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Article VI Public Administrator Section 6.020. There shall be a public administrator who shall be appointed by the probate judge subject to confirmation by the county council until December 31, 1984. After this date the public administrator shall be appointed by a majority of the circuit judges of the county at a meeting duly called and held for that purpose subject to confirmation by the county council. If the probate judge or the circuit judges, as the case may be, fail to make an appointment within sixty days after the commencement of any term or after a vacancy occurs, the county executive shall appoint the public administrator subject to confirmation by the council. The public administrator shall serve for a term of four years, except one appointed to fill a vacancy occurring during a term. Terms shall begin January 1, 1981 and each fourth year thereafter. The public administrator may be removed from office during his term by the authority who appointed him in the same manner as he was appointed. He shall possess and exercise the powers and duties prescribed for the office by the constitution and laws of the state. His compensation shall be set by ordinance and he shall account for and pay into the county treasury to be credited to the general revenue fund all fees payable to him pursuant to law.Condemnation Commission Section 6.030. 1. There shall be a permanent condemnation commission composed of three members and three alternates all of whom shall hold no other county office and shall be residents of the county. They shall be appointed by a majority of the circuit judges of the county at a meeting duly called and held for that purpose, but if the circuit judges fail to make an appointment within thirty days after a vacancy occurs the county executive shall make the appointment subject to confirmation by the council. All members and alternates shall serve overlapping terms of three years except those appointed to fill a vacancy occurring during the term of any member or alternate. Not more than two members and one alternate shall belong to the same political party.2. Members shall receive such compensation as may be established by ordinance. Alternates shall receive no compensation except for such times as they may be actively engaged in the work of the commission, for which they shall receive the same compensation as a member. 3. The commission shall assess the damage and benefits in all condemnation proceedings brought by the county and in any other condemnation proceeding in which the judge before whom the proceeding is pending so orders. 4. The commission shall designate one of its members as chairman and shall adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the business of the commission as will not be inconsistent with law or with the rules of the circuit court. 5. Nothing herein contained shall abrogate the right to appeal from any commission award in condemnation in the manner provided by law nor the right to trial by jury. Fire Standards Commission Section 6.040. 1. There shall be a fire standards commission composed of seven residents of the county who shall be appointed by the county executive, subject to confirmation by the council. One member shall be a chief of a fire protection district. One member shall be a chief of a municipal fire department. Two members shall be elected fire protection district directors, two shall be elected municipal officials and one shall be a citizen who is neither a fire chief, elected municipal official or fire protection district director. Of the members appointed first after the adoption of this section, two shall be appointed for one-year terms, two shall be appointed for two-year terms and three shall be appointed for three-year terms, but thereafter all members shall serve a term of three years, except those appointed to fill a vacancy occurring during the term of a member.2. The commission shall have the power to establish and provide minimum training and educational standards and to issue regulations for any person performing the duties of a firefighter for any municipality, fire protection district, or other public agency. The training and educational standards adopted by the commission shall be reasonably related to the position of firefighter. Any person who is employed or appointed as a firefighter after the effective date of the standards established by the commission who fails to meet such standards within six months of the beginning of such service shall be terminated. Thereafter, such person shall not be eligible for employment or appointment as a firefighter by any other municipality, fire protection district, or other public agency for a period of one year after his date of termination unless such person successfully meets the standards established by the commission. The minimum training and educational standards established by the commission shall not apply to volunteer firefighters, any person who served as a firefighter for twelve consecutive months prior to the adoption of this section, and any person appointed to the position of firefighter during a state of emergency declared by the county executive. Penalties for the violation of training and educational standards or the regulations promulgated by the commission shall be prescribed by ordinance. The expenses of the commission under this section shall be financed by the county general revenue fund or by grants from the State of Missouri or United States Government. 3. The commission shall, as authorized by ordinance, operate and maintain training facilities for the instruction and training of fire-fighters. The expenses for operation and maintenance of training facilities shall be defrayed by the fire protection district, municipality, or other public agency in proportion to its use of the facilities or by grants from the State of Missouri or United States Government. |
