[R.O. 2013 §105.010; CC 1984 §2-28; Ord. No. 164 §2, 2-24-1937]
At the general election to be held in the City on the first
(1st) Tuesday after the first (1st) Monday in April in odd-numbered
years, there shall be elected from each Ward in the City one (1) member
of the Board of Aldermen. On the first (1st) Tuesday after the first
(1st) Monday in April in even-numbered years, there shall be elected
from each Ward one (1) member of the Board of Aldermen. Aldermen shall
hold their offices for two (2) years and until their successors are
elected and qualified.
[R.O. 2013 §105.020; CC 1984 §2-29; Ord. No. 162 §1, 2-15-1937; Ord. No. 164 §1, 2-24-1937; Ord. No. 1133 §1, 9-15-1993; Ord. No. 1134 §1, 9-15-1993; Ord. No. 1377 §1, 12-15-1997; Ord. No. 1695 §1, 2-22-2006; Ord. No. 1883 §1, 12-12-2011]
At the general election to be held in the City on the first
(1st) Tuesday in April following the first (1st) Monday in April in
1998, and every two (2) years thereafter, there shall be elected a
Mayor who shall hold his/her office for a term of two (2) years and
until his/her successor is elected and qualified. At said general
election, and every four (4) years thereafter, there shall also be
elected a City Marshal/ex officio Collector 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.
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.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the St. Louis
County 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 notice and any other information required by this Section 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. 2013 §105.050; CC 1984 §2-30; Ord. No. 212 §1, 12-3-1943; Ord. No. 445 §1, 4-1-1968]
A filing fee of twenty-five dollars ($25.00) shall be paid to
the City Clerk by all candidates for elective offices at general and
special elections held in the City, said fee to be payable at the
time of filing notice of candidacy with the City Clerk.
[R.O. 2013 §105.060; CC 1984 §2-31; Ord. No. 164 §3, 2-24-1937]
All special elections in the City shall conform to Chapter 115,
RSMo.
[R.O. 2013 §105.070]
The boundaries of the ward are delineated on a map which is
on file in the office of the City Clerk.
