The Board of Aldermen of the City of Edgerton, Missouri, shall
meet in regular session in the City Hall at 6:00 P.M. on the first
Wednesday of each month.
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the Board of Aldermen 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.
At the hour appointed, the Mayor, or in his/her absence the
Acting President of the Board of Aldermen, shall call the Board of
Aldermen to order, and 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 of 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.
[CC 1986 § 24.040]
In case a lesser number than a quorum shall convene at a regular
or special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, the majority of the members
present are authorized to direct the Chief of Police or other City
officer to send for and compel the attendance of any or all absent
members upon such terms and conditions and at such time as such majority
of the members present shall agree.
[CC 1986 § 24.045]
All adjourned meetings of the Board shall, to all intents and
purposes, be continuations of the meetings of which they are adjournments,
and the same proceedings may be had at such adjourned meetings as
at the meeting of which they are adjournments.
[CC 1986 § 24.070]
Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the proceedings
of the Board of Aldermen shall be controlled by Robert's Rules of
Order, as revised.
[CC 1986 § 24.080]
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, but there shall be no debate on
the appeal and no other member shall participate in the discussion.
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.
[CC 1986 § 24.090]
No member of the Board of Aldermen may leave the Board chamber
while in regular or special session without permission from the presiding
officer.
[CC 1986 § 24.100]
A.
At the meetings of the Board of Aldermen, the order of business shall
be as follows:
1.
Call the meeting to order.
2.
Roll call.
3.
Consideration for approval of all unapproved minutes of previous
meetings. All unapproved minutes shall be made available to all members
of the Board of Aldermen no less than two (2) business days before
the meeting at which they will be presented for approval.
[Ord. No. 18-002, 3-7-2018]
4.
Petitions, remonstrances, complaints and requests and the hearing
of any person or group desiring to address the Board. All petitions,
remonstrances, complaints and requests shall be presented to the Board
in writing. However, the Board may decide to act on oral discussions
of any petitions, remonstrances, complaints or requests presented
by the interested parties appearing in open meeting. In this case,
such discussion by the interested parties shall be limited to five
(5) minutes per speaker, except where an extension of time for oral
discussion is granted by the Board. All complaints presented to the
Board shall be noted and answered. If a complaint is directed to another
Board, or the Commissioner involved is absent, the City Clerk shall
forward said complaint to the proper department. The answer obtained
shall be forwarded to the interested party. The City Clerk shall also
present a copy of the answer to the Board at the next meeting.
5.
Opening of bids.
6.
Public hearing as required by law or ordinance.
7.
Acting on unfinished business. The unfinished business from
the last preceding meeting shall take precedence over any new business.
8.
Reading of communications. All communications which in any manner
whatever pertain to the business or functions of the City or any of
its elected or appointed employees shall be read.
9.
Reports of special boards, committees and City officers.
10.
Resolutions which require action by the Board.
11.
Reading of bills requiring only a third reading for passage.
12.
Reading of bills requiring a second and third reading for passage.
13.
Introduction and first reading of bills.
14.
Miscellaneous business.
15.
Adjournment.
[CC 1986 § 24.110]
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 must 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.
[CC 1986 § 24.140]
Upon the announcement of a second reading of any bill, if there
are objections to it, the question shall be put by the Chairman, "Shall
the proposal be rejected?" If a majority of the Board vote in favor
of rejection, the bill shall be defeated.
[CC 1986 § 24.190]
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 ordinance.
[CC 1986 § 24.210]
Any rule of the Board may be repealed, altered or amended by
a majority vote of the members. Every amendment offered shall lie
on the table until the next meeting of the Board before being voted
upon except by the unanimous consent of all elected members of the
Board of Aldermen (including the Mayor). Any rule may be suspended
by a majority vote of the members of the Board, or quorum being present
by unanimous consent.
