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State Law Reference — As to powers and duties of Mayor and Board of Aldermen generally, see RSMo., §§ 79.070 to 79.220. As to general responsibilities, see § 79.110. As to police and health regulations, see §§ 79.370 to 79.480. As to further powers of board, see § 79.490.
Cross Reference — As to duty of Chief of Police to attend meetings of Board of Aldermen, see § 24-20 of this Code. As to board of personnel review, see § 22-62.
[Ord. No. 4 § 31, 1-8-1918; Ord. No. 2095 § 1, 12-20-1999; Ord. No. 2793 § 1, 1-19-2015]
No person shall be an Alderman unless he or she is at least eighteen (18) years of age, a citizen of the United States, a qualified voter under the laws and Constitution of this State and this Code, an inhabitant and resident of the City for at least one (1) year next preceding his or her election, and a resident, at the time he or she files and during the time he or she serves, of the ward from which he or she is elected. No person shall be delinquent at the time of filing as an Aldermanic candidate of the candidate's Declaration of Candidacy in the filing or payment of any State income taxes, personal property taxes, real property taxes on the Alderman candidate's place of residence, municipal taxes, and not be a past or present corporate officer at any fee office that owes any taxes to the State of Missouri, except any taxes which may be in dispute. An Aldermanic candidate shall not be delinquent in payment of any unpaid City taxes by the election date. All Aldermen shall hold their office for a term of two (2) years and until their successors are elected and qualified.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., §§ 71.005, 79.070, 115.346. As to term of office, see RSMo., § 79.050. As to qualifications, see RSMo., § 79.250. In case of the vote for aldermen, see § 115.517(3) and (4).
Cross Reference — As to removal from office, see § 2-27.1. As to enumeration of officers, see § 2-25. As to elections and terms of office generally, see § 2-26. As to qualifications for City officers, see § 2-28. As to vacancies and suspensions, see § 2-33.
[Repealed by Ord. No. 1520 § 1, 1-15-1990]
 
[Ord. No. 420 § 29, 3-20-1950; Ord. No. 660 § 1, 5-19-1959; Ord. No. 1232 § 1, 12-17-1984; Ord. No. 1899 § 1, 4-15-1996; Ord. No. 1930 § 1, 10-7-1996; Ord. No. 3047, 3-16-2020]
The members of the Board of Aldermen shall be two (2) in number from each ward of the City. The regular meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be held at the City Hall on the third (3rd) Monday of each month at 6:30 P.M., provided, however, that if any such regular meeting date falls on a City holiday designated in Section 22-71 of the Centralia City Code, then that meeting shall be held on the following Tuesday at 6:30 P.M. unless the Board of Aldermen adopts a motion at a meeting previous to said City holiday to meet on the regularly scheduled meeting date. The Board of Aldermen may establish, by duly adopted motion at any lawful meeting, additional meeting dates and times, including "work session" meetings. A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be called by the Mayor or by written application of any two (2) Aldermen, by notice in writing stating the time, place of meeting and business to be transacted, which notice shall be served on every member of the Board of Aldermen and served on the Mayor if the meeting is not called by the Mayor, by a member of the Police Force or by some person over the age of twenty-one (21) years appointed by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the Board of Aldermen. If said notice of a special meeting is not served on every member of the Board of Aldermen and served on the Mayor if the meeting is not called by the Mayor, no special meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be held. The Mayor and four (4) Aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting, provided that if the Mayor is absent or if there is a vacancy in the Mayor's office, the acting President of the Board of Aldermen and four (4) Aldermen (one (1) of whom shall be the acting President) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting. If at any meeting a quorum is not present, the Board of Aldermen shall stand adjourned until the next meeting; provided, that a less number than a quorum may adjourn and fix another day prior to the next regular meeting for a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.
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Cross Reference — As to Mayor and Mayor pro-tempore, see §§ 2-15 through 2-17 and 2-42. As to officers generally, see § 2-25. As to holidays, § 22-71.
[Ord. No. 420 § 30, 3-20-1950]
All adjourned meetings of the Board shall, to all intents and purposes, be continuations of the meetings of which they are adjournments, and the same proceedings may be had at such adjourned meetings as at the meeting of which they are adjournments.
