No person shall be an Alderman unless he/she be at least twenty-one
(21) years of age, a citizen of the United States, and an inhabitant
and resident of the City for one (1) year next preceding his/her election,
and a resident, at the time he/she files and during the time he/she
serves, of the ward from which he/she is elected.
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she be at least twenty-five
(25) years of age, a citizen of the United States, and a resident
of the City at the time of and for at least one (1) year next preceding
his/her election.
The Board 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.
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 be filled or such disability be removed
or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of each City governed by this
Chapter 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.
The Mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of
Aldermen but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie,
nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested
party. He/she shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers
and affairs of the City and shall take care that the ordinances of
the City, and the State laws relating to such City, are complied with.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained
by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Dearborn, as follows:" No
ordinance shall be passed except by bill, and no bill shall become
an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members
elected to the Board of Aldermen shall vote for it, and the "ayes"
and "nays" be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall
be introduced to the Board of Aldermen in writing and shall be read
by title or in full two (2) times prior to passage, both readings
may occur at a single meeting of the Board of Aldermen. If the proposed
ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance
shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the
bill is under consideration by the Board of Aldermen. For public inspection
proposed ordinances shall be placed in the Dearborn branch of the
Mid-Continent Public Library and in the Dearborn City Hall and shall
be available during normal business hours at least one (1) week prior
to proposed final passage. No bill shall become an ordinance until
it shall have been signed by the Mayor, or person exercising the duties
of the Mayor's office, or shall have been passed over the Mayor's
veto as herein provided. Every bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen
and presented to the Mayor and by him/her approved shall become an
ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with
the Mayor's objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The Board
of Aldermen shall cause the objections of the Mayor to be entered
at large upon the journal and proceed at its convenience to consider
the question pending, which shall be in this form: "Shall the bill
pass, the objections of the Mayor thereto notwithstanding?" The vote
on this question shall be taken by "ayes" and "nays" and the names
entered upon the journal, and if two-thirds (⅔) of all the
members-elect shall vote in the affirmative, the City Clerk shall
certify the fact on the roll, and the bill thus certified shall be
deposited with the proper officer and shall become an ordinance in
the same manner and with like effect as if it had received the approval
of the Mayor. The Mayor shall have power to sign or veto any ordinance
passed by the Board of Aldermen; provided, that should he/she neglect
or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his/her objections,
in writing, at the next regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen,
the same shall become a law without his/her signature.
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
at 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.
The Board of Aldermen shall semi-annually each year, at times
to be set by the Board of Aldermen, make out and spread upon their
records a full and detailed account and statement of the receipts
and expenditures and indebtedness of the City for the half year ending
with the last day of the month immediately preceding the date of such
report, which account and statement shall be published in some newspaper
in the City.
In the event the financial statement of the City is not published as required by Section
110.090, the Treasurer of the City shall not pay out any money of the City on any warrant or order of the Board of Aldermen after the end of the month in which such financial statement should have been published until such time as such financial statement is published. Any Treasurer violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of a ordinance violation.
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.
The Mayor shall sign the commissions and appointments of all
City Officers elected or appointed in the City and shall approve all
official bonds unless otherwise prescribed by ordinance.
[CC 1971 §1-18]
The Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws
and ordinances for the government of the City, and he/she shall cause
all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect
or violation of duty; and he/she is hereby authorized to call on every
male inhabitant of the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under
fifty (50) to aid in enforcing the laws. The Mayor shall have general
supervisory power over the affairs of the City.
The Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the Board
of Aldermen such measures as may, in his/her opinion, tend to the
improvement of the finances, the Police, health, security, ornament,
comfort and general prosperity of the City.
The Mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures and
to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses arising under the ordinances
of the City; but this Section shall not be so construed as to authorize
the Mayor to remit any costs which may have accrued to any officer
of said City by reason of any prosecution under the laws or ordinances
of such City.
[CC 1971 §1-26; Ord. No. 113 §§1 — 2(1-26), 2-1-1982]
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Dearborn, Missouri, shall
meet on the second Monday evening of each month at 7:00 P.M. at City
Hall or such other place as may be designated by the Mayor. If any
meeting is to be held at a place other than City Hall, then notice
of the place designated by the Mayor for the holding of such meeting
shall be given to each Alderman prior to the time of the meeting.
Any meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be adjourned to a later date,
at which subsequent, continuation meetings the Board of Aldermen may
transact any and all business proper to be transacted at the meeting
which has been adjourned and which, for all intents and purposes,
shall be deemed to be a continuation of the meeting which had been
adjourned.
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the Board by written request filed with the City Clerk who shall thereupon prepare a notice of such special meeting in conformance with Chapter
120, Open Meetings and Records Policy, of this Code.
At the hour appointed, the Mayor, or in his/her absence the
Acting President of the Board of Aldermen, shall call the Board to
order, the Clerk shall call the roll of members and announce whether
or not a quorum is present, including vacancies and the Mayor of the
City. A majority of the members elected to the Board shall constitute
a quorum. If a quorum not be present, a smaller number may lawfully
adjourn the meeting from day to day until a quorum is present.