A CHARTER ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 2 OF CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 5 OF THE CITY OF HAYSVILLE, KANSAS, AND REPEALING THE ORIGINAL SECTION THEREOF; AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO THE ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CITY OFFICERS AND THE TERMS OF OFFICES, AND TO EMPLOYEES

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

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, hereby amends Section 2 of Charter Ordinance No. 5 of the City of Haysville, Kansas to read as follows:

SECTION 2. Each ward of the City of Haysville shall have two (2) councilmen and shall be chosen by the qualified electors of their respective wards, and no person shall be eligible to the office of council­ men who is not at the time of his election or appointment, an actual resident qualified voter of the ward for which he is elected or appointed and if any councilman shall move from the ward from which he was elected or appointed his office as councilman shall thereby become vacated. Whenever there shall be a tie in the election of councilmen, the winner shall be determined by lot by the judges of the election of the ward in which it shall happen, and all vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the city council at a regular council meeting within thirty (30) days of said vacancy; said appointment shall be for the period from and after the date of appointment until date of the next April City election, at which election said unexpired term shall be filled by election.

The council shall elect from its membership a president of the council. The president of the council shall preside in the absence of the mayor and when any vacancy shall occur in the office of the mayor by death, resignation, removal from the city, removal from office, refusal to qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council shall become mayor until the next regular city election and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the councilman becoming mayor. Thereupon the council shall elect from its membership a new president of the council.

SECTION 3. The original Section 2 of Charter Ordinance No. 5 of the City of Haysville, Kansas is hereby repealed.

(11-22-1976; Superseded by C.O. No. 23)