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MO Rev Stat § 78.560 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.560 - Organization of city council.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.560. Organization of city council. — 1. The city council shall at the time of organizing elect one of its members as mayor and another as chairman pro tem for a term of one year. In case the members of the city council, within five days after the time herein fixed for their organization meeting, are unable to agree upon a mayor or a chairman pro tem, of such council, then a mayor or chairman pro tem, or both, as the occasion may require, shall be selected from all the members of such council by lot and a record thereof shall be made upon the journal of the council.  2. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council and perform such other duties consistent with his office as may be imposed by it; and he shall have a voice and vote in its proceedings, but no veto.  3. The mayor shall be recognized as the official head of the city by the courts for the purpose of serving civil process, by the governor for the purpose of military law, and for all ceremonial purposes. The powers and duties of the mayor shall be such as are conferred upon him by sections 78.430 to 78.640, and no others.  4. If the mayor be temporarily absent from the city, or become temporarily disabled from any cause, his duties shall be performed during such absence or disability by the chairman pro tem. In the absence of both the mayor and chairman pro tem the other members of the city council shall select one of their number to perform the duties of mayor. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7084)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6934
MO Rev Stat § 78.570 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.570 - Powers of council — city manager.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.570. Powers of council — city manager. — 1. Except as herein otherwise provided the council of any city organizing under sections 78.430 to 78.640 shall have all of the powers now or hereafter given to the council or to the mayor and council jointly, under the law by which such city adopting said sections was governed under its former organization; and shall have such power over and control of the administration of the city government as is provided in said sections.  2. It shall be the duty of the council to pass all ordinances and other measures conducive to the welfare of the city and to the proper carrying out of the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640. It shall appoint a suitable person not a member of the council to be the administrative head of the city government whose official title shall be "city manager". The council shall also provide for all offices and positions in addition to those herein specified, which may become necessary for the proper carrying on of the work of the city, and shall fix the salary and compensation of all officers and employees of the city not herein provided for. All officers of the city shall be paid in equal monthly installments for their services and all employees of the city shall be paid monthly or at such shorter periods as the council shall determine. The creation of all offices and salaries attached thereto, which may be provided for by the council under sections 78.430 to 78.640, shall be by ordinance, and they shall all be for an indefinite term. The council shall also provide office rooms at the city hall or at some other convenient and suitable place in the city for the transaction of the business of the city and for the convenience of its officers. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7087)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6937
MO Rev Stat § 78.573 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.573 - Ordinances by initiative and referendum, procedure — exceptions — petition protesting an ordinance, procedure for repeal.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   78.573. Ordinances by initiative and referendum, procedure — exceptions — petition protesting an ordinance, procedure for repeal. — 1. The council may, by ordinance, adopt procedures for the initiative and referendum as provided in this section and section 78.575.  2. Any proposal to adopt an ordinance except an ordinance appropriating money, emergency ordinances and ordinances for the levying of taxes may be submitted to the council by a petition signed by at least twenty-five percent of the registered voters. The signatures, verification, authentication, inspection, certification, amendment and submission of the petition shall be the same as that provided in section 78.270.  3. When a petition to adopt an ordinance is signed by at least twenty-five percent of the registered voters, the council shall pass the ordinance without alteration, within twenty days of the clerk's certification of the petition, or submit it for a vote at the next municipal or state primary or general election. If a majority of the voters voting on the proposed ordinance vote in favor thereof, it shall thereupon become a valid and binding ordinance of the city.  4. If a petition protesting an ordinance, signed by at least twenty-five percent of the registered voters of the city, is presented to the council, the council shall reconsider such ordinance and, if it is not entirely repealed, submit the ordinance to the voters as provided by subsection 3 of this section. Such ordinance shall not remain in effect after the election unless a majority of the voters voting on the same shall vote in favor thereof. The petition shall be submitted, verified and certified in accordance with the provisions of section 78.270*. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 632)  *Section number "73.270" appears in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 78.575 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.575 - Form for submission of the question — repeal or amendment of ordinances adopted by initiative and referendum.

