CITY OF ST. ROBERT, MISSOURI, Plaintiff-Respondent v. ALAN CLARK

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In early April 2012, the city of St. Robert, a fourth-class city (“City’), acting by a majority vote of its Board of Aldermen (“the Board”), terminated its appointed city administrator, Alan Clark (“Administrator”). A couple of weeks later, City filed a petition for a declaratory judgment in the circuit court. The petition sought judicial declarations that City was not obli*323gated to: (1) provide Administrator with a post-termination hearing; (2) temporarily suspend Administrator, with pay; or (3) pay Administrator two months salary because City code section 105.110(F) (“the…