[Ord. No. 2 §1, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 367 §1, 2-17-1969; Ord. No. 546 §§1 — 2, 3-4-1991; Ord. No. 97-18 §1, 12-1-1997; Ord. No. 98-11 §1, 12-7-1998; Ord. No. 00-08 §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 00-09 §1, 11-6-2000; Ord. No. 19-20, 12-2-2019[1]]
The elective officers of the City of Tipton shall be Mayor,
City Marshal and Board of Alderpersons. The Mayor and Alderpersons
shall hold their respective offices for two (2) years and until their
successors are elected and qualified. The City Marshal shall hold
his/her office for four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected
and qualified.
[1]
Editor's Note: The office of elected City Collector was abolished
by majority vote at the election held 6-2-2020.
[Ord. No. 2 §2, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 98-11 §2, 12-7-1998]
The Mayor by and with the advice, consent and approval of the
Board of Alderpersons shall at the first (1st) meeting after each
annual election or as soon thereafter as practicable appoint a City
Clerk, Deputy City Clerk, Treasurer, Municipal Judge, City Attorney,
Superintendent of Public Works, Wastewater Plant Operator, Fire Chief,
Assistant Fire Chief, Fire Captain and Fire Lieutenant and such regular
and extra Police as the Mayor and Board of Alderpersons may from time
to time deem necessary, and such other officers as are or may be provided
for by the ordinances of this City.
[Ord. No. 2 §3, 1-31-1921; Ord. No. 97-15 §§1
— 2, 10-6-1997]
All officers elected to the offices within this City shall be
voters under the laws and constitution of this State and the ordinances
of this City and residents of the City. No person shall be elected
or appointed to any office, who shall at the time of his/her election
or appointment owe the City any delinquent taxes or any forfeiture
or be guilty of defalcation in office.
[RSMo. §79.280]
If a vacancy occurs in any elective office, the Mayor or the
person exercising the duties of the Mayor shall cause a special meeting
of the Board of Alderpersons to convene where a successor to the vacant
office shall be selected. The successor shall serve until the next
regular municipal election. If a vacancy occurs in any office not
elective, the Mayor shall appoint a suitable person to discharge the
duties of such office until the first (1st) regular meeting of the
Board of Alderpersons thereafter, at which time such vacancy shall
be permanently filled.
[RSMo. §79.240]
The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority of all the members
elected to the Board of Alderpersons, remove from office, for cause
shown, any elective officer of the City, such officer being first
given opportunity, together with his/her witnesses, to be heard before
the Board of Alderpersons sitting as a board of impeachment. Any elective
officer, including the Mayor, may in like manner, for cause shown,
be removed from office by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all members
elected to the Board of Alderpersons, independently of the mayor's
approval or recommendation. The Mayor may, with the consent of a majority
of all the members elected to the Board of Alderpersons, remove from
office any appointive officer of the City at will, and any such appointive
officer may be so removed by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of all the
members elected to the Board of Alderpersons, independently of the
Mayor's approval or recommendation. The Board of Alderpersons may
pass ordinances regulating the manner of impeachments and removals.
[RSMo. §79.260]
Every officer of the City and his/her assistants, and every
Alderperson, before entering upon the duties of his/her office, shall
take and subscribe to an oath or affirmation before some Court of
Record in the County, or the City Clerk, that he/she possesses all
the qualifications prescribed for his/her office by law; that he/she
will support the Constitution of the United States and of the State
of Missouri, the provisions of all laws of this State affecting Cities
of this Class, and the ordinances of the City, and faithfully demean
himself/herself while in office; which official oath or affirmation
shall be filed with the City Clerk. Every officer of the corporation,
when required by law or ordinance, shall, within fifteen (15) days
after his/her appointment or election, and before entering upon the
discharge of the duties of his/her office, give bond to the City in
such sum and with such sureties as may be designated by ordinance,
conditioned upon the faithful performance of his/her duty, and that
he/she will pay over all monies belonging to the City, as provided
by law, that may come into his/her hands. If any person elected or
appointed to any office shall fail to take and subscribe such oath
or affirmation, or to give bond as herein required, his/her office
shall be deemed vacant. For any breach of condition of any such bond,
suit may be instituted thereon by the City, or by any person in the
name of the City to the use of such person.
[Ord. No. 2 §§16, 17,
18, 1-31-1921]
A.
Until
otherwise provided, bonds of the following officers shall be in the
following sum, to-wit: Superintendent of Public Works, one thousand
dollars ($1,000.00); City Clerk, fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00);
Marshal, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00); Collector, ten thousand
dollars ($10,000.00); Regular or Special Police, five hundred dollars
($500.00); Wastewater Plant Operator, one thousand dollars ($1,000.00);
Deputy City Clerk, five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); Utility Clerk,
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00); Mayor, twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000.00).
[Ord. No. 17-04, 4-10-2017]
B.
The
form of the bond shall be approved by the City Attorney and if approved
by him/her in that respect, he/she shall endorse his/her approval
thereon in writing. The sufficiency of the security offered on said
bond shall be approved by the Mayor, and if the Mayor deem that the
security offered is sufficient, he/she shall endorse his/her approval
thereon and file said bond with the Clerk.
C.
When
the aforesaid oath and bond have been filed with the City Clerk, the
Mayor shall issue a commission to such person, under the Seal of the
City; such commission shall bear the signature of the Mayor and be
duly attested by the City Clerk, and shall authorize the person receiving
same to discharge the duties of the office therein named until his/her
successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified.
[Ord. No. 2 §20, 1-31-1921]
All salaries and expense account amounts of officers of the
City of Tipton shall be set by the Board of Alderpersons by ordinance
from time to time.
