of each month,
which meeting shall be called to order by the Mayor at 7:00 P.M. All
meetings shall be held at City Hall, provided however, that the meeting
place for any or all subsequent meetings may be changed at any regular
Council meeting by motion properly put and carried by a majority of
the Council members present and voting. When the third (3rd) Monday
of any month falls on a legal holiday, the City Council may, at any
regular meeting, by motion properly put and carried by a majority
of the Council members present and voting, fix another day for such
regular meeting.
B.
In
the event of a change of meeting place, as aforesaid, notice of the
change of meeting place together with the address of the new meeting
place shall be given by the City Clerk or by his/her assistant, in
writing, to each member of the Council by mail directed to the last
known address of each Council member and mailed at least five (5)
days before the date set for such meeting.
[CC 1996 §115.110; Ord. No. 950 §1, 6-20-1996]
The Mayor, upon notice in writing signed by five (5) members
of the Council or on his/her own, shall call a public special meeting
of the City Council, which special meeting shall be a meeting open
to the public and which shall be called to order by the Mayor on the
designated date at 7:00 P.M. at the regularly designated meeting place
of the Council. All public special Council meetings shall be publicly
announced as soon as practicable. The Mayor or the Chairman of any
committee or commission of the City of Breckenridge Hills shall publicly
announce at any regular meeting of such Council, commission or committee
the date, time and place of any public special meeting and the general
nature of the subject or subjects to be discussed thereat. In addition
thereto, the City Clerk or his/her assistant shall prepare a written
notice of any public special meeting setting forth the date, time
and place of said meeting and the general nature of the subject or
subjects to be discussed. Said written notice shall be prepared and
posted as soon as practicable after the announcement of any said public
special Council meeting. All public special Council meetings shall
be posted and open to the public to the extent necessary and as required
by Chapter 610, RSMo.
[CC 1996 §115.130; CC 1981 §115.040; Ord. No. 476 §5, 9-18-1978]
Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prohibit special
meetings of the City Council from convening at or adjourning to places
outside of the City Hall for the purpose of making inspections, viewing
property or otherwise gathering information.
[CC 1996 §115.140; CC 1981 §115.050; Ord. No. 78 §1, 10-19-1953]
All members of the City Council shall be required to attend
all regular and special meetings of the City Council, unless excused
by the Mayor because of illness or other good and sufficient reasons.
[CC 1996 §115.150; CC 1981 §115.070; Ord. No. 78 §3, 10-19-1953]
Five (5) members of the Council shall constitute a quorum to
do business. In the absence of a quorum, no action shall be taken
by the Council members present, except to adjourn the meeting from
day to day until a quorum be present.
[CC 1996 §115.160; CC 1981 §115.080; Ord. No. 424 §§1 —
4, 4-18-1977; Ord. No. 476 §1, 9-18-1978]
A.
The
City Clerk shall prepare and provide, not later than 5:00 P.M. on
the Wednesday immediately prior to the next regular public monthly
meeting of the City Council, an agenda for the next said regular public
monthly meeting of the City Council. Said agenda shall be available
at the City Hall during regular hours and at no charge.
B.
The
City Attorney shall assist the City Clerk or his/her assistant in
the preparation of said agenda and shall provide the subject matter
of all bills identified in the agenda to the City Clerk or his/her
assistant by not later than 12:00 P.M. of the aforesaid Wednesday.
C.
The
agenda as prepared shall be followed by the City Council of the City
of Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, for the conduct of the meeting to
which the agenda applies. Said agenda may be deviated from by the
affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the members of the City Council
present and voting at said meeting.
D.
The
form for the aforesaid agenda shall be in the form that is on file
in the office of the City Clerk.
[CC 1996 §115.170; CC 1981 §115.090; Ord. No. 78 §4, 10-19-1953]
At the hour appointed for the meeting, the City Clerk shall
proceed to call the roll of members and announce whether or not a
quorum be present, whereupon the Mayor shall call the meeting to order.
[CC 1996 §115.180; CC 1981 §115.100; Ord. No. 78 §6, 10-19-1953]
A.
Any
order of business may be dispensed with or taken up out of its regular
order, upon motion put and carried by two thirds (2/3) of members
of the Council present and voting.
B.
The
provisions of this Chapter concerning "order of business" shall not
apply to special meetings called for a specific purpose and at such
meetings only the business specifically stated in the "notice of meetings"
shall be heard or acted upon.
[CC 1996 §115.190; CC 1981 §115.110; Ord. No. 78 §7, 10-19-1953]
A.
Residents
of the City, who are not members of the City Council, may be heard
orally and the meetings of the City Council shall be open for discussion
under such "order", which period shall not exceed thirty (30) minutes,
except by unanimous vote of the Council members. No person shall speak
twice on the same subject or question until all other persons desiring
to speak on the subject shall have been heard. No person shall be
permitted to speak longer than five (5) minutes without the specific
consent of the Mayor.
B.
Any
resident or Council member desiring to speak shall address the Mayor
and obtain recognition by him/her before speaking. Any resident, so
recognized by the Mayor, shall state his/her name and address the
Chair before proceeding.
