All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[R.O. 2011 §115.010; Ord. No. 463 §2, 4-3-1978; Ord.
No. 596 §1, 11-7-1988]
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 even-numbered
years, a municipal election of the qualified voters of the City of
Cabool 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
Cabool 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
Cabool 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.
E. On
the first (1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April of 1989,
and on each fourth (4th) year thereafter, a municipal election of
the qualified voters of the City of Cabool shall be held for the purpose
of electing a City Marshal who shall hold his/her office for a term
of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
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 17th Tuesday prior
to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 14th 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.
[Ord. No. 003-2013 §§ 1 — 2, 2-18-2013]
A. All candidates for any municipal office must file a declaration of
candidacy as required under Section 115.349, RSMo.
1.
Any person who files as a candidate for election to a public
office shall be disqualified from participation in the election for
which the candidate has filed if such person is delinquent in the
payment of any State income taxes, personal property taxes, real property
taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or if the person is a past or present corporate officer of any fee
office that owes any taxes to the State.
2.
Each potential candidate for election to a public office shall
file an affidavit with the Department of Revenue and include a copy
of the affidavit with the declaration of candidacy required under
Section 115.349, RSMo. Such affidavit shall be in substantially the
following form:
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AFFIRMATION OF TAX PAYMENTS AND BONDING REQUIREMENTS:
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I hereby declare under penalties of perjury that I am not currently
aware of any delinquency in the filing or payment of any State income
taxes, personal property taxes, real property taxes on the place of
residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or that I am
a past or present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any
taxes to the State, other than those taxes which may be in dispute.
I declare under penalties of perjury that I am not aware of any information
that would prohibit me from fulfilling any bonding requirements for
the office for which I am filing.
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Printed Name of Candidate
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The City Clerk shall, on or before the 17th 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 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, 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 Section
115.125, RSMo., 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. 2011 §115.040; CC 1974 §30.010]
The City is hereby divided into two (2) Wards, as hereinafter
delineated.
[R.O. 2011 §115.050; CC 1974 §30.020; Ord. No. 768 §§1 — 2, 11-5-2001]
The boundary line between Ward Number One and Ward Number Two
of the City of Cabool as heretofore known shall be altered and re-established
as follows:
Beginning at the center of what is commonly known as the Old
Cabool and Bado Road at the point where the same intersects the north
boundary line of said City of Cabool; thence southeasterly along the
center of said road to the point where it intersects with Pine Street
in said City; thence south along the center of Pine Street to the
center of Oak Avenue; thence easterly along the center of Summit Street
to the point where it intersects with Peabody Avenue, thence south
on Peabody Avenue, also known as Highway 181, to the point where said
extended line intersects with south boundary line of said City of
Cabool.
[R.O. 2011 §115.060; CC 1974 §30.030]
All that territory within the incorporated limits of the City of Cabool lying west of the line established in Section
115.070 hereof hereafter shall be Ward Number Two ; and all that territory lying east of the line established in Section
115.070 hereof hereafter shall be Ward Number One of said City.