Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. Seven (Section 2 repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Twenty-One)

(Note: All or parts of this charter ordinance have been repealed.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

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF OVERLAND PARK, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 79-1950, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTES AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, AUTHORIZING A LEVY FOR A CONSOLIDATED TAX FOR THE PURPOSE OF GENERAL REVENUE FOR THE SUPPORT OF ALL FUNCTIONS OF GENERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE CITY, AUTHORIZING A LEVY FOR FIRE PROTECTION IN AREAS NOT SERVICED BY FIRE DISTRICTS AND AUTHORIZING A LEVY FOR BAND PURPOSES.

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-Manager city of the first class, by the power invested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to, and exempts itself from, and makes inapplicable to it, K.S.A. 79-1950, said statute applying to cities of the first class having a population of more than 60,000 and less than 130,000, and hereby provides substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth.

SECTION 2. A levy for a consolidated tax is hereby authorized to be made each year for the purpose of general revenue for support of all functions of general government of the City.

SECTION 3. The amount raised by such consolidated levy shall be placed in a consolidated fund to be known as the General Operating Fund. Such fund shall be included in the budget as a single fund for the support of the several functions of City government.

SECTION 4. There is also hereby authorized a levy not to exceed three (3) mills for fire protection in those areas in the City not served by Fire Districts.

SECTION 5. There is also hereby authorized a levy not to exceed one-tenth of a mill for band purposes.

SECTION 6. Such levy for a consolidated tax is hereby limited to eighteen (18) mills on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of the City. Provided, that levies for the payment of bonds and interest thereon, levies for fire protection, levies for fire and police department pension funds, levies for band purposes, and levies for the control and eradication of noxious weeds may be made outside the aggregate limit of eighteen (18) mills and in addition thereto. Provided further, such other city-wide tax levies authorized by law and specifically exempted by such law from aggregate levy limits, may be made outside said aggregate levy limit.

SECTION 7. Ordinance No. TL-266 is hereby repealed.

SECTION 8. This Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official newspaper.

SECTION 9. 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 TWENTY-SECOND DAY OF MAY, 1967.

ATTEST:

Bernice Heck, City Clerk Duard Enoch, Jr., Mayor

APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:

Donald C. Amrein, City Attorney

Passed: 5/22/67

Published: 6/12/67

6/19/67

Effective: 8/19/67

Entire ordinance repealed by Charter Ordinance No. Twenty-One

Effective on: 1/1/1901