[Ord. No. 1087 § 1, 7-16-2007]
The Carrollton Street and the Carrollton Wastewater Departments
shall be jointly under the direction and management of a Board of
Directors consisting of seven (7) members to be chosen from the citizens
of the Town of Carrollton, at large, with reference to their fitness
for such office; and no employee of the Town of Carrollton shall be
a member except in an ex officio capacity.
[Ord. No. 1087 § 2, 7-16-2007]
The members of the Board of Directors shall be a politically
non-partisan board appointed by the Council of the Town of Carrollton;
they shall hold office for three (3) years each in staggered terms,
or until their successors are appointed and qualified; with each member
given the privilege of re-appointment subject to the approval of the
Town Council for a consecutive three-year term. Thereafter, that person
shall not serve until the expiration of a period of three (3) years
whereupon said person may be re-appointed to the Board. The Council
may remove any director for misconduct or negligence of duty. All
Board actions are subject to final Council approval.
[Ord. No. 1087 § 3, 7-16-2007; Ord.
No. 2020-1355, 9-8-2020]
Vacancies in the Board of Directors occasioned by removal, resignation,
death, or otherwise, shall be reported to the Council and be filled
in like manner as original appointments. Any person appointed by the
Council to fill a vacancy shall hold office for the remainder of the
term to which his/her predecessor was appointed. Any person appointed
to fill a vacancy may, at the expiration of the unexpired term appointment,
be reappointed for up to two (2) consecutive three-year terms, unless
the expired term filled was for one-half (1/2) or more of a term,
in which case the reappointment is limited to one (1) three-year term.
After a person has served his/her maximum permitted consecutive terms,
then the person may not be reappointed to the board until a full board
term has expired.
[Ord. No. 1087 § 4, 7-16-2007]
The Board of Directors shall make and adopt such bylaws, which
shall be approved by the Town of Carrollton, and regulations for its
own guidance and for the government of the Carrollton City Works Department,
formally known as the "Street and Wastewater Departments," as may
be expedient and consistent with the laws of the State of Missouri.
[Ord. No. 1087 § 5, 7-16-2007]
The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once a month
at the time and place to be fixed by said Board and shall hold additional
meetings upon the call of the President of the Board and shall do
all things necessary to carry out the powers and duties of said Board.
[Ord. No. 1087 § 6, 7-16-2007]
The Directors shall immediately, after the first day of October
of each year, meet and organize by electing one (1) member president,
and by electing such other officers as they may deem necessary.
[Ord. No. 1087 § 7, 7-16-2007]
The Board of Directors shall work in close cooperation with
the duly acting City Works Commissioner of Carrollton, consulting
him/her when deemed necessary.
