Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. One-B (Repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Twelve)

(Note: All or parts of this charter ordinance have been repealed.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

A CHARTER ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 4 OF CHARTER ORDINANCE NO.

ONE AND ONE-A OF THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, REPEALING SAID ORIGINAL SECTION AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND COUNCILMEN:

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

SECTION 1 Section 4 of Charter Ordinance No. One is hereby amended as follows:

SECTION 4 At the first regular City election following the effective date of this Charter Ordinance, being the regular City election in the calendar year 1969, a mayor shall be elected and one councilman shall be elected by each of the five districts within the City, said mayor and said councilmen shall be elected for a term of three years. 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 case 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 councilmen has been duly elected for a full term and has qualified.

SECTION 2. Section 4 of Charter Ordinance No. One is hereby repealed.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) 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 5th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1968.

Duard Enoch, Jr.

Mayor

ATTEST:

Bernice Heck

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

Donald A. Culp

Assistant City Attorney

Passed: 2/5/68

Published: 2/14/68

2/21/68

Effective: 4/22/68

Entire ordinance repealed by Charter Ordinance No. Twelve

Effective on: 1/1/1901