[CC 1984 §10-1]
A 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.
[CC 1984 §10-2]
Special elections shall be called by ordinances as may be provided
by law.
[Code 1974 §115.250; CC 1984 §10-3; Ord. No. 1-2-A §1(115.250), 12-15-1980]
The conduct of all elections in the City shall be governed by
the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo., as the same now exists or as
hereafter amended, except as may now or hereafter be provided by ordinance
not inconsistent therewith.
[Code 1974 §130.130; CC 1984 §10-5]
When the City Council shall have declared any person elected
to any City office, the City Clerk shall immediately administer the
oath of office to the person, who shall attest their oath by signature.
The original of the oath shall be delivered to each person so elected
as a certificate of his/her election, attested by the City Seal.
[CC 1984 §10-6; Ord. No. 1-2-D §1, 8-19-1996; Ord. No. 14-2 §1, 5-18-2010; Ord. No. 1-649, 10-25-2021]
A.
Any
person who desires to become a candidate at any City election for
any elective office shall file with the City Clerk of the City, not
sooner than 8:00 A.M. of the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday prior to the
election and will close at 5:00 P.M. on the fourteenth (14th) Tuesday
prior to the election, a written declaration of his/her intent to
become a candidate at said election. The form of said written declaration
shall be substantially as follows:
"To the Clerk of the City of Farmington:
I, the undersigned, having all the legal qualifications required
by law, hereby notify you, in writing, that I am and shall be a candidate
at the ensuing municipal election for the office of (here name the
office and, if for Councilman, name the ward) and request you to place
my name on the official ballots as a candidate at said election for
the aforesaid office."
B.
The
City Clerk shall, before the seventeenth (17th) Tuesday prior to any
election in which offices are to be filled, notify the general public
of the opening filing date, the office or offices to be filled, the
proper place for fling 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.
C.
City
Clerk To File Ballot Language. The City Clerk shall submit the ballot
language to the election authority at least ten (10) Tuesdays before
the election.
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Editor’s Note: Former Section 105.060, Candidates for
Municipal Office – No Arrearage for Municipal Taxes or User
Fees Permitted, was repealed 2-22-2016 by §1 of Ord. No. 4-44.
The wards and precincts shall have those boundaries as presently
established or as hereafter established by ordinance.
[Ord. No. 1-23C §1, 12-17-2001; Ord. No. 1-23D §1, 12-15-2003]
A.
Voting
wards of the City of Farmington are hereby designated as follows:
1.
Ward I. All of that part of the City of Farmington,
Missouri, lying north and east of a line described as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the centerline of State Route 00 and the centerline
of Wolf Creek; thence westerly along the centerline of State Route
00 to its intersection with centerline of State Route 32; thence westerly
along the centerline of State Route 32 to its intersection with the
centerline of State Route D; thence northerly along the centerline
of State Route D to its intersection with the centerline of a railroad
right-of-way now or formerly owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
2.
Ward II. All of that part of the City of Farmington,
Missouri, lying north and west of a line described as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the centerlines of Pimville Road and its intersection
with the corporate limits of the City of Park Hills, Missouri; thence
easterly along the centerline of Pimville Road to the centerline of
Bray Road; thence northerly along the centerline of Bray Road to the
centerline of West Liberty Street; thence easterly along the centerline
of West Liberty Street to its intersection with the centerline of
State Route D; thence northerly along the centerline of State Route
D to its intersection with the centerline of a railroad right-of-way
now or formerly owned by the Missouri Pacific Railroad.
3.
Ward III. All of that part of the City of Farmington,
Missouri, lying south and west of a line described as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the centerlines of Pimville Road and its intersection
with the corporate limits of the City of Park Hills, Missouri; thence
easterly along the centerline of Pimville Road to the centerline of
Bray Road; thence northerly along the centerline of Bray Road to the
centerline of West Liberty Street; thence easterly along the centerline
of West Liberty Street to State Route D; thence southerly along the
centerline of State Route D to its intersection with the centerline
of Columbia Street; thence southerly along the centerline of South
Washington Street to its end; thence continuing southerly along the
projected centerline of South Washington Street to its intersection
with the south line of U.S. Survey 1015; thence easterly along the
south line of U.S. Survey 1015 to its intersection with the centerline
of State Route H; thence southerly along the centerline of State Route
H to its intersection with the centerline of U.S. Highway 67.
4.
Ward IV. All of that part of the City of Farmington,
Missouri, lying south and east of a line described as follows: Beginning
at the intersection of the centerline of State Route 00 and the centerline
of Wolf Creek; thence westerly along the centerline of State Route
00 to its intersection with centerline of State Route 32; thence westerly
along the centerline of State Route 32 to its intersection with the
centerline of State Route D; thence southerly along the centerline
of State Route D to its intersection with the centerline of Liberty
Street; thence southerly along the centerline of State Route D to
its intersection with the centerline of Columbia Street; thence southerly
along the centerline of South Washington Street to its end; thence
continuing southerly along the projected centerline of South Washington
Street to its intersection with the south line of U.S. Survey 1015;
thence easterly along the south line of U.S. Survey 1015 to its intersection
with the centerline of State Route H; thence southerly along the centerline
of State Route H to its intersection with U.S. Highway 67.
