All City elections shall be conducted
and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
Any person who desires to become
a candidate for an elective City office at the general City election
shall file with the City Clerk, not prior to the hour of 8:00 A.M.
on the 17th Tuesday prior to, nor later than 5:00 P.M. on the 14th
Tuesday prior to the next City municipal election, a written declaration
of his/her intent to become a candidate at said election. The City
Clerk shall keep a permanent record of the names of the candidates,
the offices for which they seek election, and the date of their filing,
and their names shall appear on the ballots in that order.
The City Clerk shall, on or before
the 17th Tuesday prior to any election at which City offices are to
be filled by said election, notify the general public of the opening
filing date, the office or offices to be filled, the proper place
for filing, and the closing filing date of the election. Such notification
may be accomplished by legal notice published in at least one (1)
newspaper of general circulation in the City.
In City elections, the City Clerk shall notify the County Clerk
prior to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to any City election
except as noted in Section 115.125, RSMo. The notice shall be in writing,
shall specify that the Board of Aldermen is calling the election,
the purpose of the election, the date of the election, and shall include
a certified copy of the legal notice to be published including the
sample ballot. The notice and any other information required by Section
115.125, RSMo., may, with the prior notification to the election authority
receiving the notice, be accepted by facsimile transmission prior
to 5:00 P.M. on the 10th Tuesday prior to the election, provided that
the original copy of the notice and a certified copy of the legal
notice to be published shall be received in the office of the election
authority within three (3) business days from the date of the facsimile
transmission.
[CC 1985 § 1-23; Ord. No. 366 § 2, 12-2-1974; Ord. No. 711 § 2, 7-3-2001]
That Ward One, the northwestern section
of the City, shall embrace all that portion of the City of St. James
which is situated west of Highway 68 North to the southern side of
I-44 right-of-way thence east to Home Drive thence south on Home Drive
to St. Francis Avenue thence west on St. Francis Avenue to Highway
68 thence south on Highway 68 to James Boulevard thence west on James
Boulevard to the City limit.
[CC 1985 § 1-24; Ord. No. 366 § 3, 12-2-1974; Ord. No. 711 § 3, 7-3-2001]
That Ward Two, the northeastern section
of the City, shall embrace all that portion of the City of St. James
which is situated east of Highway 68 North to the southern side of
I-44 right-of-way thence east to Home Drive thence south on Home Drive
to St. Francis Avenue, west on St. Francis Avenue to Highway 68 thence
south on Highway 68 to James Boulevard thence east on James Boulevard
to North Springfield Road thence north on North Springfield Road to
South I-44 right-of-way thence east to the City limit.
[CC 1985 § 1-25; Ord. No. 366 § 4, 12-2-1974; Ord. No. 711 § 4, 7-3-2001]
That Ward Three, the southwestern
section of the City, shall embrace all that portion of the City of
St. James which is situated south of West James Boulevard to Highway
68 thence west of Highway 68 to the southern edge of the St. James
Cemetery property thence west to the western City limit.
[CC 1985 § 1-26; Ord. No. 366 § 5, 12-2-1974; Ord. No. 711 § 5, 7-3-2001]
That Ward Four, the southeastern
section of the City, shall embrace all that portion of the City of
St. James which is situated south of I-44 right-of-way beginning at
the eastern City limit thence west to North Springfield Road thence
south on North Springfield Road to East James Boulevard thence west
on East James Boulevard to Highway 68 North thence south on Highway
68 to the southern border of the St. James Cemetery thence to the
western City limit. (Ward Four includes all property south of the
St. James Cemetery to the southern City limit.)