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City of Fair Grove, MO Mayor and Board of Aldermen
§ 110.055 Interference By Members of The Board of Aldermen.
§ 110.125 Standing Committees Appointed.
§ 110.145 Mayor — Control Police.
§ 110.200 Rules of Procedure.
§ 110.210 Special Committees.
§ 110.220 Meetings Using Video Conference Technology.
Section 110.055 Interference By Members of The Board of Aldermen.
Section 110.125 Standing Committees Appointed.
Section 110.145 Mayor — Control Police.
Section 110.200 Rules of Procedure.
Section 110.210 Special Committees.
Section 110.220 Meetings Using Video Conference Technology.
No person shall be an Alderman unless he/she be at least eighteen (18) years of age, a citizen of the United States and an inhabitant and resident of the City for one (1) year next preceding his/her election and a resident, at the time he/she files and during the time he/she serves, of the ward from which he/she is elected.
Cross Reference — As to when aldermen may be elected at large, §79.060, RSMo.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of Mayor by death, resignation, removal from the City, removal from office, refusal to qualify or from any other cause whatever, the Acting President of the Board of Aldermen shall, for the time being, perform the duties of Mayor, with all the rights, privileges, powers and jurisdiction of the Mayor, until such vacancy be filled or such disability be removed; or, in case of temporary absence, until the Mayor's return.
The Mayor and Board of Aldermen of each City governed by this Chapter shall have the care, management and control of the City and its finances and shall have power to enact and ordain any and all ordinances not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and such as they shall deem expedient for the good government of the City, the preservation of peace and good order, the benefit of trade and commerce and the health of the inhabitants thereof and such other ordinances, rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary to carry such powers into effect and to alter, modify or repeal the same.
[CC 1999 §2.0421; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
No member of the Board of Aldermen shall directly interfere with the conduct of any department or duties of employees, except at the express direction of the Board of Aldermen.
The Mayor shall have a seat in and preside over the Board of Aldermen but shall not vote on any question except in case of a tie, nor shall he/she preside or vote in cases when he/she is an interested party. He/she shall exercise a general supervision over all the officers and affairs of the City and shall take care that the ordinances of the City and the State laws relating to such City, are complied with.
The style of the ordinances of the City shall be: "Be it ordained by the Board of Aldermen of the City of Fair Grove, as follows:" No ordinance shall be passed except by bill and no bill shall become an ordinance unless on its final passage a majority of the members elected to the Board of Aldermen shall vote for it and the "ayes" and "nays" be entered on the journal. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced to the Board of Aldermen in writing and shall be read by title or in full two (2) times prior to passage, both readings may occur at a single meeting of the Board of Aldermen. If the proposed ordinance is read by title only, copies of the proposed ordinance shall be made available for public inspection prior to the time the bill is under consideration by the Board of Aldermen. No bill shall become an ordinance until it shall have been signed by the Mayor or person exercising the duties of the Mayor's office or shall have been passed over the Mayor's veto as herein provided.
The provisions of this Section shall not apply to ordinances proposed or passed under Section 79.135, RSMo.
Every bill duly passed by the Board of Aldermen and presented to the Mayor and by him/her approved shall become an ordinance and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with the Mayor's objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The Board of Aldermen shall cause the objections of the Mayor to be entered at large 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?" The vote on this question shall be taken by "ayes" 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 City Clerk shall certify the fact on the roll and the bill thus certified shall be deposited with the proper officer 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 Board of Aldermen; 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 Board of Aldermen, the same shall become a law without his/her signature.
The Board of Aldermen shall cause to be kept a journal of its proceedings and the "ayes" and "nays" shall be entered on any question at the request of any two (2) members. The Board of Aldermen may prescribe and enforce such rules as it may find necessary for the expeditious transaction of its business.
The Board of Aldermen shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of papers and records relating to any subject under consideration in which the interest of the City is involved and shall have power to call on the proper officers of the City or of the County in which such City is located, to execute such process. The officer making such service shall be allowed to receive therefor such fees as are allowed by law in the Circuit Court for similar services, to be paid by the City. The Mayor or Acting President of the Board of Aldermen shall have power to administer oaths to witnesses.
[CC 1999 §2.0411; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
The Mayor shall, at the first (1st) meeting of the Board of Aldermen after each annual election, name the members of such standing committees as he/she deems necessary, which shall consist of two (2) or more members of the Board of Aldermen.
The Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the City and he/she shall cause all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty; and he/she is hereby authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the City over eighteen (18) years of age and under fifty (50) to aid in enforcing the laws.
[CC 1999 §2.0413; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
The Mayor shall have authority to give such orders to the Chief of Police and Policemen of the City as in his/her judgment the public good may require and it shall be the duty of the Chief of Police and Police Officers to obey such orders. Any such orders may be overridden by a motion and majority vote of the Board of Aldermen.
[CC 1999 §2.0501; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999; Ord. No. 02-11-02 §§1 — 4, 11-19-2002; Ord. No. 04-05-01 §1, 5-11-2004]
The Board of Aldermen of the City shall meet in regular session in the City Hall on the second (2nd) and fourth (4th) Tuesday of every month. By appropriate notice, as required by the Missouri Open Meeting Act, the Board of Aldermen may specify a different place for such regular meeting for the convenience of the public and the City.
