[CC 1990 § 2-26; Ord. No. 13 § 2, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 199 § 3, 10-17-1988; Ord. No. 350 § 3, 9-18-1989]
The Mayor shall receive compensation at the rate of twelve thousand
dollars ($12,000.00) per year, to be prorated as and paid on the same
basis as members of the City Council.
[CC 1990 § 2-27; Ord. No. 11 § 1, 6-1-1988]
The Mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years and
he/she shall be the president of the City Council as is provided by
Statute.
[CC 1990 § 2-28; Ord. No. 11 § 2, 6-1-1988]
No person shall be Mayor unless he/she is at least thirty (30)
years of age, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Chesterfield
at the time of and for two (2) years preceding his/her election. When
two (2) or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for the
office of Mayor, the matter shall be determined by the City Council.
[CC 1990 § 2-29; Ord. No. 11 § 3, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 2964; 7-17-2017]
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City and
shall be recognized as the official head of the City by the Governor
for all legal purposes. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of
the City Council and all ceremonial occasions. The Mayor shall preside
over the City Council but shall not vote except in case of a tie in
said Council, when he/she shall cast the deciding vote; but provided,
however, that he/she shall have no such power to vote in cases when
he/she is an interested party.
[CC 1990 § 2-30; Ord. No. 11, § 4, 6-1-1988]
Before entering upon the duties of his/her office, the Mayor
shall give a bond with sureties to be approved by the City Attorney
conditioned upon the faithful performance of his/her duties in the
sum of at least six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) or such higher sum
as may be directed by the City Council or required by State statute.
He/she shall take the oath of office prescribed by statute and shall
receive as compensation the sum established by City Council.
[CC 1990 § 2-31; Ord. No. 11 § 5, 6-1-1988; Ord. No. 3030, 1-23-2019]
In the case of a temporary absence of the Mayor or disability
to perform the duties of his/her office, the President Pro Tem of
the Council shall perform the duties of Mayor until the Mayor shall
return or such disability be removed; and during the time the President
Pro Tem of the Council shall act as Mayor, the President Pro Tem shall
receive the same compensation that the Mayor would be entitled to.
In case of vacancy other than a temporary absence or disability, the
person exercising the office of Mayor shall cause a new election to
be held; provided, when a vacancy occurs within six months of a municipal
election, no election shall be called to fill such vacancy.
[CC 1990 § 2-32; Ord. No. 11 § 6, 6-1-1988]
Every bill presented to the Mayor and returned to the Council
with the approval of the Mayor shall become an ordinance and every
bill presented as aforesaid but returned with his/her objections thereto
shall stand reconsidered. The Council shall cause the objections of
the Mayor to be entered 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?"
Pursuant to Section 77.270, RSMo., as amended, the votes on this question
shall be taken by "yeas" 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 President Pro Tem shall certify the fact on
the roll and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the Clerk
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 City Council and
shall also possess the power to approve all or any portion of the
general appropriation bill or to veto any item or all of the same
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 Council, the same shall become a law without
his/her signature.
[CC 1990 § 2-33; Ord. No. 11 § 7, 6-1-1988]
The Mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or
order of the Council which calls for or contemplates the expenditure
of the revenues of the City. Pursuant to Section 77.280, RSMo., as
amended, such vetoes shall be noted upon the journal of the Council
and shall be effective and binding unless the Council, at a subsequent
meeting thereof, general or special, shall pass said resolution or
order by a vote of three-fourths (3/4) of all the members elected
to the Council.