Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. Four (Repealed by Ch.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(Note: All or parts of this charter ordinance have been repealed.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 CHARTER ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 5 OF CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. ONE OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, REPEALING SAID ORIGINAL SECTION AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, POWERS AND DUTIES OF MAYOR.

Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Overland Park:

SECTION 1. Section 5 of Charter Ordinance No. One is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. The Mayor shall be the titular head of the City and shall preside at all meetings of the Council. He shall sign all ordinances and resolutions passed by the Council: Provided, That he shall have the power to veto any ordinance or resolution passed by the Council, except the Mayor shall have no power to veto a Charter Ordinance, or appointments by the Council for vacancies on the Council. Any ordinance or resolution vetoed by the Mayor may be passed over the veto by the vote of two-thirds of the whole number of the Councilmen-elect, notwithstanding the veto; and if the Mayor has failed to sign or veto such ordinance or resolution by the first regular meeting following the adoption of such ordinance or resolution, the same shall take effect without his signature. It shall be the duty of the mayor to sign all contracts authorized by the governing body before the city shall be liable thereon. He shall represent the city governing body at all official city functions and shall be the official representative of the governing body at all meetings, conferences and negotiations relating to policy matters involving other governmental units and shall recommend council action relating thereto. He shall be the official representative of the governing body at all conferences and meetings with citizen's groups and organizations interested in promoting the welfare and development of the city and shall recommend council action relative thereto. He may annually communicate to the council in writing such information as he may possess with reference to the condition of the city, and recommend such measures as he may deem necessary and expedient. He may inform the council concerning questions of policy and may make policy recommendations to the council.

SECTION 2. Section 5 of Charter Ordinance No. One is hereby repealed.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, subdivision (c)(3) of the Constitution of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective as 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 THE THIRTIETH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1963.

(SEAL) Marvin E. Rainey, Mayor

ATTEST:

Bernice Heck, City Clerk

Passed: 9/30/63

Published: 10/8/63

10/15/63

Effective: 12/15/63

Entire ordinance repealed by Charter Ordinance No. Thirty-Four

Effective on: 1/1/1901