Effective - 28 Aug 1984   78.575. Form for submission of the question — repeal or amendment of ordinances adopted by initiative and referendum. — 1. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the following ordinance be (adopted) (repealed)? (Set out ordinance).  2. Any ordinance proposed by petition, or which is adopted by a vote of the people, cannot be repealed or amended by the council for a period of two years after the adoption of the ordinance except by a unanimous vote of all members of the council. Any number of proposed ordinances may be voted upon at the same election. The council may submit a proposition for the repeal of any such ordinance or for amendments thereto, to be voted upon at any municipal election. Should the proposition receive a majority of the votes cast thereon, it shall be repealed or amended accordingly. ­­-------- (L. 1984 S.B. 632)
MO Rev Stat § 78.580 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.580 - Quorum to do business.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.580. Quorum to do business. — Three members of the council shall constitute a quorum to do business; but no action thereof shall be valid unless at least three shall vote in favor of such action. Upon every vote the yeas and nays shall be called and recorded and every motion, resolution, and ordinance shall be reduced to writing before the vote is taken thereon. Every resolution or ordinance passed by the council must be signed by the mayor or in his absence by the chairman pro tem, or by two members of the council before the same shall be enforced. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7085)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6935
MO Rev Stat § 78.590 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.590 - Meetings of the council — salary determined by city council.

Effective - 28 Aug 2004   78.590. Meetings of the council — salary determined by city council. — Regular meetings of the council shall be held at least once every month and special meetings may be called by the mayor at the mayor's own instance or upon written application of two members of the council. Each council member shall receive a salary as determined by ordinance of the council, payable quarterly. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7086, A.L. 2004 H.B. 1047)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6936
MO Rev Stat § 78.600 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.600 - Officials — appointment.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.600. Officials — appointment. — The council shall appoint a city manager, a city clerk, city assessor and city treasurer; the offices of city clerk and city assessor may be filled by one person. All other officers and employees of the city shall be appointed and discharged by the city manager, the council to have power to make rules and regulations governing the same. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7088)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6938
MO Rev Stat § 78.610 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.610 - City manager — duties.

