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 Stockton, 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. 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 110.100, 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.
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, 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 1979 §21.210]
The Mayor shall, at the first (1st) meeting of the Board of
Aldermen after each annual election, name the members of such standing
committees as he/she deems necessary, which may consist of two (2)
or more members of the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1979 §21.220]
The Mayor shall have the power to issue proclamations, call
mass meetings in such a manner as this Code or other ordinances or
State law may provide.
[CC 1979 §21.240]
The Mayor, with the advice and consent of the Board of Aldermen,
shall have the power to appoint all appointive officers of the City.
He/she shall have authority to give such orders to the Chief of Police
and Policemen of the City as in his/her judgment the public good may
require, and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and Police
Officers to obey such orders.
[CC 1979 §24.010; Ord.
No. 610, 9-11-2023]
A.
The
Board of Aldermen of the City of Stockton, Missouri, shall meet in
regular session in the Board Room of City Hall at 4:30 P.M., central
time on the second and fourth Mondays of each month or in such place
and at such times as agreed upon in writing from time-to-time by a
majority of the Board of Aldermen.
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. A majority of the members of 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.
[CC 1979 §24.045]
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.
[CC 1979 §24.065]
Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the proceedings
of the Board of Aldermen shall be controlled by Robert's Rules of
Order, as revised.
[CC 1979 §24.070]
The Presiding Officer of the Board of Aldermen shall preserve
decorum and shall decide all questions of order subject to appeal
to the Board of Aldermen. Any member may appeal to the Board from
a ruling of the Presiding Officer upon a question of order. If the
motion for an appeal is seconded, the member making the appeal may
briefly state his/her reason for the same and the Presiding Officer
may briefly express his/her ruling, but there shall be no debate on
the appeal and no other member shall participate in the discussion.
The Presiding Officer shall then put the question to vote as to whether
the decision of the Chair shall be sustained. If a majority of the
members present vote "aye", the ruling of the Chair is sustained;
otherwise, it is overruled.
[CC 1979 §24.080]
No member of the Board of Aldermen may leave the Board Chamber
while in regular session without permission from the Presiding Officer.
[CC 1979 §24.090]
A.
At
the meetings of the Board of Aldermen, the order of business shall
be as follows:
1.
Call the meeting to order.
2.
Roll call.
3.
Petitions, remonstrances, complaints and requests and the hearing
of any person or group desiring to address the Board of Aldermen.
All petitions, remonstrances, complaints and requests shall be presented
to the Board of Aldermen. However, the Board of Aldermen may decide
to act on oral discussions of any petitions, remonstrances, complaints
or requests presented by the interested parties appearing in open
meeting. In this case such discussion by the interested parties shall
be limited to five (5) minutes per speaker, except where an extension
of time for oral discussion is granted by the Board of Aldermen.
4.
Reports of special boards, committees and City Officers.
5.
Opening of bids.
6.
Public hearing as required by law or ordinance.
7.
Reading and acting upon unapproved minutes of previous meetings.
8.
Acting on unfinished business. The unfinished business from the last
preceding meeting shall take precedence over any new business.
9.
Reading of communications. All communications which in any manner
whatever pertain to the business or functions of the City or any of
its elected or appointed employees shall be read.
10.
Resolutions which require action by the Board of Aldermen.
11.
Introduction and reading of bills.
12.
Miscellaneous business.
13.
Adjournment.
[CC 1979 §24.100]
Any member of the Board of Aldermen shall have the right to
express dissent from or protest against any ordinance or resolution
of the Board of Aldermen and to have the reason therefor entered upon
the journal. Such dissent or protest must be filed in writing and
presented to the Board of Aldermen not later than the next regular
meeting following the date of the passage of the ordinance or resolution
to which objection is taken.
[CC 1979 §24.160]
All special committees shall be appointed by the Mayor of the
City unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the Board. By consent
of a majority of the Board, a special committee may be appointed at
any time to hold public hearings for the Board upon any matter pending
before it. A special committee is a committee composed of members
of the Board of Aldermen; the concurrence of the Board shall not be
required as to the membership of the special committee, unless the
Board shall order otherwise.
[CC 1979 §24.180]
The Board of Aldermen may by resolution prescribe and enforce
such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction
of its business, but such rules shall not contravene the requirements
of this Code or other ordinance.
[CC 1979 §24.200]
Any rule of the Board of Aldermen may be repealed, altered or
amended by a majority vote of the members. Every amendment offered
shall lie on the table until the next meeting of the Board of Aldermen
before being voted upon except by the unanimous consent of all elected
members of the Board of Aldermen (including the Mayor). Any rule may
be suspended by a majority vote of the members of the Board, a quorum
being present by unanimous consent.
