CHARTER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 1 PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF SIX COUNCILMEN, SELECTION OF MAYOR, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE.
SECTION 1. Charter
Ordinance No. 1 passed by the governing body of the City of South Hutchinson,
Kansas on November 17, 1964, is hereby amended as follows:
A. Section 1 of said charter ordinance is
amended by the addition of the following phrase: “Said city further exempts
itself from and makes inapplicable to it K.S.A. 15-201, 1973 Supp. which applies
only to mayor-council cities of the third class, and elects to and hereby does
provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set out.”
B. Section 2 is amended by deleting the
phrase “At that time, and each two years thereafter, the police judge shall be
elected for a two year term, and until his successor is elected and qualified.”
C. Section 3 of said ordinance shall be
deleted and amended to read as follows: “No person shall be a candidate for, or
elected specifically, to the office of mayor. At the first regularly scheduled meeting
of the city council of South Hutchinson, Kansas, following the election of
1975, and at the first regularly scheduled meeting in May of each year thereafter,
the members of the council, so constituted, shall elect one of their members as
mayor of said city. Said person shall hold the office of mayor for the term of
one year and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. A member of the
council may serve successive terms as mayor if so elected.
After completion of
his term as mayor, if not re-elected to that office, or otherwise not qualifying,
such person shall begin his term as councilman, and serve in that capacity for the
remainder of his unexpired term, if any, and until his successor is elected and
qualified. Whenever a tie shall occur, in the vote for any person for mayor,
said tie shall be resolved in favor of that councilman who received the largest
number of votes in the last election in which he ran for office.
(04-16-1974; Repealed by C.O. No. 16)