A charter ordinance exempting the City of Iola, Kansas, from section 38, chapter 274, 1968 Session Laws of Kansas, which section amended K.S.A. 14-1204; providing substitute and additional provisions on the same subject, relating to the election of the mayor and commissioners, their terms of office and the presiding officer.

Section 1. - [City exempted from Acts 1968, ch. 274, § 38.]

The City of Iola, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it Section 38, Chapter 274, 1968 Session Laws of Kansas and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory section is applicable to this city but is not applicable uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. - [Election of governing body; terms.]

The mayor, one commissioner of finance and revenue and one commissioner of streets and public utilities shall constitute the board of commissioners and governing body of the city, and the mayor shall be presiding officer. They shall be elected for terms of three years and shall hold their offices until their successors are qualified. The governing body member elected in the year 1966 shall have a term expiring in 1969. The governing body member elected in the year 1967 shall have a term expiring in 1970. The governing body member elected in the year 1968 shall have term expiring in 1971.

(9-25-68)