Sponsored by: Finance and Administration Committee
BILL NO. 3780
ORDINANCE NO. 2013- 3719
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING DIVISION 2 OF ARTICLE III, MAYOR, OF CHAPTER
2 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE AND ENACTING A NEW DIVISION 2 IN LIEU
THEREOF DEFINING THE OFFICE OF MAYOR
WHEREAS, a review of the municipal code has determined the need for a more
consistent approach to defining the position and responsibilities of the office of Mayor.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF MARYLAND HEIGHTS, MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1:
Division 2 of Article III, Mayor, of Chapter 2 of the Municipal Code is hereby
repealed and the following Division 2 is enacted in lieu thereof:
DIVISION 2. - MAYOR
Sec. 2- 91. -
Election, term, president of city council.
The mayor shall be elected for a term of four (4) years and he shall be the president of the
city council as provided in state statute.
Sec. 2- 92. - Qualifications.
No person shall be mayor unless he is at least thirty ( 30) years of age, a citizen of the
United States and a resident of the city at the time of and for two ( 2) years preceding his
election.
When two ( 2) or more persons shall have an equal number of votes for the
office of mayor, the matter shall be determined by the city council.
Sec. 2- 93. - Duties and powers.
The mayor shall be the chief executive officer of the city and shall be recognized as the
official head of the city by the governor for all legal purposes. The mayor shall preside at
all meetings of the city council and all ceremonial occasions. The mayor shall execute on
behalf of the city all contractual and legal documents approved by the city council. The
mayor shall preside over meetings of the city council but shall not vote except in case of
a tie, when he shall cast the deciding vote; but provided, however, that he shall have no
such power to vote in cases when he is an interested party.
Sec. 2- 94. -
Bond, oath and salary.
Before entering upon the duties of his office the mayor shall give a bond with sureties to
be approved by the city attorney conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties
in such sum as may be directed by the city council or required by state statute. He shall
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take the oath of office prescribed by statute and shall receive as compensation the sum
established by city council.
Sec. 2- 95. -
Vacancy in office; how filled; president pro tem.
When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor, by death, resignation, removal
from the city, removal from office, refusal to qualify or otherwise, the president pro tem
of the council shall, for the time being, perform the duties of mayor until such vacancy is
filled; and in case of the temporary absence of the mayor or disability to perform the
duties of his office, the president pro tem shall perform the duties of mayor until the
mayor shall return or such disability be removed. During the time the president pro tem
shall act as mayor, he shall receive the same compensation, except during temporary
absence, that the mayor would be entitled to. In case of vacancy other than a temporary
absence or disability, a new election to shall be held at the time of the next regularly
scheduled municipal election.
Sec. 2- 96. - Approval, veto of ordinances.
Every bill presented to the mayor and returned to the council with the approval of the
mayor shall become an ordinance, and every bill presented as aforesaid, but returned with
his objections thereto, shall stand reconsidered. The council shall cause the objections of
the mayor to be entered upon into the journal, and proceed at its convenience to consider
the
question
the
mayor
pending,
which shall
be in this form: " Shall the bill pass, the objections of
thereto notwithstanding?"
The votes on this question shall be taken by ayes
and nays and the names entered into the journal, and if two- thirds of all the members-
elect shall vote in the affirmative, the president pro tem shall certify the fact on the roll,
and the bill thus certified 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 city council, and shall also possess the power to approve all
or any portion of the budget or to veto any item or all of the same; provided, that should
he neglect or refuse to sign any ordinance and return the same with his objections, in
writing, at the next regular meeting of the council, the same shall become a law without
his signature.
Sec. 2- 97. - Veto of resolutions and orders.
The mayor shall also have the power to veto any resolution or motion of the council
which calls for or contemplates the expenditure of the revenues of the city. Such vetoes
shall be noted upon the journal of the council, and shall be effective and binding unless
the council, at a subsequent meeting thereof, general or special, shall pass said resolution
or motion by a vote of three- fourths of all the members elected to the council.
Authority to sign documents re: road and bridge tax refund.
The mayor is hereby authorized to execute for and on behalf of the city such affidavits as
Sec. 2- 98. -
may from time to time be required by law with regard to the use and application by the
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city
of
funds
received
from the county
road
and
bridge tax
refund.
Such use and
application of the refund shall be in accordance with the laws of the state.
Section 2:
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and
approval.
PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL THIS 7"
DAY OF MARCH 2013.
MAYOR/ PRESIDING OFFICER
APPROVED BY THE MAYOR THIS -41, DAY OF MARCH 2013.
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