Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.5022

67.5022. Board of directors, appointment, terms, removal. — 1. When a district is created pursuant to sections 67.5000 to 67.5038 , the district shall be governed by a board of directors. The presiding commissioner or elected county executive of the county with a charter form of government and with more than six hundred thousand but fewer than seven hundred thousand inhabitants shall appoint one member of the district's board of directors chosen from the residents of that county. The mayor of the largest city in that county shall appoint two persons from the residents of that city in that county, and the mayors of the next five most populous cities in the county shall, on a rotating basis and in accordance with subsection 2 of this section, appoint four persons from the residents of those respective cities in that county to serve on the board.

2. The mayors of the second through sixth most populous cities in that county, as determined by the most recent decennial census, shall appoint the board members from the residents of those cities in the county by December fifteenth of each year. Representation on the board from these second through sixth most populous cities shall be on a rotating basis, as follows. In the initial year:

(1) The second most populous city shall be represented on the board, and that member shall serve for a term of one year;

(2) The third most populous city shall be represented on the board, and that member shall serve for a term of two years;

(3) The fourth most populous city shall be represented on the board, and that member shall serve for a term of three years;

(4) The fifth most populous city shall be represented on the board, and that member shall serve for a term of four years; and

(5) The sixth most populous city shall not be represented on the board. In the second year, the sixth most populous city shall be represented on the board, and the member shall serve for a term of four years. In that second year, the second most populous city shall have no representation on the board. Membership on the board shall rotate in this manner every year thereafter, with each of the second through sixth most populous cities not being represented on the board, in this alternating basis, one of every succeeding four years.

3. The board members appointed to a district shall hold office for four-year terms; provided that, initial terms of the representative of the second through the sixth most populous cities in the county shall be of the staggered lengths as set forth in subsection 2 of this section. On the expiration of the initial terms of appointment and on the expiration of any subsequent term, the resulting vacancies shall be filled by the chief elected official of each of the represented cities and the county. All vacancies on the board shall be filled in the same manner for the duration of the term being filled. Board members shall serve until their successors are named and the successors have commenced their terms as board members. Board members shall be eligible for reappointment.

4. The chief elected official of each city or county that has membership on the board of a district may replace a board member representing that elected official's city or county at any time, in that elected official's sole discretion. Upon this removal, the chief elected official shall appoint another individual to represent that city or county on the board of directors of the district.

(L. 2012 H.B. 1504)