[CC 1996 §115.200; Ord. No. 1063 §1, 11-24-2003]
A.
All
meetings of the City Counsel shall be conducted in accordance with
Robert's Rules of Order, excepting any such rules which are repugnant
to the Constitution or laws of the State of Missouri and excepting
further any such rule amended by the City Council.
B.
At
the hour appointed, the Presiding Officer, whether Mayor, the President
Pro Tem or in their absence any member of the City Council chosen
to Chair the meeting, shall call the Council to order. It shall be
the duty of the Presiding Officer to conduct all meetings of the Council,
to preserve order and decorum and to decide questions of order and
procedure.
C.
Council
members shall not interrupt or try to speak to another Council member
who has been recognized by the Presiding Officer and has the floor
unless said Council member yields the floor and the interrupting Council
member has been recognized by the Presiding Officer. Council members
shall address the Chair as "Mayor" or "Mr./Ms. Mayor", "President"
or "Mr./Ms. President" or "the Chair", "Mr. Chairman" or "Mrs. Chairwoman"
as circumstances may require. In referring to each other Council members
shall use the term "Councilman", "Councilwoman" or "Council person"
as circumstances may require and the Mayor shall likewise so address
Council persons.
D.
At
all times the Mayor and each Council person shall remember that meetings
of the City Council are held to conduct the business of the City of
Breckenridge Hills. Any issue or matter discussed at a meeting shall
be germane to the business of the City. All comments made by the Mayor
or any Council person shall address only the particular issue or matter
being discussed. Meetings shall not be used by the Mayor or any Council
person as a forum for electoral politics. The Mayor and each Council
person must further be cognizant that to facilitate the business of
the City, they must refrain from personal attacks of any kind or nature,
they must not use profanity or any language that is abusive, demeaning
or inflammatory and they must not allow disagreement over the City's
business to rise from debate to the level of argument. The Mayor and
each Council person are the representatives of the residents of the
City of Breckenridge Hills and as such they are required to conduct
themselves accordingly.
E.
Any
violation of these rules shall be enforced by the Presiding Officer,
whether the Mayor, President Pro Tern or selected Council person.
The Presiding Officer may take such action as is necessary or appropriate
including, but not limited to, warning the speaker of any violation
and requesting compliance, requesting that the speaker immediately
conclude his/her comments, curtailing the speaker's opportunity to
be heard by refusing to allow any further comment and upon a vote
of the Council duly moved and seconded, ordering the immediate removal
of the speaker from the meeting. Any action taken by the Presiding
Officer, other than removal from the meeting, may be subject to appeal
to the Council by a motion duly made and seconded. If the Presiding
Officer fails or refuses to enforce this Section, any Council person
may move for relief as provided herein and if said motion be sustained,
the Presiding Officer shall implement the relief so moved.
[CC 1996 §115.210; CC 1981 §115.150; Ord. No. 78 §11, 10-19-1953]
All committees shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval
of a majority of the members of the City Council present and voting.
[CC 1996 §100.040; CC 1981 §100.040; Ord. No. 682 §1, 6-16-1986; Ord.
No. 731 §1, 1-16-1989; Ord. No. 947 §§1 —
2, 12-18-1995]
A.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Council of the City of Breckenridge Hills 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
Council shall vote for it, and the "ayes" and "nays" be entered on
the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the Council
in writing and shall be read by title or in full two (2) times prior
to passage. Both readings may occur at a single meeting of the Council.
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 Council. 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. When so
signed, it shall be delivered to the Mayor for his/her approval and
signature or his/her veto.
[Ord. No. 1192 §§1 — 2, 9-19-2013]
B.
When
an ordinance repealing a former ordinance, clause or provision shall
itself be repealed, such repeal shall not be construed to revive such
former ordinance, clause or provision unless it be expressly so provided.
C.
All
ordinances which shall become laws shall as soon as practicable after
their approval or adoption be recorded in a book to be kept by the
City Clerk and known as the Record of Ordinances.
[CC 1996 §100.050; CC 1981 §100.050; Ord. No. 369 §§1 —
6, 2-3-1975]
A.
Any
member of the City Council may introduce a resolution at any properly
called regular or public special or closed special meeting of the
City Council.
B.
All
proposed resolutions shall be submitted to the City Council in written
form.
C.
Resolutions
may be introduced by any Council member on any subject matter or topic
not prohibited by or in conflict with the ordinances of the City of
Breckenridge Hills, Missouri, and/or the laws of the State of Missouri.
D.
Each
resolution after it is introduced shall be read in its entirety at
a properly called regular or public special or closed special meeting
of the City Council and shall be deemed passed if approved by motion
properly put and carried by a majority vote of the Council members
present and voting at said meeting.
E.
All
resolutions (whether passed or not passed) shall be filed in chronological
order by date of their introduction in a bound volume captioned "RESOLUTIONS"
and shall be identified by a number, the first (1st) part of which
shall be the last two (2) numbers of the then current calendar year,
followed by a chronological number which number shall be started anew
at the beginning of each calendar year.
F.
Each
passed resolution shall be signed by the Mayor and attested to by
the City Clerk and sealed with the City Seal. Any resolution may be
certified and/or published at direction of the City Council.