These regular meetings will begin at 6:30 P.M.
When any such meeting day is a holiday or if other special circumstances require, the regular meeting shall be held at such time as may be determined in agreement by the Mayor and President of the Board and after posting appropriate notice, as required by Chapter 120, Open Meetings and Records Policy, of this Code.
The Mayor and President of the Board may jointly dispense with any regular meeting, but at least one (1) meeting, regular or special, must be held in each calendar month.
[CC 1999 §2.0502; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or by any two (2) members of the Board 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.
[CC 1999 §2.0503; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
At the hour appointed, the Mayor or in his/her absence the Acting President of the Board of Aldermen, shall call the Board to order, 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 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.
A quorum of the Board of Aldermen shall consist of four (4) or more Aldermen being present.
[CC 1999 §2.0504; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
The Board of Aldermen hereby adopts Roberts Rules of Order for the expeditious transaction of its business, but such rules shall not contravene the requirements of this Code or other ordinances.
[CC 1999 §2.0505; Ord. No. 99-11-01 §2, 11-16-1999]
All special committees shall be appointed by the Mayor unless otherwise ordered by a majority of the Board. By consent of a majority of the Board, a special committee may be appointed at any time to hold public hearings for the Board upon any matter pending before it. A special committee is a committee composed a members of the Board of Aldermen; the concurrence of the Board shall not be required as to the membership of the special committee, unless the Board shall order otherwise.
[Ord. No. 131, 4-25-2017]
Policy Statement. While it is legally permissible for members of the City's public governmental bodies to attend meetings and vote via video conference transmission, a member's use of video conference attendance should occur only sparingly. Because it is good public policy for citizens to have the opportunity to meet with their elected officials face-to-face, elected members of a public governmental body should endeavor to be physically present at all meetings unless attendance is unavoidable after exercising due diligence to arrange for physical presence at the meeting. The primary purpose of attendance by video conference connection should be to accommodate the public governmental body as a whole to allow meetings to occur when circumstances would otherwise prevent the physical attendance of a quorum of the body's members. A secondary purpose of attendance by video conference should be to ensure that all members may participate in business of the public governmental body that is emergency or highly important in nature and arose quickly so as to make attendance at a regular meeting practically impossible. Except in emergency situations, all efforts should be expended to ensure that a quorum of the members of the public governmental body be physically present at the normal meeting place of the body.
Video Conference Defined. For purposes of this Section "video conference" or "videoconferencing" shall refer to a means of communication where at least one (1) member of a public government body participates in the public meeting via an electronic connection made up of three (3) components: (1) a live video transmission of the member of the public governmental body not in physical attendance; (2) a live audio transmission allowing the member of the public governmental body not in physical attendance to be heard by those in physical attendance; and (3) a live audio transmission allowing the member of the public governmental body not in physical attendance to hear those in physical attendance at a meeting. If at any time during a meeting one (1) or more of the elements of a video conference becomes compromised (i.e., if any participants are unable to see, hear, or fully communicate) then the video conference participant is deemed immediately absent and this absence should be reflected in the minutes. A video conference participant's absence may compromise a quorum in which case the applicable Missouri laws shall take effect regarding a broken quorum.
Frequency Of Use Of Video Conference Attendance. A member of a public governmental body shall not attend more than two (2) meetings via video conference in a rolling twelve-month period. In keeping with the policy stated in Subsection (A) above, attendance via video should only occur sparingly and for good cause. Such good cause shall be at the discretion of the member seeking to attend by video conference, but shall be for significant reasons such as serious illness or injury of the member or a member of his or her immediate family, including father or mother, spouse, sibling, child , or grandchild.
Physical Location. Members of the public may not participate in a public meeting of a governmental body via video conference.
Voting. Elected members of a public governmental body attending a public meeting of that governmental body via video conference are deemed present. As indicated in Subsection (B) above, if any component of the video conference communication fails during the meeting, the member attending the meeting by video conference whose connection failed shall be deemed absent immediately upon such failure, and if the public governmental body was in the act of voting, the voting shall stop until all of the components of video conference attendance are again restored and the video conference participant's presence is again noted in the minutes.
Closed Meetings. In a meeting where a member of a public governmental body is participating via videoconferencing and the meeting goes into a closed session , all provisions of Missouri law and City ordinances relating to closed sessions apply. Upon the public governmental body's vote to close the meeting, all members of the general public shall not be present. Likewise, a member of a public governmental body participating via videoconferencing must ensure there are no members of the public present at their location to see, hear, or otherwise communicate during the closed session. The member must also take all reasonable precautions to guard against interception of communication by others. Failure to ensure the requirements of this Subsection may result in corrective action by the full public governmental body in accordance with City regulations.
Minutes. In the meeting, whether in open or in closed session, the minutes taken should reflect the member, if any, participating via video conference; the members in physical attendance; and members, if any, absent.
Emergency Meetings. In the event that emergency circumstances create impossibility for the members of a public governmental body to physically attend the body as a whole may meet, and if necessary vote, by video conference. Examples of such emergency circumstances, include, but are not limited to, war, riot, terrorism, widespread fire, or natural disaster such as earthquake, tornado, hurricane, flood, or blizzard. To the extent possible in such circumstances, the public governmental body shall use reasonable efforts to cause a physical location to be provided for public attendance and participation.