[Ord. No. 436 § 1, 12-4-1950]
At the hour designated for Board meetings the Mayor shall call the Board of Aldermen to order, and after roll call, if a quorum be present, he shall cause the minutes of the last preceding meeting to be read for correction and approval. He shall preserve order and decorum and decide all questions of order, subject to an appeal to the Board of Aldermen. He shall appoint all committees, subject to the concurrence of the Board of Aldermen, the appointment or election of which is not otherwise provided for by this Code or other ordinance.
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State Law Reference — Authorizing Mayor to sit in board, see RSMo., § 79.120.
Cross Reference — See also §§ 2-19, 2-35 and 2-42 of this chapter. As to disturbing lawful assemblies, see § 20-20.
[Ord. No. 1520 § 2, 1-15-1990]
The Board of Aldermen shall elect one (1) of their own number who shall be styled "acting President of the Board of Aldermen" and who shall serve for a term of one (1) year. The acting President of the Board of Aldermen may also be known as "Mayor Pro Tempore."
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 79.090.
Cross Reference — As to duties, see § 2-17.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death, resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to qualify or from any other cause whatever, the acting President of the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties of Mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction of the Mayor, until such vacancy is filled or such disability is removed; or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 79.100. As to incapacitated public official — office deemed vacant, see RSMo., § 475.350.
Cross Reference — Also see § 2-16. As to vacancy, see § 2-33.
[Ord. No. 420 § 31, 3-20-1950; Ord. No. 3166, 4-17-2023]
The Board of Aldermen shall elect a Clerk for such Board, to be known as the City Clerk, whose duties and term of office shall be fixed by this Code or other ordinance. Among other duties, the City Clerk shall keep a journal of the proceedings of the Board of Aldermen. He or she shall safely and properly keep all the records and papers belonging to the City which may be entrusted to his or her care; he or she shall be the general accountant of the City. He or she is hereby empowered to administer official oaths to persons certifying to demands or claims against the City. Within fifteen (15) days after his or her appointment and before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his or her office, the City Clerk shall execute to the City a bond in the sum of twenty-seven thousand, five hundred dollars ($27,500.00), conditioned that he or she will faithfully perform all the duties of his or her office as required by laws of the State governing Cities of the Fourth Class and this Code or other ordinances of the City, and that he or she will account for and promptly pay over all money coming into his or her possession that belongs to the City, at the time and in the manner provided by law. The sureties in case of personal bond shall be worth in unencumbered real estate, after payment of all debts and liabilities for which they are legally responsible, at least double the amount of such bond. When properly executed, such bond with the Mayor's approval endorsed thereon shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk, who shall record, preserve and safely keep the same.
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State Law Reference — For similar provisions, see RSMo., §§ 79.250 and 79.320.
Cross Reference — See § 2-56, et seq.
[Ord. No. 420 § 32, 3-20-1950]
The Board of Aldermen shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings, and the ayes and nays shall be entered on any question to the request of any two (2) members. The Board of Aldermen may prescribe and enforce such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction of its business.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 79.150.
Cross Reference — See §§ 2-15 and 2-19.1 of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 2655 § 1, 9-19-2011]
As authorized by Section 79.150, RSMo., and Section 2-19 of the Centralia City Code for the Board of Aldermen to prescribe and enforce necessary rules for the expeditious transaction of public business, the following is hereby enacted to assist in preserving order, decorum and civility at Board of Aldermen meetings necessary to further the purposes of conducting public business pertaining to City Government in an expeditious manner:
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No person attending a public meeting of the Board of Aldermen including any committee meeting shall make any statement or engage in any conduct which disrupts or threatens to disrupt the public meeting including, but not limited to, the following: interrupting in any way a statement being made by a City Official, City employee or other person speaking at the meeting; yelling, booing, heckling or making any loud verbal noise; use of verbal or written profanity; use of any noise-making device; continuous hand clapping; stamping of feet; whistling; use of offensive, threatening or violent language, or conduct of such nature; obstructing or blocking of a door or another part of the building where or near where the Board of Aldermen meeting is being held to restrict other persons from freely walking; failure to comply with a statement given by the Mayor or any other person presiding at the Board of Aldermen meeting (including a committee meeting) concerning a public meeting matter such as time limits for speaking, to stop talking, to be quiet or to take a seat; making redundant or repetitious statements; making statements not related to or relevant to City Government business; or engaging in any other conduct which impedes, disrupts or threatens to impede or disrupt a Board of Aldermen meeting.
