A CHARTER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO.245 RELATING TO THE ELECTION AND APPOINTMENT OF CITY OFFICERS AND TERMS OF OFFICERS AND TRANSITIONING THE TERMS OF OFFICE FOR THE GOVERNING BODY.

WHEREAS, the Kansas Legislature passed L.2015, ch.88, sec. 7 (H.B. 2104) which provides in part that all general elections for members of the governing body and other elected officials of any municipality shall be held in November and this conflicts with Natoma City Charter Ordinance No.245, so that the City's Charter Ordinance on the month of elections and providing for transitional terms for those offices should be established.

THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF NA TOMA, KANSAS;

Section 1. The governing body shall continue to consist of mayor and five council members to be elected to terms as set forth herein. The mayor and council members shall be residents and qualified electors of the City of Natoma, Kansas.

Section 2. General elections for members of the governing body shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. A mayor and two council members shall be elected at one election, and a mayor and three council members shall be elected at the succeeding election. The mayor shall have a two year term, and all council members shall have four year terms.

Section 3. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017 shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018, when the city officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2019, shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

Section 4. All elections for the city of Natoma, Kansas shall be nonpartisan.

(06-09-2016)