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ORDINANCE NO. 7279
AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 6152 AND SECTIONS 20-28
OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 6000 (BEING SECTIONS 430-439 REVISED
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON, 1956) RELATING TO THE
TRAFFIC DIVISION OF THE JEFFERSON CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT AND
ENACTING A NEW ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE SAME SUBJECT.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF JEFFERSON,
MISSOURI, AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Ordinance Number 6152 and Sections 20-28 of
Ordinance Number 6000 (being Sections 430-439 of the Revised
Ordinances of the City of Jefferson, 1956) relating to the
Traffic Division of the Jefferson City Police Department be,
and the same are hereby, repealed.
Section 2. Traffic Division. There is hereby established
a traffic division within the police department of the City.
Section 3. Personnel. The traffic division shall consist
of a traffic lieutenant, a traffic sergeant and eight regular
traffic officers.
Section 4. Qualifications. No person shall be a member
of the traffic division who is not able-bodied and sober and
who is not a qualified voter of this city and a resident
thereof for at least one year preceding appointment to the
traffic division.
Section 5. ApMintment and Term. All members of the
® traffic division shall be appointed by the City Marshall, with
the consent of a majority of the members of the City Council,
for a period of not to exceed one year; provided that the City
Marshall may remove any traffic officer with the approval of at
least two-thirds of all members of the City Council; all members
of the traffic division shall be appointed at or before the
second regular council meeting following each annual general
city election.
Section 6. Oath of office. Before entering upon the
discharge of their duties, each member of the traffic division
shall take and subscribe to an oath as is required by the
charter of the city for city officers.
Section 7. Uniform and badge. Each member of the traffic
division shall wear a uniform and badge to be prescribed by the
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City Marshall to indicate their rank and position. The city
clerk shall furnish the badge and each member shall furnish
his own uniform.
Section 8. Eight Hour. Day. Each member of the traffic
dividon shall work eight hours per day except in event of an
emergency. The City Marshall may assign the hours of duty of
each member of the traffic division.
Section 9. ,Traffic Lieutenant. The City Marshall shall
designate one member of the division as a traffic lieutenant,
with the consent of a majority of the members of the City Council,
and the traffic lieutenant shall supervise the operation of the
division and insure that all members of the traffic division
observe and obey all orders of the City Marshall relating to
the regulation of traffic.
Section 10. Traffic Sergeant. The City Marshall shall also
designate one member of the division as a traffic sergeant, with
the approval and consent of the Council. The traffic sergeant
shall aid and assist the traffic lieutenant in the operation of
the traffic division and shall carry out all orders of the
traffic lieutenant and City Marshall relating to the regulation
of traffic.
Section 11. Duties. It shall be the duty of every member
of the traffic division to enforce all traffic and other
ordinances of the city and to arrest persons observed violating
ordinances of the city. All members of the traffic division
shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the
City Marshall from time to time.
Section 12. Effective Date. This ordinance shall take
effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval.
Passed: August 20, 1962 Approved:_�z-
President o t e ounc Mayor
Attest:
City U1,01k.