A CHARTER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CHERRYVALE, KANSAS, EXEMPTING THE CITY OF CHERRYVALE FROM PROVISIONS K.S.A. 14-201 and 14-205 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTES AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

Be it Ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Cherryvale, Kansas:

SECTION 1.

The City of Cherryvale, Kansas, a city organized under the laws of the State of Kansas as a city of the second class, by virtue of its home rule power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt and does exempt itself from K.S.A. 14-201 as amended by Chapter 163 of the 2008 Kansas Session Laws and 14-205 which are not uniformly applicable to all cities as the legislature of the State of Kansas has made special statuary provision applying to certain classes of cities in Statues of the State of Kansas. This exemption applies to K.S.A. 14-201 and 14-205 as it now exists or is hereafter amended.

SECTION 2. SUBSTITUTION FOR K.S.A. 14-201.

(a) There shall be an election on the first Tuesday in April 2009, and every four years afterward for Ward 1 Position 1 Council Member and Ward 2 Position 1 Council Member who shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified, and

(b) There shall be an election on the first Tuesday in April 2011, and every four years afterward for Mayor, Ward 1 Position 2 Council Member, and Ward 2 Position 2 Council Member who shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified, and

(c) The city council shall develop and implement policies and procedures by regular ordinance for employing, evaluating, and retaining or not retaining in employment all non-elected and appointed personnel, including those enumerated in K.S.A. 14-201 and a non-elected City Treasurer.

(d) Further the City of Cherryvale shall also provide by regular ordinance procedures for any appointment to any board, commission, advisory group or other body made by the mayor of Cherryvale.

SECTION 3. SUBSTITUTION FOR K.S.A. 14-205.

(a) All officers elected shall be qualified electors of the City of Cherryvale.

(b) The city council shall develop and implement policies and procedures by regular ordinance for employing, evaluating, and retaining or not retaining in employment all non-elected and appointed personnel.

SECTION 4. Section 4 of Charter Ordinance 96-20 is hereby repealed.

(10-20-2008; Repealed by C.O. No. 15-4668)