Any elected or appointed officer, employee, or member of any
committee, authority, board or commission of the City who has any
direct or indirect substantial financial interest (as defined by the
conflict of interest Statutes of Missouri):
(a)
In any party transacting business with the City, or
(b)
In the subject matter of any City transaction, shall make known
that interest and shall refrain from voting upon or otherwise participating
in his/her capacity as a City Officer, employee or member in such
transaction. Any City Officer, employee or member who willfully conceals
such a substantial financial interest or willfully violates the requirements
of this Section shall be guilty of malfeasance in office or position
and shall forfeit the office or position. Violation of this Section
with the express or implied knowledge of the party transacting business
with the City shall render the transaction voidable by the City.
In addition to all other powers herein granted, the City of
Raymore shall have the right and authority to administer and enforce
all its municipal ordinances within all areas owned or occupied by
the City which are outside of the corporate City limits.
No action shall be maintained against the City for or on account
of any injury growing out of alleged negligence of the City unless
notice shall first have been given in writing to the Mayor within
ninety (90) days of the occurrence for which said damage is claimed,
stating the place, time, character and circumstances of the injury,
and that the person so injured will claim damages thereof from the
City.
All officers and employees of the City who receive, disburse,
or are responsible for City funds, and such other officers and employees
as the Council by ordinance may designate, shall, within such time
after election or appointment as may be fixed by ordinance, and before
entering upon the discharge of their duties, give bond to the City
in such sums and with such sureties as shall be prescribed by ordinance
or law, and subject to approval by the Council, conditioned upon the
faithful and proper performance of their duties and for the prompt
accounting for and paying over to the City of all monies belonging
to the City that may come into their hands. The City shall pay the
premiums on all such bonds.
From time to time, but no less often than every ten (10) years,
the Council shall provide for a Charter Review Commission to review
this Charter and to recommend to the voters of the City proposed amendments,
if any, to this Charter. The members of the Charter Review Commission
shall be selected as provided by the Council. The Charter Review Commission
shall consist of nine (9) qualified voters of the City, not more than
three (3) of whom shall be an elected official of the City. No more
than three (3) of the Commission members shall reside in any one (1)
Council ward. The Charter Review Commission shall, within twelve (12)
months of its first (1st) meeting, report to the voters as many amendments
to the Charter as it shall deem advisable.
Any ordinance may be proved by a copy thereof certified by the
City Clerk under the Seal of the City. When printed and published
by authority of the City, the certified copy shall be received in
evidence in all courts, or other places, without further proof of
authenticity.
If any provision of this Charter is held invalid, the other
provisions of the Charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application
of the Charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances
is held invalid, the application of the Charter and its provisions
to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.