A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF HAYSVILLE, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-1651 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF THE CITY.

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

SECTION 1. The City of Haysville, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1651 and provide substitute and additional provisions as set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory sections are applicable to this City but are not uniformly applicable to all cities.

SECTION 2. The purpose of this ordinance is to provide the best possible notice to the citizens of the City of Haysville concerning the affairs of the city government and to aid in the economic development of business within the City.

SECTION 3. The governing body of the City of Haysville shall designate a newspaper to be the official newspaper of the City, which shall continue to be the official paper until such time as the governing body shall designate otherwise. Circumstances permitting, the City will publish a resolution of the governing body in the former official paper, designating the new official newspaper and stating its name and address.

SECTION 4. Except as provided in Section 5, the official newspaper of the City of Haysville shall:

a.    Be published at least weekly 50 times each year and have been so published for at least one year prior to the publication of any official city publication.

b.    Have more than 50% of the circulation sold to the subscribers either on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis.

c.    Have general paid circulation on a daily, weekly, monthly or yearly basis in the county and shall not be a trade, religious or fraternal publication.

SECTION 5. If the newspaper selected for the official newspaper of the City fails to meet the requirements set forth in Section 4, the official newspaper shall be one which has the following qualifications.

a.    Be published at least weekly 50 times each year.

b.    Provide news, information, and advertisements concerning the community of Haysville, Kansas, and Unified School District No. 261, provided that it shall not be a trade, religious or fraternal publication.

c.    Be made available to the citizens of Haysville by placement in a minimum of a total of ten (any combination) Haysville businesses, public buildings, and/or professional offices.

d.    Have a minimum printing equal to one-half of the total number of households in

e.    Contain the designation “Official Newspaper of the City of Haysville, Kansas,” under the title of the paper, otherwise known as “page one ear.”

(04-10-2000)