[Ord. No. 933 §1; Ord. No. 1326 §2, 11-18-1997; Ord. No. 2523, 12-17-2019; Ord. No. 2538, 3-17-2020]
The boundaries of Ward Numbers l, 2 and 3 of the City of Eureka
are hereby changed to encompass the areas described below; as indicated
on the Ward District Boundary Map which is on file in the City Clerk's
office:
(a)
All the area of the City of Eureka lying and situated to the north
of lnterstate 44 right-of-way, west of the rear property lines of
lots fronting on Orchard Lane, south and west of the Ender Bush Estates
Subdivision to include the properties of Hilltop Village and the southern
property line of Forby Estates Subdivision where it meets and includes
the property located at 300 and 401 Forby Road, following the northern
boundary line of the City to include all properties within the northern
boundary line where it meets the City boundary line to the west and
Interstate 44 is hereby designated as comprising Ward Number 1.
(b)
All the area of the City of Eureka lying and situated to the eastern
and northern boundary line of the City, including the Emerald Forest
Subdivision, following the western property line of the Rockwood School
District to the northern property line of 300 Forby Road traveling
along the western and southern property line of Ender Bush Estates
Subdivision to the rear property line of homes fronting Orchard Lane,
traveling along the northern line of West Fifth Street to where it
crosses Interstate 44, including properties on the north side of West
Main Street where it meets the northern property line of 215 Sheerin
Avenue, to the property line of 353 Bald Hill Road, including all
properties along Brock Road and Bald Hill Road to where it meets Highway
109/W and crossing to include the properties in Windswept Farms Subdivision,
traveling north and crossing Highway W to include all properties within
the City boundary line at the Meramec River where it meets the eastern
boundary line of the City is hereby designated as comprising Ward
Number 2.
(c)
All the area of the City of Eureka lying and situated south of the
southern right-of-way line of Interstate 44, and properties west of
the rear lot lines of the properties located on Bald Hill Road and
Brock Road, and properties north of the southern boundary line of
the City is hereby designated as comprising Ward No. 3.
[Ord. No. 936 §2; Ord. No. 1327 §1, 12-2-1997; Ord. No. 1659 §§3-4, 11-19-2002]
The general election for the elective officers of the City shall
be held on the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in
April of each year. This election shall be known as the annual general
City election. The officers to be elected at such election shall be
as follows:
(a)
There shall be elected a mayor, a marshal and a collector at every
other odd-year election. The mayor, marshal and collector shall each
serve for a term of four (4) years.
(b)
There shall be elected one (1) alderman from each ward at the odd-year
election. Each alderman shall serve for a term of two (2) years.
(c)
There shall be elected one (1) alderman from each ward at the even-year
election. Each alderman shall serve for a term of two (2) years.
[Ord. No. 140 §2]
Special elections, when called by the Mayor, or the person occupying
the office of Mayor, to fill a vacancy in an elective office shall
be provided for by ordinance or resolution of the Board of Aldermen,
as it is in the case of any other election. Special elections to fill
a vacancy or other purpose shall be conducted the same as other elections
in all respects.
[Ord. No. 927 §1; Ord. No. 1266 §1, 11-19-1996; Ord. No. 2616, 11-2-2021]
(a)
A candidate for any elective office in the City of Eureka, Missouri,
shall, not sooner than 8:00 A.M. on the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday
prior to the election and not later than 5:00 P.M. on the fourteenth
(14th) Tuesday prior to the election, file a written Declaration of
Candidacy with the City Clerk of Eureka, Missouri, on a form provided
by the City Clerk.
(b)
The Declaration of Candidacy provided for in Subsection (a) hereof must be actually received and accepted in person in the office of the City Clerk of Eureka, Missouri, by 5:00 P.M. on the fourteenth (14th) Tuesday prior to the election. Only the names of such declared and accepted candidates shall appear on the official election ballot.
[Ord. No. 140 §4; Ord. No. 1266 §1, 11-19-1996]
The City Clerk shall certify to the St. Louis County Board of
Election Commissioners by the tenth (10th) Tuesday prior to the election
the list of candidates and offices to be voted on in that election
in the form prescribed by the St. Louis County Board of Election Commissioners.
[Ord. No. 140 §5; Ord. No. 205 §1; Ord. 2294 §1, 2-18-2014]
The City Clerk shall cause a notice of all elections to be given
as required by the Revised Statutes of Missouri, as amended.
[Ord. No. 932, §2]
All citizens of the United States, over the age of eighteen
(18) years, who are residents of the State and the City, and no other
persons, shall be entitled to vote at all City elections, unless such
persons are excluded from voting as provided in Section 115.133, RSMo.
Provided, that if the election is one for which registration is required
that such person must be registered no later than 5:00 P.M., or the
normal closing time of any public building where the registration
is being held if such time is later than 5:00 P.M., on the third (3rd)
Wednesday prior to the election. In no case shall registration for
an election extend beyond 10:00 p.m. on the third (3rd) Wednesday
prior to the election. Provided further, that if the election is one
for which registration is not required, that such person must have
been a resident of the City for thirty (30) days next preceding the
election for which such person offers to vote. Provided further, that
where registration is required that such a person is registered upon
the registration books of the Board of Election Commissioners of the
County and thereby shown to be qualified as a voter at elections under
the jurisdiction of the Board. Provided further, that each voter shall
vote in the ward in which he resides.
[Ord. No. 140, §7]
The polling places shall be open from 6:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
[Ord. No. 140, §8]
All elections shall be conducted by the county board of election
commissioners in a manner prescribed by such regulations as the board
of election commissioners may promulgate from time to time with reference
to the conduct of the elections by cities of the fourth class in the
county. The responsibility for judges, polling books, ballots, preserving
ballot boxes, establishing polling places, etc., shall be the sole
responsibility of the board of election commissioners.
