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.
[1]
State Law Reference: As to 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.
The Board of Aldermen shall elect one (1) 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.
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 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 and shall take care that the ordinances of
the City, and the State laws relating to such City, are complied with.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.070; Ord. No. 94-15 §§ 1 — 4, 2-24-1994]
A.
Pursuant to the provisions of Section 79.130, RSMo.,
ordinances shall be passed by the following procedure:
1.
A bill shall be introduced before the Board
of Aldermen by the Alderman at any regular or special meeting of the
Board.
2.
Bills shall require one (1) second.
3.
Unless a bill contains an emergency clause,
it shall automatically be tabled upon introduction, second and discussion.
It may be brought from the table for a vote no earlier than the next
regular or special meeting.
4.
All bills may be introduced and read by title
only, provided extra copies are available for public review at the
meeting when it is introduced. If extra copies are not available,
the bill shall be read in its entirety at the regular or special meeting
at which it is introduced.
5.
A bill may be read by title only upon removal
from the table before discussion so long as extra copies are available
for public review. If extra copies are not available, the bill shall
be read in its entirety upon removal from the table before discussion.
6.
Upon passage, a bill shall be assigned an ordinance
number and shall be kept by the Clerk in the ordinance book of the
City.
B.
Bills may contain an emergency clause providing for
the waiver of the tabling procedure set forth above. If an emergency
clause is passed, a bill may be voted upon immediately after reading
at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Said emergency
clause may be in the following form:
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"The vote upon the aforesaid bill, being deemed
an emergency by the Board of Aldermen, the Board does hereby waive
and dispense with the tabling procedure as set forth in Ordinance
_____ and does hereby authorize the reading of the above bill at a
regular or special meeting and a vote thereon immediately following
said reading."
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C.
All emergency clauses, whether in the form set forth
above or any other, shall be voted upon separately and prior to vote
upon the bill to which they are attached.
D.
The Clerk shall record in the journal the "yeas" and
"nays" of each member of the Board of Aldermen present and any Alderman
who abstains.
E.
All ordinances passed by the Board of Aldermen shall
be effective from and after their passage by the Board and signature
by the Mayor of the City (or President Pro Tempore in the absence
of the Mayor) and attestation by the City Clerk.
F.
The
style of the ordinances of the City shall be "Be it ordained by the
Board of Aldermen of the City of Weldon 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. 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.
G.
The
provisions of this Section shall not apply to ordinances proposed
or passed under Section 79.135, RSMo.
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 (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/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 semiannually 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
in the City.
In the event the financial statement of the City is not published as required by Section 110.100, the Treasurer 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 Treasurer violating the provisions of this Section shall be deemed guilty of an 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 be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws
and ordinances for the government of the City, and he/she shall cause
all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect
or violation of duty; and he/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.
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.
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. 2004 § 110.170; Ord. No. 96-55 § 1, 10-24-1996; Ord. No. 23-05, 3-23-2023]
The regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Weldon Spring shall be held on the second and fourth
Thursday of each month at 7:30 P.M. at the City Hall; except in November
and December there shall be only one (1) meeting per month occurring
at the above time on the second Thursday of the month. If said meeting
date falls on a legal holiday, then the meeting may be held on the
same day one (1) week later immediately following at the same time
and place.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.180]
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the Board by written request 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.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.185; Ord. No. 10-10 §§ 1 — 2, 6-24-2010]
Public notice, when a vote will be taken to use TIF, TDD, CID, eminent domain or other public funds to finance a retail project, will be as set out in Section 120.045 of this Code.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.190]
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. Four (4) of the Aldermen 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.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.200; Ord. No. 4 § 1, 11-19-1984]
The business of the Board of Aldermen of the
City of Weldon Spring shall be conducted utilizing the rules set forth
in the current version of Roberts' Rules of Order.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.210; Ord. No. 97-06 §§ 1 — 3, 2-11-1997]
A.
All agenda items for any Aldermanic meeting must be
submitted to the City Clerk by either the Mayor or any one (1) of
the Aldermen at a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours prior to the scheduled
start of the Aldermanic meetings. Additional agenda items can be added
with approval of the Board of Aldermen during Aldermanic meetings.
B.
All content in any newsletter for which the cost of
preparation and/or mailing/distribution is paid for by the City of
Weldon Spring must be formally reviewed and approved by the Board
of Aldermen prior to printing and/or distribution.
[1]
Cross Reference: As to additional public notice
regulations, AA 110.185.
[R.O. 2004 § 110.220; Ord. No. 94-14 §§ 1 — 4, 2-24-1994]
A.
A vote of abstention shall have no effect either for
"yeas" or "nays"; i.e., the vote will be neutral.
B.
A vote of abstention shall be neutral; however, it
shall be counted for purposes of establishing the presence of a quorum.
C.
If votes of abstention are sufficient to create a
tie between the "yeas" and "nays," the power to break a tie shall
reside with the Mayor.
