All City elections shall be conducted
and held in conformance with the provisions of Chapter 115, RSMo.
A.
A municipal election for the qualified
voters of this City shall be held on the first Tuesday after the first
Monday in April of each year.
B.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of 2015 and every four (4) years thereafter, a municipal
election of the qualified voters of the City of St. James shall be
held for the purpose of electing a Mayor who shall hold his/her office
for a term of four (4) years and until his/her successor is elected
and qualified.
C.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of St. James shall be held for the purpose of electing
one (1) Council member from each ward who shall hold his/her office
for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected
and qualified.
D.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of even-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of St. James shall be held for the purpose of electing
one (1) Council member from each ward who shall hold his/her office
for a term of two (2) years and until his/her successor is elected
and qualified.
E.
On the first Tuesday after the first Monday
in April of odd-numbered years, a municipal election of the qualified
voters of the City of St. James shall be held for the purpose of electing
a Municipal Judge who shall hold his/her office for a term of two
(2) years and until his/her successor is elected and qualified.
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.
A.
No
person shall qualify as a candidate for elective public office in
the State of Missouri who has been found guilty of or pled guilty
to a felony under the Federal laws of the United States of America
or to a felony under the laws of this State or an offense committed
in another state that would be considered a felony in this State.
B.
Any person who files as a candidate for
election to a public office shall be disqualified from participation
in the election for which the candidate has filed if such person is
delinquent in the payment of any State income taxes, personal property
taxes, municipal taxes, real property taxes on the place of residence,
as stated on the declaration of candidacy, or if the person is a past
or present corporate officer of any fee office that owes any taxes
to the State.
C.
Each potential candidate for election to
a public office shall file an affidavit with the Department of Revenue
and include a copy of the affidavit with the declaration of candidacy
required under Section 115.349, RSMo. Such affidavit shall be in substantially
the form as set out in Section 115.306, RSMo.
D.
Upon receipt of a complaint alleging a
delinquency of the candidate in the filing or payment of any State
income taxes, personal property taxes, municipal taxes, real property
taxes on the place of residence, as stated on the declaration of candidacy,
or if the person is a past or present corporate officer of any fee
office that owes any taxes to the State, the Department of Revenue
shall investigate such potential candidate to verify the claim contained
in the complaint. If the Department of Revenue finds a positive affirmation
to be false, the Department shall contact the Secretary of State,
or the election official who accepted such candidate's declaration
of candidacy, and the potential candidate. The Department shall notify
the candidate of the outstanding tax owed and give the candidate thirty
(30) days to remit any such outstanding taxes owed which are not the
subject of dispute between the Department and the candidate. If the
candidate fails to remit such amounts in full within thirty (30) days,
the candidate shall be disqualified from participating in the current
election and barred from refiling for an entire election cycle even
if the individual pays all of the outstanding taxes that were the
subject of the complaint.
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.
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Editor's Note: Descriptions of the corporate
limits of the City and annexations are on file in the City offices.
[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.)
