A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF LECOMPTON, KANSAS FROM SECTION 15-201 OF THE KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND FIVE COUNCILMEN, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, QUALIFICATIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAID OFFICES.

Section 1. The City of Lecompton, Kansas, a mayor-council city of the third class, by the power invested in it under and by virtue of Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to and does exempt itself from, and make inapplicable to it, Section 15-201 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, which statutes apply only to mayor-council cities of the third class, and provides substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter provided.

Section 2. The City of Lecompton, Kansas, shall be governed by five council members and a mayor as provided herein and in the appropriate statutes of the State of Kansas not otherwise specifically referred to herein.

Section 3. A regular city election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each year, commencing April 1977. In April 1977, an election shall be held for mayor and five councilmen. The mayor shall hold office for two years and until his successor is elected and qualified.

Section 4. There shall be elected at the April 1977 election a board of five councilmen. The three members who shall have received the highest vote at said election shall hold their respective offices for a term of three years each, and the remaining two councilmen elected at said election as aforesaid, shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years each. Thereafter, beginning April 1979 an election shall be held each year, to provide for election of the respective councilmen whose terms expire during the election year, and all councilmen elected shall hold their respective offices for a term of two years each, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

Section 5. Whenever a tie shall occur in the vote of any of the aforesaid offices, the results shall be decided by lot, by the board of canvassers. The city clerk shall, within seven 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 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, and they shall qualify at any time before or at the beginning of said meeting.

(12-6-1976)