A charter ordinance repealing Charter Ordinance No. 7 of the City of Concordia, Kansas, concerning the election and tenure of city officials, exempting the City of Concordia from the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1005c, K.S.A. 14-1204, and K.S.A. 25-2107, relating to the number, term and tenure of commissioners and the frequency of elections, and providing substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

Be It Ordained by the governing body of the City of Concordia, Kansas:

Section 1. The City of Concordia, by the power vested in the city by article 12, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby repeals Charter Ordinance No. 7 of the City of Concordia.

Section 2. The City of Concordia, by the power vested in the city by article 12, section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it those parts of K.S.A. 12-1005c, K.S.A. 14-1204, and K.S.A. 25-2107, relating to the number, term and tenure of commissioners and the frequency of elections, which apply to the city but provisions of which do not apply uniformly to all cities, and to provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

Section 3. The city commission shall consist of five commissioners.

Section 4. Four members of the city commission shall constitute a quorum for transacting business.

Section 5. The city commission shall choose its own chairperson annually at its second regular meeting held in April of each year, and the chairperson shall have the title of mayor, and such authority as is provided by law.

Section 6. The terms of the city commissioners holding office as of the date of adoption of this ordinance shall continue as provided by law.

Section 7. The registered voters of the City of Concordia at the April 2002 election shall duly elect three commissioners. The newly-elected commissioner receiving the fewest number of votes in that election shall have a two-year term. The two other commissioners elected in that election each shall have three-year terms. Thereafter, all city commissioners shall be elected for terms of three years. All commissioners shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified.

Section 8. The City of Concordia shall hold a general city election each year on the first Tuesday in April.

(11-30-2001; repealed by C.O. No. 24)