No person shall be an Alderman unless he/she be at least eighteen (18) 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.
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State Law Reference — When aldermen may be elected at large, §79.060, RSMo.
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.
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, safety or welfare 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 to the extent supervision has not been delegated to the City Administrator, 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 Reeds Spring, 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 of general circulation in the City.
In the event the financial statement of the City is not published as required by Section 110.100, the Finance Director 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 Finance Director 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, 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.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0411), 7-2-2002]
The Mayor may, 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 shall consist of two (2) or more members of the Board of Aldermen.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0412), 7-2-2002]
The Mayor shall have the power to issue proclamations, call regular and special meetings and regular and special elections in such a manner as this Code or other ordinances or State law may provide.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0501), 7-2-2002; Ord. No. 2020-04, 8-11-2020; Ord. No. 2025-19, 10-16-2025]
A. 
The Board of Aldermen of the City shall meet in regular session in the City Hall at the hour of 6:30 P.M., the third (3rd) Thursday of every month, beginning with the month of October 2025. By appropriate notice, as required by Chapter 120, Open Meetings and Records Policy, the Board of Aldermen may specify a different place for such regular meeting for convenience of the public and the City.
B. 
When any such meeting day is a holiday or election day, the regular meeting shall be held at such time as may be provided by the Board on motion at the previous meeting.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0502), 7-2-2002]
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the Board 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 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.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0504), 7-2-2002]
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 ordinances.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0505), 7-2-2002]
All special committees shall be appointed by the Mayor 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, except for public hearings required by Statute to be heard by the governing body. 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.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0508), 7-2-2002]
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. 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.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0509), 7-2-2002]
When requested by any two (2) members, the vote upon any question shall be taken by "ayes" and "nays" and be recorded, except that no member may vote upon any question in which he/she has an interest which might create a conflict of interest.
[Ord. No. 1404 §1(2.0511), 7-2-2002]
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 and to have the reason therefor entered upon the journal. Such dissent or protest shall be filed in writing and presented to the Board not later than the next regular meeting following the date of the passage of the ordinance or resolution to which objection is taken.