A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF DOWNS, KANSAS, FROM SECTION 15-209 OF K.S.A. AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATIONS OF OFFICERS; AND HOW VACANCIES FILLED

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF DOWNS:

Section 1.  The City of Downs, Kansas, by the power invested 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 15-209 of K.S.A. which apply to said city but not uniformly to all cities, and provides substitute provisions on the same subject as hereinafter provided.

Section 2.  The mayor of Downs, Kansas and the members of the Downs, Kansas, city council shall be qualified electors of said city.

Section 3.  That nothing herein shall authorize the appointment pursuant to K.S.A. 15-204 of officers and employees to the city to nonresidents of this state. All vacancies in office, except in the offices of mayor and councilman, may be filled until the next regular time for appointment by appointment by the governing body. Every appointment to office, and the date thereof, shall be entered on the journal of proceedings of the council.

(02-24-2020)