Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. Ninety-Six (Repealed by Ch. Ord. No. One Hundred One)

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, FROM SECTION 12-1036e OF THE KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS REGARDING THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR, COUNCIL PRESIDENT, CHAIRPERSONS OF THE FOUR STANDING COUNCIL COMMITTEES AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND ESTABLISHING A PROCEDURE FOR FUTURE CHANGES IN THESE SALARY AMOUNTS; PROVIDING FOR MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. EIGHTY-EIGHT.

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

SECTION 1. The City of Overland Park, Kansas, a Mayor-Council-City Manager city of the first class, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to and does exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it, Section 12-1036e of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, which law applies only to Mayor-Council-City Manager cities of the first class, and to provide substitute provisions as herein provided.

SECTION 2. Commencing April 1, 2014, the annual salary of the Mayor shall be $32,000 per year, payable monthly, subject to future change as set forth in Section 5 below.

SECTION 3. Commencing April 1, 2014, the annual salary of the Council Member who serves as President of the Council and the annual salary of each Council Member who serves as chairperson of the four Standing Council Committees shall be an amount equal to 45% of the Mayor's annual salary, payable monthly while serving in that capacity, subject to future change as set forth in Section 5 below.

SECTION 4. Commencing April 1, 2014, the annual salary of each Council Member shall be an amount equal to 40% of the Mayor's annual salary, payable monthly, subject to future change as set forth in Section 5 below.

SECTION 5. The annual salaries of the Mayor, President of the Council, Council Committee Chairs and Council Members shall be reviewed every four years and any changes shall be determined and approved by resolution of the Governing Body; provided, any increase in the annual salaries shall be equal to, but no more than four times the equivalent of the four-year average salary increase percentage received by full-time City employees covered by the City's salary band system in each of the previous four years.

SECTION 6. The Mayor shall receive a monthly “automobile expense allowance” of $400 and the Council President and Council members shall receive a monthly “automobile expense allowance” of $100. In addition to the monthly “automobile expense allowance,” the Mayor, Council President and Council members may also receive a mileage reimbursement for “long distance trips.” Reimbursement for such “long distance trips” shall be subject to the same standards, limitations and rates applicable to the reimbursement of City employees who receive automobile allowances for comparable long distance mileage expenses at the time the Mayor, Council President or Council members submit a request for reimbursement for such “long distance trips.”

SECTION 7. The Mayor, Council President and each Council Member may choose not to receive the monthly “automobile expense allowance.” Those elected officials that choose not to receive the “automobile expense allowance” shall continue to be eligible to submit documented receipts and statements for mileage reimbursement in accordance with existing City policy.

SECTION 8. Future changes in the amount of the “automobile expense allowance” for the Mayor, Council President and each Council Member shall be established by resolution of the Governing Body.

SECTION 9. Governing Body benefits not related to salary or automobile expense allowances shall be established by resolution of the Governing Body.

SECTION 10. Charter Ordinance No. Eighty-eight is hereby repealed.

SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in an official City newspaper.

SECTION 12. 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 the 16th day of December, 2013.

(s) Carl Gerlach

Carl Gerlach, Mayor

ATTEST:

(s) Marian Cook

Marian Cook

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

(s) Michael R. Santos

Michael R. Santos

City Attorney

Passed: December 16, 2013

Published: December 24, 2013

December 31, 2013

61 days: March 2, 2014

Effective: March 2, 2014

Repealed: May 20, 2024

Effective on: 1/1/1901