Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. One-A (Repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Thirty-Four)

(Note: All or parts of this charter ordinance have been repealed. See notes at the end of the ordinance.)

A CHAPTER ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4 OF CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 1 OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, REPEALING SAID ORIGINAL SECTION AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, ELECTION OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND

*SECTION 1. Section 4 of Charter Ordinance No. 1 is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 4. At the first regular City election following the adoption of this Charter Ordinance, a mayor shall be elected and two councilmen shall be elected by each of the five districts within the City. At such election, from each district, there shall be one councilman elected for a term of one year, and one councilman elected for a term of two years. Thereafter, each councilman shall be elected for a term of two years so that each district shall elect one councilman each year. The Mayor shall hold office for a term of two years, and the mayor and councilmen shall remain in office until their successors have been duly elected and qualified. When there is a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council, upon being qualified, shall become mayor until the next City election and, as the case may be, until a mayor has been duly elected for a full term and has qualified: Provided, That when the president of the council becomes mayor, there shall be a vacancy in the City council. A vacancy in the office of the councilman shall be filled by the council, from a recommendation submitted to the council by the precinct committee people from the political party represented by the councilman being replaced, and shall be communicated to the council by the party City chairman, as the ease may be, until the next regular City election and a councilman has been duly elected for the unexpired two-year term and has qualified, or until the next regular City election and a councilman has been duly elected for a full term and has qualified.

SECTION 2. Section 4 of Charter Ordinance No. 1 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official City newspaper.

SECTION 4. This is a Charter Ordinance and shall take effect sixty-one (61) days after final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed and a referendum held on the Ordinance as provided in Article 12, Section 5, Subsection c(3) of the Constitution of Kansas, in which case the Ordinance shall become effective as approved by a majority of the electors voting hereupon.

PASSED BY THE GOVERNING BODY NOT LESS THAN TWO-THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS VOTING IN FAVOR THEREOF THE 25TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1967.

Duard Enoch, Jr., Mayor

ATTEST:

Bernice Heck, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

Donald A. Culp

Assistant City Attorney

Passed: 9-25-67

Published: 10-18-67

10-25-67

Effective: 12-25-67

* Section 1 repealed by Charter Ordinance No. One-B

Entire ordinance repealed by Charter Ordinance No. Thirty-Eight

Effective on: 1/1/1901