Effective - 28 Aug 2007   78.610. City manager — duties. — The city manager shall devote his or her entire time to the duties of his or her office. He shall be the administrative head of the government subject to the direction and supervision of the council and shall hold his office at the pleasure of the council, or may be employed for a term not to exceed one year. He shall receive an adequate salary to be fixed by the council which shall not be diminished during the service of any incumbent without his consent. The council shall have the discretion to require the city manager to reside in the city as a condition of employment; except in counties with a charter form of government the city manager shall be a resident of the city at the time of his or* her appointment. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office the city manager shall take the official oath required by law and shall execute a bond in favor of the city for the faithful performance of his or her duties and such sum shall be determined by the city council. It shall be his or her duty:  (1) To make all appointments to offices and positions provided for in section 78.600;  (2) To see that the laws and ordinances are enforced;  (3) To exercise control of all departments and divisions that may hereafter be created by the council;  (4) To see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the city or its inhabitants in any public utility franchises are faithfully kept and performed, and upon information of any violation thereof to take such steps as will be necessary to stop or prevent the further violation of the same;  (5) To attend all meetings of the council with the privilege of taking part in the discussions but having no vote;  (6) To recommend to the council for adoption such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient;  (7) To prepare and submit the annual budget and to keep the city council fully advised as to the financial conditions and needs of the city and to perform such other duties as may be prescribed by these sections or be required of him or her by any ordinance or resolution of the council. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7089, A. 1949 H.B. 2028, A.L. 2007 S.B. 22)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6939  *Word "or" does not appear in original rolls.
MO Rev Stat § 78.620 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.620 - Manager shall file itemized statements.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   78.620. Manager shall file itemized statements. — The council of any city operating under sections 78.430 to 78.640 shall cause the city manager to prepare and file with the council monthly itemized statement of receipts and expenditures of the city, and a summary of the business transacted for the month preceding; and every three months the unpublished reports shall be published in pamphlet form and printed copies thereof shall be furnished the city library, the various newspapers of the city and citizens applying therefor at the office of the city clerk. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7092)  Prior revision: 1929 § 6942
MO Rev Stat § 78.700 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.700 - Optional city manager form of government — procedure to adopt, election, ballot form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   78.700. Optional city manager form of government — procedure to adopt, election, ballot form. — As an alternative to the city manager form of government described in sections 78.430 to 78.640, any city of the third class, or any city with a population entitling it to become a city of the third class, may become organized under the optional city manager form of government as provided in sections 78.700 to 78.720. Upon petition of voters residing in the city equal in number to twenty-five percent of the votes cast within the city for all candidates for governor in the last preceding election, the mayor shall by proclamation submit the question of organizing under sections 78.700 to 78.720. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the city of ______ organize under sections 78.700 to 78.720, providing for the optional city manager form of government? ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 244 § 1)
MO Rev Stat § 78.703 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.703 - City may abandon plan, when — procedure, election, ballot form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   78.703. City may abandon plan, when — procedure, election, ballot form. — Any city which has operated under the provisions of sections 78.700 to 78.720 not less than six years may abandon the form of organization provided for herein, by proceeding as follows: Upon the petition of not less than twenty-five percent of the voters casting votes for governor in the last preceding general election of such city, as shown by the total vote cast at the last preceding municipal election of the city, the question shall be submitted whether the city shall continue operating under the provisions of sections 78.700 to 78.720. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form: Shall the city manager form of government for the city of ______ be continued? ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 244 § 2)
MO Rev Stat § 78.706 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.706 - City to be divided into five wards, procedure.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   78.706. City to be divided into five wards, procedure. — If a majority of the votes cast on the question of adoption are in favor of adopting the optional form of government provided in sections 78.700 to 78.720, the existing council shall by ordinance divide the city into five wards of approximately equal population. The council shall then assign an arbitrary designation to each ward and shall cause a lot to be drawn for each ward designated from among the five lots, numbered one through five. The wards shall thereafter be known as wards one, two, three, four and five according to the lot drawn for each. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 244 § 3)
MO Rev Stat § 78.712 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.712 - Council to consist of seven members, qualifications — term, vacancies, how filled — quorum.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   78.712. Council to consist of seven members, qualifications — term, vacancies, how filled — quorum. — 1. If a city adopts the optional city manager form of government, the council shall consist of seven members, and all persons now eligible for the position of councilman under the laws governing cities of the third class shall be eligible to serve as councilmen under the provisions of sections 78.700 to 78.720, provided that a ward councilman must reside within the ward he represents. One councilman shall be elected from each ward by the qualified voters thereof, and two councilmen shall be elected at large by the qualified voters of the city, at the first municipal election after the adoption of the optional form of government provided in sections 78.700 to 78.720. The term of councilmen shall be three years; provided, that of the first council elected after the adoption of sections 78.700 to 78.720, the councilmen representing wards two and four shall serve terms of one year; the councilmen representing wards one and three shall serve terms of two years; and the councilman representing ward five, along with the two councilmen elected at large, shall serve terms of three years. In any special election held to replace a councilman elected by the voters of a particular ward, only the voters of that ward shall be eligible to vote.  2. Four members of the council shall constitute a quorum to do business, and no action of the council shall be valid unless at least four shall vote in favor of such action. ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 244 §§ 4, 5 subdiv. (4))
MO Rev Stat § 78.720 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 78 - Optional Forms, Cities of the Third Classification|Section 78.720 - Other applicable procedures for optional plan — councilmen, nomination and election — eligible voters — statement of candidacy, contents — ballot form.

