[1]
State Law Reference — Authorizing employment of City
Administrator, see RSMo., § 77.042 and 77.044. As to appointment
does not change powers retained by Mayor or Board of Aldermen, see
RSMo., § 77.048.
[Ord. No. 420 § 7, 3-20-1950; Ord.
No. 1520 § 13, 1-15-1990]
There is hereby created and established the office of City Administrator.
The City Administrator shall be employed by the Board of Aldermen,
with the approval of the Mayor. The City Administrator shall be at
least twenty-one (21) years of age, a resident of the City while serving
as City Administrator, and shall devote his full time to the performance
of the duties of his office. He shall be the chief administrative
assistant to the Mayor and shall have general superintending control
of the administration and management of the government business, officers
and employees of the City, subject to the direction and supervision
of the Mayor. The City Administrator shall serve at the pleasure of
the Board of Aldermen and Mayor.
[1]
State Law Reference — Authorizing employment of City
Administrator in cities of the fourth class, with powers and duties
similar to those specified in this section, see RSMo., § 77.042
and 77.044.
[Ord. No. 420 § 51, 3-20-1950; Ord.
No. 1520 § 14, 1-15-1990; Ord. No. 3007, 3-18-2019]
The City Administrator shall have full control and responsibility
over the light department, and water and sewer department and street
department. Such control shall be exercised through the foremen of
the respective departments, if any, and if none, then directly, subject
to the rules and regulations that may be prescribed from time to time
by the Board of Aldermen.[2]
The City Administrator shall have full responsibility and control
for the coordination, oversight and management of all the activities
and work of the Chief of Police, the Police Department, special policemen,
City Clerk, Cemetery Sexton, City Engineer, Emergency Management Director,
Administrative Assistant to the City Administrator for Public Works,
Treasurer, Collector, Code Enforcement Officer, Fire Chief, City Physician,
City Attorney and such other officers and employees as may be provided
from time to time by the Board of Aldermen. The City Administrator
shall be responsible for preparing an employee handbook for all City
departments to follow and adhere to, including the Police Department.
The employee handbook shall be updated at least annually and shall
be presented to the Board of Aldermen for review and approval.
He shall perform the other duties, powers and responsibilities
as hereinafter provided, with reference to property, personnel, purchases,
contracts, rules, regulations, reports and finances.
He shall have such other duties and responsibilities as may
be provided from time to time by this Code or other ordinance or resolution.
[1]
State Law Reference — As to administrator’s control
over other city employees, see RSMo., §77.046
Cross Reference — As to personnel, see ch. 22. As to financial secretary for light, water and sewer, see §26-5. As to inspector of plumbing and sewers, see §§23-1, 23-7, 23-16 and 23-22 of this code. As to burial of indigent persons in cemetery, see §6-18.1. As to building permits, see §5-1. As to zoning enforcement, see §31-6. As to building code building official, see Ch. 5. As to enforcing flood plain regulations, see ch. 12. As to assigning street numbers, see §30-3.
[2]
Cross Reference — As to powers concerning personnel,
see § 2-48(b) of this chapter.
[Ord. No. 420 § 53, 3-20-1950; Ord.
No. 1156 § 1, 11-12-1979; Ord. No. 1276 § 1, 1-27-1986; Ord.
No. 1520 § 15, 1-15-1990; Ord. No. 1667 § 1, 4-20-1992; Ord.
No. 1669 § 1, 5-18-1992; Ord. No. 2524 § 1, 4-21-2008]
A.
Property. The City Administrator shall have the
power and control of, and the responsibility for, all real estate
and personal property of the City. He shall have responsibility for
all inventories of such property, and for the upkeep of all such property.
Such personal property may be sold by the City Administrator only
with the written approval of the respective committee having jurisdiction
thereof. Such real estate may be sold only with the approval of the
Board of Aldermen by resolution or ordinance.
B.
Personnel. The City Administrator shall have complete
control and responsibility over all personnel of the light department,
water and sewer department and street department, he shall have the
right to hire, direct, suspend and discharge all such personnel unless
otherwise restricted by this Code or other ordinance. The City Administrator,
together with a joint meeting of the committee of the three (3) said
departments of the City, may classify employees and establish, raise
and lower wages and salaries, and the joint committee may establish
maximum and minimum wages and salaries for classification and may
authorize the City Administrator to set wages and salaries within
the established limits; however, such classification, establishments
and raising and lowering of wages and salaries, shall not be effective
until they have been approved by the Board of Aldermen. The City Administrator
shall delegate such work to other employees as necessary, but he alone
remains responsible. In employing personnel, the City Administrator
shall give preference to the citizens of the City.[1]
C.
Purchases. The City Administrator shall have the
duty and power of purchasing and ordering all items for and in behalf
of the City; provided that the City Administrator shall not have the
duty and power to purchase for the Park Board of Directors or the
Library Board of Trustees, except where such purchases are to be paid
out of funds other than those from taxes levied especially for the
City parks or for the Municipal Library District. No employee or agent
of the City shall purchase or order any item, without either the written
approval of the City Administrator or according to a written purchasing
policy approved by the City Administrator. The City Administrator,
however, shall not have the authority to order or to purchase any
time or group of items costing more than one thousand two hundred
fifty dollars ($1,250.00) without either the advance approval of a
majority of the Board of Aldermen or according to a written purchasing
policy approved by the Board of Aldermen. No item shall be ordered
or purchased unless there is on hand at the time of ordering or purchasing
an unexpended balance to the credit of the City in the fund in the
Treasury upon which the warrant will be drawn to pay for the order
or purchase and to pay for other unpaid previous orders or purchases
and all debts of the City as are not bonded, except with the advance
approval of the entire Board of Aldermen.[2]
[2]
Cross Reference — City policy number 19 — Resolution
R-08-10.
