Editor's Note: Ord. No. 2804-11,
adopted 10-18-2011, repealed former Ch. 130, Personnel, adopted 1-23-1984
by Ord. No. 920 §§ 1-11, as amended. The personnel
handbook is on file in the City offices.
[R.O. 1991 § 130.010; Ord. No. 2917-15 § 1, 4-7-2015]
Pursuant to Section 79.070, RSMo.,
no person shall be a member of the Board of Aldermen unless he or
she is 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 or her election, and a resident, at the time he
or she files and during the time he or she serves, of the ward from
which he or she is elected.
[R.O. 1991 § 130.020; Ord. No. 2917-15 § 1, 4-7-2015]
Pursuant to Section 79.080, RSMo.,
no person shall be Mayor unless he or 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 preceding his
or her election.
[R.O. 1991 § 130.030; Ord. No. 2917-15 § 1, 4-7-2015]
A.
Pursuant to Section 79.090, RSMo., the
Board of Aldermen shall elect one of its own number who shall be styled
"Acting President of the Board of Aldermen" and who shall serve for
a term of one (1) year. The Acting President of the Board of Aldermen
may commonly be referred to as "Mayor pro tem."
B.
Pursuant to Section 79.100, RSMo., 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 of the Mayor, until the Mayor's return.
[R.O. 1991 § 130.040; Ord. No. 2917-15 § 1, 4-7-2015]
A.
Pursuant to Section 79.110, RSMo., the
Mayor and Board of Aldermen 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.
B.
Pursuant to Section 79.120, RSMo., 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
be or she preside or vote in cases when he or she is an interested
party. He or 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.
C.
Pursuant to Section 79.150, RSMo., 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.
D.
Pursuant to Section 79.160, RSMo., the
Board of Aldermen shall semiannually each year, at times to be set
by the Board of Aldermen, make out and spread upon its 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.
E.
Pursuant to Section 79.180, RSMo., 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.
F.
Pursuant to Section 79.190, RSMo., 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.
G.
Pursuant to Section 79.200, RSMo., the
Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances
for the government of the City, and he or she shall cause all subordinate
officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of
duty; and he or 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.
H.
Pursuant to Section 79.210, RSMo., the
Mayor shall, from time to time, communicate to the Board of Aldermen
such measures as may, in his or her opinion, tend to the improvement
of the finances, the Police, health, security, ornament, comfort and
general prosperity of the City.
I.
Pursuant to Section 79.220, RSMo., 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.
[R.O. 1991 § 130.050; Ord. No. 2917-15 § 1, 4-7-2015]
A.
Pursuant to Section 79.130(1), RSMo., the
style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained by the
Board of Aldermen of the City of ........., 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.
B.
Pursuant to Section 79.140, RSMo., every
bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented to the Mayor
and by him or 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
(2/3) 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 or she neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same
with his or her objections, in writing, at the next regular meeting
of the Board of Aldermen, the same shall become a law without his
or her signature.
[R.O. 1991 § 100.020; Ord. No. 812 §§ 1 — 2, 4-14-1980; Ord. No. 1815-98 § 2, 10-20-1998; Ord. No. 2039-01 § 1, 10-30-2001]
A.
Mayor. Due to the necessary and recurring
expenses incurred while performing the duties of Mayor, the person
holding this office shall receive a reimbursement of three hundred
dollars ($300.00) per month for these normal expenses.
B.
Aldermen. Due to the necessary and recurring
expenses incurred while performing the duties of Aldermen, the person
holding the office shall receive a reimbursement of one hundred fifty
dollars ($150.00) per month for these normal expenses.
