O'Fallon Watchdog
Exposing Corruption, Injustices and the Truth.
Welcome to the Take Action page.
The information on this page have
been provided to make it easier for
you to get involved and take
action. It’s one way to effect
positive change in the community
we live in. Links have been
provided for you to e-mail various
O’Fallon elected officials. Whether
you want to e-mail just the Mayor
or all of the elected officials you will
find the links useful. If you receive
a noteworthy response from one of
the elected officials feel free to
forward it onto the O’Fallon
Watchdog for inclusion into this
website.

Also provided is a link to the          
O’Fallon’s Request for Public
Information form and contact
information for the City Clerk so
that you can direct your requests
to her. There is also a link to a
document explaining your rights to
information under the Missouri
Sunshine Law. As stated above if
you make a noteworthy request or
get denied feel free to forward your
information to the O’Fallon
Watchdog for inclusion into this
website.

You will also find the links for the
Council Meeting dates helpful
along with the links to the Current
Meeting Agenda and Packet.

Also included is contact information
for the media. Contacting the
media is always strongly
encouraged.  At the very bottom of
the page is additional information
concerning Recall of elected
officials.

In closing I hope the information on
this site and the tools provided
allow you to become an informed
and active participant in your local
government. Thus becoming a
fellow O’Fallon Watchdog.
And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you;
ask what you can do for your country.
John F. Kennedy
Take Action!
Send an E-Mail to your Elected Officials with your thoughts
and concerns using the links below. Let them how they are
doing. They love to hear from you.
Recall of elected officials--procedure--limitations.

77.650. 1. The holder of any elective office in a third class city may be removed by the qualified voters of such city by recall petition
in accordance with the procedure set out in sections 77.650 to 77.660 subject to the following limitations:

(1) The officer has held office for at least six months;

(2) In the case of an office for a term of two years only, one recall petition may be filed during such term;

(3) For a term of office more than two years, additional recall petitions may be filed but not less than six months later after voter
disapproval of the last recall petition;

(4) The recalled officer may not be a candidate to succeed himself at a special election held to fill the vacancy created by his recall,
nor may he be appointed by the appointing authority to fill the vacancy.

2. A petition signed by voters entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be removed, equal in number to at least
twenty-five percent of the total number of registered voters in such city entitled to vote for a successor to the incumbent sought to be
removed, demanding the recall of a person from elective office shall be filed with the county clerk which petition shall contain a
statement of the reasons for which recall is sought which shall not be more than two hundred words in length. Such petition for recall
shall be filed with the appropriate county clerk or election authority within sixty days after the date of the earliest signature on the
petition. The reasons for recall are misconduct in office, incompetence or failure to perform duties prescribed by law. The signatures
to the petition need not all be appended to one paper, but each signer shall add to his signature his place of residence, giving the
street and number and the date signed. One of the signers of each such paper shall make oath before an officer competent to
administer oaths that the statements therein made are true as he believes and that each.
Missouri Revised Statutes
Chapter 77
Third Class Cities
Section 77.650
August 28, 2006
Fed-Up with an O'Fallon Elected Official who you feel is not representing your best interest and can't wait until the next election cycle
to throw the bum out? Then read below because this is how to get rid of them.
Do you want to know what expenses your public servants are putting on the
cities charge card? Maybe you want to know how much the city is spending on
legal fees or maybe you just want copies of the e-mails or cell phone records
for a certain public servant? Well you have a right to that information and much
more granted by the Missouri Sunshine Law. Click on the following link  to
learn more.
To make a Public Information Request submit a completed request form to
the City Clerk via e-mail, snail mail, fax or by hand . The following link will take
you to the form.
The City Clerk can be reached by phone @  636-379-5555 or by e-mail using
the following link.
Click on the links below to find out when the meetings are and whats on the
Agenda and in the Councils packet for the meeting.
Not sure what ward you live in? Click on the follow link to check on the map.
Request Public Information
Contact the Media with your concerns.