Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. 107

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 12-1738, RELATING TO THE LEASE OF ALL OR PART OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS BY THE CITY.

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

Section 1. The City of Overland Park, Kansas (the “City”), by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1738, and any amendments thereto, relating to the lease of any public building now owned or hereafter acquired by the City. Such referenced statute is applicable to this City but is not uniformly applicable to all cities in Kansas.

Section 2. The City may by ordinary ordinance enact substitute or additional provisions related to the subject matter contained in the statute being chartered from.

Section 3. If any provision or section of this Charter Ordinance is deemed or ruled unconstitutional or otherwise illegal or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such illegality or invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Charter Ordinance. In such an instance, this Charter Ordinance shall be construed and enforced as if such illegal or invalid provision had not been contained herein.

Section 4. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in an official City newspaper.

Section 5. THIS IS A CHARTER ORDINANCE AND SHALL TAKE EFFECT 61 DAYS AFTER FINAL PUBLICATION UNLESS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF ITS FINAL PUBLICATION A PETITION SIGNED BY A NUMBER OF ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK EQUAL TO NOT LESS THAN TEN PERCENT OF THE NUMBER OF ELECTORS WHO VOTED AT THE LAST PRECEDING REGULAR CITY ELECTION SHALL BE FILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK OF OVERLAND PARK DEMANDING AN ELECTION ON THE CHARTER ORDINANCE, IN WHICH CASE THE CHARTER ORDINANCE SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE ONLY IF AND WHEN APPROVED BY A MAJORITY OF THE ELECTORS VOTING THEREON.

PASSED by the Governing Body not less than two-thirds of the members elect voting in favor thereof this 1st day of December, 2025.

CITY OF OVERLAND PARK

(s) Curt Skoog                                  

Curt Skoog, Mayor

ATTEST:

(s) Elizabeth Kelley               ____          

Elizabeth Kelley, City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

(s) Michael Koss                    ____   

City Attorney

Effective on: 2/15/26

Effective on: 1/1/1901