Effective - 28 Aug 1985   78.720. Other applicable procedures for optional plan — councilmen, nomination and election — eligible voters — statement of candidacy, contents — ballot form. — Except as otherwise provided in sections 78.700 to 78.720, the provisions of sections 78.430 to 78.640 shall apply to the adoption, implementation, or abandonment of the optional city manager form of government, provided that:  (1) Only the qualified voters of each ward shall be eligible to vote to nominate the candidates for councilmen of their respective wards, or to elect a ward councilman; and  (2) Statements of candidacy shall indicate whether the candidate is running at large or as a ward councilman. Candidates seeking to become a ward councilman shall also specify the ward and state under oath that they are a qualified voter of such ward; and  (3) Separate ballots shall be provided in all elections held pursuant to the adoption of the optional city manager form of government for the offices of councilmen at large and ward councilman, designated as follows: "FOR COUNCILMEN AT LARGE" or "FOR ______ WARD COUNCILMAN". ­­-------- (L. 1985 H.B. 244 § 5 subdivs. (1), (2), (3))
MO Rev Stat § 79.010 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.010 - Fourth class cities, incorporation of.

Effective - 28 Aug 1939   79.010. Fourth class cities, incorporation of. — Any city of the fourth class in this state may become a body corporate under the provisions of this chapter, in the manner provided by law, under the name of "The city of ______", and by that name shall have perpetual succession, may sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, defend and be defended in all courts of law and equity and in all actions whatever; may receive and hold property, both real and personal, within such city, and may purchase, receive and hold real estate within or without such city for the burial of the dead; and may purchase, hold, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of any property, real or personal, it now owns or may hereafter acquire; may receive bequests, gifts and donations of all kinds of property, and may have and hold one common seal, and may break, change or alter the same at pleasure, and all courts of this state shall take judicial notice thereof. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7096)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6946; 1919 § 8397; 1909 § 9299  CROSS REFERENCE:  Cities of the fourth classification--minimum population requirements, 72.040
MO Rev Stat § 79.020 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.020 - City limits may be altered, how.

Effective - 28 Aug 1978   79.020. City limits may be altered, how. — The mayor and board of aldermen of such city, whether the same shall have been incorporated before becoming a city of the fourth class or not, with the consent of a majority of the voters of such city voting on the question, shall have power to extend the limits of the city over territory adjacent thereto, and to diminish the limits of the city by excluding territory therefrom, and shall, in every case, have power, with the consent of the voters as aforesaid, to extend or diminish the city limits in such manner as in their judgment and discretion may redound to the benefit of the city. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7097, A. 1949 H.B. 2029, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6947; 1919 § 8398; 1909 § 9300  (1973) The term adjacent as used in this section clearly means that territory to be annexed must be either abutting and touching the annexing municipality or not have territory of the same kind intervening between it and the annexing municipality. City of St. Ann. v. Spanos (A.), 490 S.W.2d 563. (1974) Parcels to be annexed must be adjacent to city but need not be adjacent to each other. City of St. Peters v. Kodner Development Corp. (A.), 509 S.W.2d 788.
MO Rev Stat § 79.025 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.025 - Annexation of territory prohibited, when (City of Byrnes Mill).

Effective - 25 May 2010   79.025. Annexation of territory prohibited, when (City of Byrnes Mill). — No city of the fourth classification with more than two thousand three hundred but fewer than two thousand four hundred inhabitants and located in any county with a charter form of government and with more than one hundred ninety-eight thousand but fewer than one hundred ninety-nine thousand two hundred inhabitants shall annex any territory adjacent to the city if such adjacent territory proposed for annexation does not contain any registered voters unless the city has obtained the written consent of all the owners of real property within such adjacent territory. ­­-------- (L. 2010 H.B. 1806 merged with S.B. 942)  Effective 5-25-10 (H.B. 1806); 8-28-10 (S.B. 942)
MO Rev Stat § 79.030 (2021)
2021 Missouri Revised Statutes|Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages|Chapter 79 - Cities of the Fourth Classification|Section 79.030 - Election of officers.

Effective - 28 Aug 1989   79.030. Election of officers. — An election for the elective officers of each city of the fourth class shall be held after the organization of such city under the provisions of this chapter, and on municipal election days every two years thereafter, except that cities may provide by ordinance that beginning with the election of a collector after January 1, 1990, collectors shall be elected every four years. ­­-------- (RSMo 1939 § 7099, A.L. 1978 H.B. 971, A.L. 1989 H.B. 785)  Prior revisions: 1929 § 6949; 1919 § 8400; 1909 § 9302