A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF MAIZE, KANSAS, FROM SECTION 15-201 OF THE 1961 SUPPLEMENT TO THE GENERAL STATUTES OF KANSAS, 1949, AND SECTION 15-210 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF KANSAS, 1949, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO MAYOR, POLICE JUDGE, COUNCILMEN, TERMS OF OFFICE, FAILURE TO QUALIFY OR ACCEPT OFFICE, FILLING VACANCIES AND CERTIFICATES OF ELECTION.

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

Section 1.

The City of Maize, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to make inapplicable to it and exempts itself from Section 15-201 of the 1961 Supplement to the General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, and Section 15-210 of the General Statutes of Kansas, 1949, and to provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject as hereinafter provided.

Section 2.

A regular City Election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April, the next odd-numbered year. At this regular City Election in 1965, there shall be elected a Mayor, Police Judge and five Councilmen. At said election the candidates for Councilmen receiving the three (3) highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of two (2) years. The candidate elected Police Judge shall be declared elected for a term of two (2) years. The candidates for Councilmen receiving the next two highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of one (1) year. The candidate elected Mayor shall be declared elected for a term of one (1) year.

Succeeding elections shall be held each year, and all such officers shall serve two (2) year terms. At such elections the candidates for Councilmen receiving the two or three (as the case may be) highest number of votes shall be declared elected.

Whenever there is a tie vote for two or more candidates and it is necessary to determine which candidate receives the office, the winner shall be determined by lot by the Board of Canvassers.

The City Clerk shall, within three days after the canvass of the returns and determination by the Board of Canvassers of the persons elected, deliver to each such person a Certificate of Election, signed by him and sealed with the seal of the City, and such Certificate shall constitute notice of election.

The terms of the officers shall begin at the first regular meeting of the Council in May following their election in April. They shall qualify by taking the oath of office and otherwise, if there are other qualifications prescribed, at any time after receiving notice of election and before or at the beginning of said meeting.

If any person elected to the office of Police Judge or Councilman does not qualify within the required time, he shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office and a vacancy shall exist. The Mayor shall appoint, with the consent of a majority of the councilmen, in the case of the Police Judge, and with the consent of the remaining Councilmen in the case of a Councilman, a suitable elector of the City to fill the vacancy for the term to which the refusing person was elected.

In case of a vacancy in the office of Councilman occurring by reason of resignation, death, removal from the City, removal from office, or becoming Mayor by reason of being President of the Council when a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor, the Mayor shall appoint, with the consent of a majority of the remaining Councilmen, a suitable elector of the City to fill the vacancy until the expiration of the term.

In case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor occurring by reason of resignation, death, removal from office, removal from the City, or refusal or failure to qualify, the President of the Council shall become Mayor until the expiration of the term, and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Councilman becoming Mayor.

(04-13-1964; Repealed by C.O. No. 2)