(a)   The City Council shall divide the City into wards, which shall be as equal in population as is practical, establish the boundaries thereof and number the same for the purpose of providing separate polling places for the population of the City to vote.  The territory of each ward shall be contiguous and compact.

(1)   Names.  The City of Cherryvale, with its lawfully established additions, be and the same is hereby divided into two wards, designated respectively as “First” and “Second” ward.

(2)   Boundaries.

(A)  The First Ward shall consist of all that portion of the city lying east of the center line of the South East Kansas Railroad Company’s right of way; and

(B)  The Second Ward shall consist of all that portion of the city lying west of the center line of the South East Kansas Railroad Company’s right of way.

(b)   The City Council of the City of Cherryvale, Kansas shall consist of four members and a mayor. The council members shall have four year terms.  The Mayor shall have a four year term. Two council members shall be residents of the First Ward. Two council members shall be members of the Second Ward.  The mayor may be from either ward. All Council members and the mayor shall be elected by the City at large.  Each voter shall have one vote for each City Council and/or mayor seat that is up for election. A number of Council members shall be elected based upon each candidate’s vote total with such number being equal to the available number of Council seats.

(c)   A general election of city officers will take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017.  Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, shall expire on the second Monday in January 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office

(C.O. No. 00-21; Code 2001, 1-102; Ord. 09-4573; Code 2014; C.O. No. 15-4668)

The election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections. At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 26-206; Code 2014)

(a)   The terms of officers elected shall commence on the second Monday in January following certification of the election.

(b)   Every person elected or appointed to city office, before entering upon the duties of such office, shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as specified in K.S.A. 54-106, and amendments thereto, and every such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2014; K.S.A. 25-21a01; C.O. No. 15-4668)

In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law.  The nomination petition must be signed by 3% of the qualified electors of the City of Cherryvale.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; ; C.O. No. 15-4668)