All City elections shall be conducted and held in conformance
with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
[Ord. No. 310 §1, 1-27-1975; Ord. No. 04-839 §1, 6-22-2004; Ord. No. 12-22 §1, 12-6-2012]
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 2013
and every two (2) years thereafter, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of Charlack 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
Charlack 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
Charlack 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.
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. 12-21 §§1 —
2, 12-6-2012]
A.
No
person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office in
the State of Missouri who has been found guilty of or pled guilty
to a felony under the Federal laws of the United States of America
or to a felony under the laws of this State or an offense committed
in another state that would be considered a felony in this State.
B.
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, municipal 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.
C.
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 form as
set out in Section 115.306, RSMo.
D.
Upon
receipt of a complaint alleging a delinquency of the candidate in
the filing or payment of any State income taxes, personal property
taxes, municipal 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, the Department of Revenue shall investigate such potential
candidate to verify the claim contained in the complaint. If the Department
of Revenue finds a positive affirmation to be false, the Department
shall contact the Secretary of State, or the election official who
accepted such candidate's declaration of candidacy, and the potential
candidate. The Department shall notify the candidate of the outstanding
tax owed and give the candidate thirty (30) days to remit any such
outstanding taxes owed which are not the subject of dispute between
the Department and the candidate. If the candidate fails to remit
such amounts in full within thirty (30) days, the candidate shall
be disqualified from participating in the current election and barred
from refiling for an entire election cycle even if the individual
pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the subject of the complaint.
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.
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 Charlack, County
of St. Louis, 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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City of Charlack
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In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the Board of
Election Commissioners 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 written notice shall
be executed on behalf of the Board of Aldermen by the Mayor of the
Board and shall include the attestation of the City Clerk and shall
have affixed thereto the Seal of the City of Charlack. 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.
[CC 1992 §100.090; Ord. No. 313 §§1 — 2, 1-27-1975]
A.
The
City of Charlack is hereby divided into two (2) wards equal in population,
as follows:
1.
Ward One. Beginning at the intersection of the southeast
right-of-way line of the St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railroad and
the southwest line of St. Charles Rock Road, being on a point in the
northern boundary of the City of Charlack; thence southeastwardly,
southwardly and then westwardly in a clockwise direction along the
boundary of the City of Charlack to the intersection of said boundary
line and the southwardly prolongation of the west line of Gilrose
Avenue; thence north along the west line of Gilrose Avenue to its
intersection with the westwardly prolongation of the north line of
Lot 9 in Central Addition to Midland Heights a St. Louis County subdivision;
thence eastwardly along the westwardly prolongation of the north line
of said Lot 9 and along the north line of all of Lots 9, 10, 11 and
12 of said Central Addition to Midland Heights and partially along
the north line of Lot 13 to the intersection of the north line of
said Lot 13 and the east line of Lot 3 in Block 8 of Midland Heights
Subdivision; thence along the east line of said Lot 3 to its intersection
with the south line of Anna Avenue; thence diagonally from said intersection
point to the southwest corner of Lot 17 in Block 6 of Midland Heights
Subdivision; thence from the southwest corner of said Lot 17 lying
in the east line of Ackerman Avenue northwardly along the east line
of said Ackerman Avenue to its point of intersection with the southeast
line of Lackland Road; thence from said intersection point in a diagonal
line to the intersection of the northwest line of Lackland Road and
the southwest line of Hawthorne Avenue; thence northwestwardly along
the southwest line of Hawthorne Avenue to its intersection with the
southeast right-of-way line of the St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railroad;
thence northeastwardly along said southeast line of St. Louis Belt
and Terminal Railroad to the point of beginning hereof.
2.
Ward Two. Beginning at the intersection of the southeast
right-of-way of the St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railroad and the southwest
line of St. Charles Rock Road, being on a point in the northern boundary
of the City of Charlack; thence southwestwardly along the southeast
right-of-way line of the St. Louis Belt and Terminal Railroad to its
intersection with the southwest line of Hawthorne Avenue; thence southeastwardly
along the southwest line of Hawthorne Avenue to its intersection with
the northwest line of Lackland Road; thence diagonally and southwardly
to the intersection of the southeast line of Lackland Road and the
east line of Ackerman Avenue; thence southwardly along the east line
of Ackerman Avenue to its intersection with the north line of Anna
Avenue; thence in a diagonal line to the northeast corner of Lot 3
in Block 8 of Midland Heights Subdivision; thence southwardly along
the east line of said Lot 3 in Block 8 of Midland Heights Subdivision
to its intersections with the north line of Lot 13 in Central Addition
to Midland Heights Subdivision; thence northwestwardly from said point
of intersection along the north line of said Lot 13 and the north
line of Lots 12, 11, 10 and 9 in the Central Addition to Midland Heights
Subdivision and along the westwardly prolongation of the north line
of Lot 9 to its intersection with the west line of Gilrose Avenue;
thence northwardly and in a clockwise direction along the western
and northern boundary of the City of Charlack to the point of beginning.
B.
All
candidates for the Board of Aldermen filing for office for the municipal
elections to be held in April, 1975, and thereafter shall file only
for the Ward in which they reside.
