All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
A.
A municipal
election for the qualified voters of this City shall be held on the
first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of each
year.
B.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Ozark shall be held for the purpose of electing a Mayor who shall
hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and until his/her
successor is elected and qualified.
C.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of odd-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Ozark shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from
each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years
and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
D.
On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Ozark shall be held for the purpose of electing one (1) Alderman from
each ward who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years
and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
[Ord. No. 09-002 §1, 1-5-2009]
Any person who desires to become a candidate for an elective
City office at the general 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 the eleventh (11th) Tuesday prior to the next
City municipal election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate for office at said election. The City Clerk shall
keep a permanent record of the names of the candidates, the office
for which they seek election and the date of their filing. As to those
candidates who file a declaration prior to 5:00 P.M. on the first
(1st) day for filing, the City Clerk shall determine by random drawing
the order in which such candidates' names shall appear on the ballot.
This drawing shall be conducted so that each candidate will draw a
number at random at the time of filing. The City Clerk shall record
the number drawn with the candidate's declaration of candidacy. The
names of candidates filing on the first (first) day of filing for
each office on each ballot shall be listed in ascending order of the
numbers so drawn.
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.
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Editor's Note — As to arrearage or delinquency in all
taxes, see §115.342, RSMo.
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.
The form of said written declaration of candidacy shall be substantially
as follows:
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I, ____________________________, being first duly sworn, state
that I reside at ____________________________, City of Ozark, County
of Christian, Missouri; that I am a qualified voter; that I do hereby
declare myself a candidate for the office of ____________________________,
to be voted upon at the municipal election to be held on the first
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April, ______, and I
meet all the qualifications required of a candidate for said office,
and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot
for said election for said office and state that I will serve as such
officer, if elected.
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Subscribed and sworn to before me this ______ day of __________________,
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[R.O. 2006 §105.030]
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
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 Board of Aldermen 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.
[R.O. 2006 §105.050; Ord. No. 97-02 §105.050, 1-6-1997; Ord. No. 99-73 §1, 12-20-1999; Ord. No. 01-078 §1, 12-3-2001; Ord. No. 12-033 §1, 8-27-2012; Ord.
No. 21-085, 10-18-2021[1]]
A.
The
City shall be divided into three (3) Wards as follows:
1.
Ward One. All that part of the City lying south of the east-west,
north section line of Sections 29, 28, 27, 26 and 25, all in Township
27N, Range 21W.
2.
Ward Two. All that part of the City lying north of the east-west,
north section line of Sections 29, 28, 27, 26 and 25, all in Township
27N, Range 21W and beginning at the northwest corner of Section 17,
Township 27N, Range 21 W, lying south of east-west, north section
line of Sections 17, 16 and 15, all in Township 27N, Range 21W to
the eastern right-of-way line of US Highway 65, then north to northern
right-of-way line of West Garton Road, then east to the eastern right-of-way
line of North State Highway NN, then north to the northern right-of-way
line of West Sunset Road, then east to the eastern right-of-way line
of North 3rd Street, then south to the northern right-of-way line
of East Riverbluff Drive, then east to the northern section line of
Section 14, Township 27N, Range 21W, and lying south of the east-west,
north section line of Sections 14 and 13, Township 27N, Range 21W.
3.
Ward Three. All that part of the City beginning at the northwest
corner of Section 17, Township 27N, Range 21W, lying north of east-west,
north section line of Sections 17, 16 and 15, all in Township 27N,
Range 21W to the eastern right-of-way line of US Highway 65, then
north to northern right-of-way line of West Garton Road, then east
to the eastern right-of-way line of North State Highway NN, then north
to the northern right-of-way line of West Sunset Road, then east to
the eastern right-of-way line of North 3rd Street, then south to the
northern right-of-way line of East Riverbluff Drive, then east to
the northern section line of Section 14, Township 27N, Range 21W,
and lying north of the east-west, north section line of Sections 14
and 13, Township 27N, Range 21W.
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Editor's Note: Ord. No. 21-085 also stated: The Ward Map,
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit A,
shall be on file with the City Clerk and made available to the citizens
by the City.
