The Board of Aldermen shall elect a City Clerk, who shall serve
for an indefinite term at the pleasure of the Board of Aldermen.
The City Clerk may be removed from office as provided in RSMo.
79.240 (1979).
In the event of a vacancy in such office, the Mayor with the
consent of the majority of the Board of Aldermen shall appoint a duly-qualified
individual to serve in that capacity.
The salary of the City Clerk shall be such as from time to time
the Board of Aldermen shall fix as a certain amount per month payable
by warrant on the City treasury.
Upon temporary disability or inability of the City Clerk to perform his duties as set forth in this Code or other ordinances of the City due to illness, absence from the City or other cause, the Board of Aldermen shall in the same manner as the City Clerk is appointed as set forth in §
21.400, proceed to appoint a temporary City Clerk who shall have the same powers and duties as the regular City Clerk and shall hold office until the disability of the City Clerk is removed.
No person shall be eligible to the office of City Clerk who
is not 21 years of age, a citizen of the United States, and should
be an inhabitant and resident of the City for at least one year next
before his or her appointment; nor shall any person be appointed City
Clerk who is in arrears of any tax, lien, forfeiture or defalcation
in office.