Title 19 - Charter Ordinances

Charter Ordinance No. Seventy-Two (Repealed by Ch. Ord. No. Eighty)

(Note: All or parts of this Charter Ordinance have been repealed.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 SECTION 12-1036e OF THE KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS ON THE SALARIES OF THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS; AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. SIXTY-THREE.

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 January 1, 1999, the salary of each City Council Member shall be an amount not to exceed $10,200 per year, payable monthly.

SECTION 3. Commencing January 1, 1999, the City Council Member who serves as President of the Council also shall receive an additional amount not to exceed $1,800 per year, payable monthly while serving in that capacity.

SECTION 4. Commencing January 1, 1999, the salary of the Mayor shall be an amount not to exceed $20,400 per year, payable monthly.

SECTION 5. The procedure for determining the amount of the salary of each Council Member, the President of the Council and the Mayor, up to the not to exceed amount, shall be determined by resolution of the governing body.

SECTION 6. The not to exceed amount of the salaries of the Council Members, President of the Council and Mayor shall be reviewed at least once every four years.

SECTION 7. Charter Ordinance No. Sixty-Three is hereby repealed effective January 1, 1999.

SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in The Overland Park Sun, an official City newspaper.

SECTION 9. 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 (IF 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 3rd day of August, 1998.

Ed Eilert, Mayor

ATTEST:

Norma Moffet

City Clerk

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Robert J. Watson

City Attorney

Passed: 8/3/98

Published: 8/5/98

8/12/98

61 days: 10/12/98

Effective: 10/12/98

Entire ordinance repealed by Charter Ordinance No. Eighty, effective January 1, 2002.

Effective on: 1/1/1901