248.070. Trustees--appointment--removal--employees.

MISSOURI STATUTES AND CODES

248.070. Trustees--appointment--removal--employees.

Trustees--appointment--removal--employees.

248.070. 1. The board of trustees for the sanitary districtshall be constituted as follows: The county commission shallappoint one; the mayor of the city, with the approval of thehigher branch of the legislative department of the citygovernment, shall appoint one; and the court having jurisdictionover the whole or major part of the territory embraced in thedistrict, as shown by the map thereof, shall appoint one, whoshall be a civil engineer of good repute in his profession, and arecognized expert in matters of drainage. The appointee of thecircuit court shall be the president of the board, and itsexecutive officer.

2. For their services the trustees shall receive salariesproportioned to the actual services rendered the district; theamount of salaries in each case shall be fixed on a per diembasis by the circuit court which appoints the third member, asbefore provided.

3. If more than one sanitary district be organized withterritory common to the same city and county or counties, thesame persons may be appointed as trustees for any or all suchdistricts.

4. The official, county commission or court appointing thetrustee shall have the power to appoint a successor when anyvacancy occurs by reason of death, resignation, or removal fromoffice or expiration of term. He or it may also remove suchappointee for cause.

5. The term of office of the first appointee of the circuitcourt shall be three years; that of the county commission twoyears, and that of the mayor one year. Subsequent terms shallall be for three years, always subject to the condition that theboard of trustees may be abolished, as provided in section248.180.

6. The board of trustees shall have power to elect a clerk,chief engineer and attorney, and to employ from time to time suchother persons as may be necessary, and to remove and dischargethem at its pleasure; to fix the compensation of such appointeesor employees, and to require them to give bond for the faithfulperformance of their duties; provided, that no salary so paid,calculated on per diem basis, shall exceed the per diem allowedthe president of the board.