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Any person in violation of any provision of this City Code Section concerning disrupting a public meeting and who also fails to cease any such statement or conduct after being given a verbal warning to do so by the Mayor or other person presiding at the Board of Aldermen meeting (including a committee meeting) shall commit the municipal ordinance violation of disrupting a public meeting, and shall be subject to arrest for such ordinance violation.
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A photocopy of this City Code Section may be posted on any City bulletin board and may be distributed or made available to any person attending a City public meeting, but such posting, availability or distribution shall not be a requirement for enforcement of this City Code Section.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., § 79.150.
Cross Reference — See § 2-19 of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 420 § 38, 3-20-1950]
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen shall have the care, management and control of the City and its finances, and shall have power to enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State, and such as they shall deem expedient for the good government of the City, the preservation of peace and good order, the benefit of trade and commerce and the health of the inhabitants thereof, and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect, and to alter, modify, or repeal the same.
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State Law Reference — See RSMo., §§ 71.010, 79.010, 79.110, 79.150, 79.390 and 79.450(7).
Cross Reference — As to additional powers, see § 2-22.
[Ord. No. 420 § 33, 3-20-1950]
The Board of Aldermen shall, from time to time, provide by this Code or other ordinance for the levy and collection of all taxes and licenses, and within a reasonable time after the Assessor's books of each year are returned, ascertain the amount of money to be raised thereon for general and other purposes, and fix the annual rate of levy therefor by this Code or other ordinance.
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State Law Reference — As to board fixing tax rate, see RSMo., §§ 88.670, 94.230.
Cross Reference — See § 4-10, ch. 9, § 13-10, ch. 16 and § 26-115.
[Ord. No. 420 § 40, 3-20-1950]
The Board of Aldermen shall have the power, by this Code or other ordinance, to secure the general health of the inhabitants of the City by any measure; to regulate, suppress and abate slaughterhouses, slaughtering animals, stockyards, soap and other factories, pig pens, cow stables and other stables and dairies, and to remove the same, and to regulate or prevent the carrying on of any business which may be dangerous or detrimental to the public health, or the manufacturing or rendering of articles obnoxious to the health of the inhabitants; and to pass ordinances for the prevention of nuisances and their abatement.
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State Law Reference — As to providing for regulation of sanitary conditions, see RSMo., §§ 79.370 and 79.380.
Cross Reference — See ch. 19 of this Code. As to powers and duties generally, see § 2-20.
[Ord. No. 420 § 37, 3-20-1950]
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to any subject under consideration in which the interest of the City is involved, and shall have power to call on the proper officers of the City, or of the County in which such City is located, to execute such process. The officer making such service shall be allowed to receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court for similar services, to be paid by the City. The Mayor or acting President of the Board of Aldermen shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses.
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State Law Reference — For similar provisions, see RSMo., § 79.180.
Cross Reference — As to administration of oaths, see § 2-32 of this Code.
[Ord. No. 420 § 36, 3-20-1950; Ord. No. 1252 § 1, 9-23-1985]
The Board of Aldermen shall semiannually, in April and October of each year, make out and spread upon their records a full and detailed account statement of the receipts and expenditures and indebtedness of the City for the half-year ending each March 31 and September 30 immediately preceding the date of such report, which account and statement shall be published in some newspaper in the City.
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State Law Reference — For similar provisions, see RSMo., § 79.160.
[Ord. No. 1288 § 1, 2-17-1986]
Each member of the Board of Aldermen shall receive for his services such compensation as may, from time to time, be fixed by ordinance. The compensation of any Alderman shall not be changed during the term for which he was elected or for the term for which he was appointed.
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State Law Reference — For similar provisions, see RSMo., § 79.270.
Cross Reference — Also see §§ 2-4 and 2-31 of this chapter.