A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF PARK CITY, KANSAS, FROM CERTAIN OF THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-205 AS THEY RELATE TO THE RESIDENCY REQUIREMENT FOR THE CITY CLERK.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF PARK CITY, KANSAS, AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1.          The City of Park City, Kansas, a City of the Second Class, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 14-205 as they relate to the requirement that the city clerk be a qualified elector of the city.

SECTION 2.          All officers elected or appointed shall be qualified electors of the city, except that the city may appoint nonresidents as city clerk, city attorney, municipal judge and as law enforcement officers when deemed necessary, including the appointment of nonresidents who also serve as city attorney, municipal judge or law enforcement officers of another municipality or public agency:  Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize the appointment of nonresidents of this state.  The city attorney shall be a qualified elector of Sedgwick County or of an adjoining county.  The removal from such city of any officer required to be a qualified elector shall occasion a vacancy in such office.  The clerk shall enter every appointment to office, and the date thereof, on a journal of proceedings.  The council may require all city officers, elected or appointed, to take and subscribe an oath and give bonds and security for the faithful performances of their duties.

(08-10-2010)