A CHARTER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF IOLA, EXEMPTING THE CITY OF IOLA, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-101 to K.S.A. 14-310, INCLUSIVE, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO A MAYOR-COUNCIL FORM OF GOVERNMENT.

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

SECTION 1. The City does hereby adopt Charter Ordinance No.19 of the Code of the City of Iola, to read as follows:

WHEREAS, K.S.A. 14-101 to 14-310, inclusive, authorizes a city to implement a council form of government, which provisions are not uniformly applicable to all cities; and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, cities may exempt them from such provisions and provide substitute and additional provisions therefore;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF IOLA, KANSAS:

Section 1: The City of Iola, Kansas, a city of the second class, 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 makes inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 14-101 TO 14-310, inclusive, and to provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. The referenced provisions are either enactments or parts thereof which are applicable to this city, but are not applicable uniformly to all cities.

Section 2: As used in this ordinance, the following words and phrases shall be defined as follows:

Mayor: shall mean a person elected at large, on the first Tuesday in April of every odd numbered year, for a two (2) year term, who shall have only the following responsibility and authority:

(1)   serve without compensation;

(2)   have no veto power;

(3)   preside over council meetings;

(4)   will have the authority to vote in all instances where there is a tie vote of the council;

(5)   make recommendations for all appointments to city positions and committees to be approved by the council; and

(6)   such other powers as the council may grant to the mayor from time to time

Treasurer: shall mean a person appointed by the council for a two (2) year term at the same time other appointments to city offices are made;

Council members shall:

(1)   serve without compensation;

(2)   serve for a term of four (4) years, with two (2) council members to be elected from each ward as follows;

a.     The terms shall be staggered with one (1) council member to be elected from each ward every two (2) years;

b.    These staggered terms shall be established by the election of April 2013, with the top vote getter in each ward to serve an initial four (4) year term and the second top vote getter in each ward to receive an initial two (2) year term and then thereafter on the first Tuesday of every odd-numbered year, starting in the year 2015, there shall be elected from each ward a council member whom shall be elected to a four (4) year term thereafter.

c.     The council members shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective wards, and no person shall be eligible to the office of council member who is not at the time of the election or appointment an actual resident of the ward for which he or she is elected or appointed, and if any council member shall move from the ward from which he or she was elected or appointed, his or her offices as council member shall thereby become vacated immediately.

d.    Whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of council member, the governing body shall appoint an elector of the ward where the vacancy occurs to be council member for the balance of the unexpired term.

(07-09-2012; Repealed by C.O. No. 21)