Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance Sixteen (Repealed by Ch.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(Note: All or parts of this charter ordinance have been repealed.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 6 OF CHARTER ORDINANCE THIRTEEN: REPEALING SAID EXISTING SECTION AND PRESCRIBING A PROCEDURE FOR THE FILLING OF VACANCY IN THE OFFICE OF MAYOR OR COUNCILMAN.

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

SECTION 1. Section 6 of City of Overland Park, Kansas, Charter Ordinance Thirteen is hereby amended to read as follows:

SECTION 6. FILLING VACANCY IN OFFICE OF MAYOR OR COUNCILMAN.

(a) 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 and shall serve in such office until the next regular City election and a successor has been duly elected and qualified. If the mayor who vacated the office had a term which would not expire at such regular City election, then the successor elected at such regular City election is elected to serve such unexpired term.

(b) When the president of the council becomes mayor, there shall be a vacancy of such councilman's office on the City council. A vacancy for any reason in the office of 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 whose office is vacated and such recommendation shall be communicated to the council by the party's City chairman and thereafter such person shall serve in such office until the next regular City election and a successor has been duly elected and qualified. If the councilman who vacated the office had a term which would not expire at such regular City election, then the successor elected at such regular City election is elected to serve such unexpired term.

(c) In the event the councilman who vacates his office is an independent who belongs to no organized political party, the vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote ol remaining councilmen and thereafter such person shall serve in such office until the next regular City election and a successor has been duly elected and qualified. If councilman who vacated the office had a term which would not expire at such regular City election, then the successor elected at such regular City election is elected to serve such unexpired term.

SECTION 2. Section 6 of Charter Ordinance Thirteen is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the Johnson County Scout.

SECTION 4. This is a Charter Ordinance and shall take effect sixty (60)days after its final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed within such sixty days and a referendum is 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 not take effect until 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 15th day of January, 1973.

ATTEST: Jack Walker, Mayor

Bernice Heck

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Wright W. Crummett, City Attorney

Passed: 1/15/73

Published: 1/24/73

1/31/73

Effective: 4/2/73

Entire ordinance repealed by Charter Ordinance No. Thirty-Four

Effective on: 1/1/1901