[R.O. 2011 § 110.160; R.O. 2010 § 110.300;
2nd Ser. Ord. No. 178 § 1(127.03), 3-7-1983; Ord. No. 705 §§ 1 — 2, 6-4-2001]
No person shall be elected to the office of City Marshal unless
he/she be at least twenty-one (21) years of age, a citizen of the
United States, a qualified voter of the State of Missouri and the
City of Owensville, and who has been an inhabitant and resident of
the City of Owensville for at least one (1) year next preceding his/her
election and is an inhabitant and resident of the City of Owensville
while holding office. In the event a vacancy occurs in the elected
position of City Marshal, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner
provided for by Missouri law and the person appointed to fill such
vacancy shall possess the same qualifications as an elected City Marshal
except that the person need not be a resident or inhabitant of the
City of Owensville.
[R.O. 2011 § 110.170]
A.
Any person who is elected to his/her first term as City Marshal in
a general election or in a special election in any Fourth Class City
of this State shall, within six (6) months of such election, cause
to be filed with the City Clerk of the City and Director of the Department
of Public Safety proof that he/she has completed the training program
formulated pursuant to Sections 590.170 and 590.175, RSMo., or some
other comparable training program of not less than one hundred twenty
(120) hours' instruction approved by the Director of the Department
of Public Safety. If the newly elected City Marshal is unable to complete
the training program within six (6) months due to the proper course
not being available from the Department of Public Safety, an extension
may be granted until such a course is made available.
B.
Whether any person elected to his/her first term as City Marshal
attends such a training program prior to or after assuming the duties
of his/her office shall be left to the discretion of the Governing
Body of the City from which he/she was elected. During the time that
a Marshal-elect is enrolled in such a training program, he/she shall
be hired as a City employee and receive as full compensation from
the City from which he/she was elected, compensation at a rate equal
to that of City Marshal.
[R.O. 2011 § 110.180; R.O. 2010 § 110.320; Ord. No. 1418, 3-20-2023]
The Marshal shall have power at all times to make or order an
arrest, with proper process, for any offense against the laws of the
City or of the State, and to keep the offender in the City prison
or other proper place to prevent his/her escape until a trial can
be had before the proper officer, unless such offender shall give
a good and sufficient bond for his/her appearance for trial. The Marshal
shall also have power to make arrests without process, in all cases
in which any offenses against the laws of the City or of the State
shall be committed in his/her presence. The Marshal shall serve as
the department head of the Police Department, and will report to the
City Administrator in the same manner as other department heads.
[R.O. 2011 § 110.190; R.O. 2010 § 110.330;
CC 1970 C5 A7 § 6; CC 1975 § 127.19]
He/she shall attend all meetings of the Board of Aldermen, shall
open and close the hall and shall execute all orders as the Mayor
and Board of Aldermen may require.