D.
Contracts. The City Administrator shall have the power to enter into contracts in behalf of the City, subject however to the restrictions heretofore set forth in Subsections (A) and (C) of this Section, and further subject to the restriction that no contract shall be entered into obligating the City for more than six (6) months without the written approval of the respective committees, or for more than one (1) year without the approval of the majority of the Board of Aldermen.
E.
Rules and Regulations. The City Administrator shall
have the duty and responsibility, within a reasonable time, to make
and enforce rules and regulations governing the relation of the three
(3) said departments with the departments' customers or beneficiaries,
with the departments' sources of supplies, with the other departments
and agencies of the City, and with the general public; and rules and
regulations governing the employees of the departments. Such rules
and regulations shall not be effective until approved by the respective
committees in writing. When effective, such rules shall be written
and filed with the City Clerk, and made available to the public. As
a part of the rules, for the enforcement thereof, the light, water
and sewer departments may refuse to connect a potential customer or
may suspend or cut off service rendered by the light, water and sewer
departments. The City Administrator shall not have the authority to
set rates, fees, or charges for service. The Board of Aldermen shall,
from time to time, establish rates, fees or charges for services to
be rendered by the light, water and sewer departments.
F.
Reports. The City Administrator shall make to the
Board of Aldermen such reports as the Board or the various standing
committees shall direct. The reports shall include all recommendations
to the Board of Aldermen on which action by the Board of Aldermen
is desired.
G.
Budget Officer. The City Administrator shall be
designated the Budget Officer for the City. As Budget Officer, the
City Administrator shall ensure that the annual City budget is prepared,
approved and adopted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter
67 of the Revised Statutes of Missouri.
H.
City Traffic Engineer. Pursuant to Section 300.060,
RSMo., of the Model Traffic Ordinance, the City Administrator shall
be designated the City Traffic Engineer and shall so serve and exercise
the duties and powers of that office.[3]
[3]
State Law Reference — For similar provisions, see RSMo.,
§ 260.215(5); also see ch. 67, RSMo.; also see Model Traffic
Code as to City Traffic Engineer, RSMo. § 300.060; also
see RSMo., § 77.046.
[Ord. No. 420 § 52, 3-20-1950]
The City Administrator shall confer with standing committees
as to the management and policies of the respective departments. The
committees shall examine the reports of the City Administrator pertaining
to their jurisdiction and shall join in the report if they are in
full agreement. If they, or any one of them, are not in agreement
with the City Administrator, they shall render a separate report.
The committees, as to their respective departments, shall have the
power to authorize the City Administrator to make purchases and enter
into contracts as hereinafter set forth in this Article. In the event
that there is any matter requiring joint action, or if there is a
disagreement as to jurisdiction, or conflict between the jurisdictions,
the City Administrator may request a meeting of the Board of Aldermen
for the settlement of the conflict.
[Ord. No. 798 § 2, 4-13-1964; Ord.
No. 1288 § 3, 2-17-1986]
The salary of the City Administrator shall be fixed by ordinance
of the Board of Aldermen as a certain amount per month, payable bi-weekly.
[Ord. No. 1195 §§ 1-3, 5-10-1982; Ord. No. 1220 §§ 1-3, 1-16-1984; Ord.
No. 1305 § 2, 3-26-1986; Ord. No. 2109 § 1, 4-17-2000; Ord.
No. 2113 § 2, 5-15-2000]
A.
There is hereby established the position of Director of Public Works
and Public Utilities. The person occupying such position shall be
responsible for the specific duties described in this Section and
such other duties as may be assigned from time to time by the City
Administrator. In the absence or vacancy of the City Administrator,
the Director of Public Works and Public Utilities shall be Acting
City Administrator.
B.
The Director of Public Works and Public Utilities shall exercise
oversight and superintending control of the activities of the Water
and Sewer Department, the Street and Sanitation Department, and the
Electric Department, subject to the Direction of the City Administrator.
The Direct of Public Works and Public Utilities shall manage fleet
maintenance operations for the above departments and oversee the maintenance
of all City infrastructure. The Director of Public Works and Public
Utilities shall participate in the formulation, design, and inspection
of public works and utilities projects and the administration of contracts
relating to the construction of such projects or the provision of
public works and utility services.
C.
Upon the establishment of the position of Director of Public Works
and Public Utilities and when a vacancy exists in the position, the
City Administrator shall appoint a suitable person for the position
with the approval of the Mayor and a majority of the members of the
Board of Aldermen. The Director of Public Works and Public Utilities
may be terminated from his or her position by the City Administrator
with the approval of the Mayor and a majority of the members of the
Board of Aldermen. The salary of the person occupying said position
shall be fixed by ordinance.
