A CHARTER ORDINANCE
EXEMPTING THE CITY OF WHITEWATER, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 15-201,
RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, THEIR TERMS OF
OFFICE, TRANSITIONS TO NOVEMBER ELECTIONS; AND NOMINATION PETITIONS; AND,
PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT; AND
REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 1 AND SECTION 6-101 (ELECTION) OF CHAPTER VI,
ARTICLE 1, OF THE CODE OF CITY OF WHITEWATER, KANSAS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE
GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WHITEWATER, KANSAS:
SECTION I. The City of Whitewater, Kansas, by the
power vested in it by Article 12, Section S of the Kansas Constitution hereby
elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A.
15-201, which applies to this city, but is part of an enactment which does not
apply uniformly to all cities.
SECTION II. The governing body shall consist of a 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
Whitewater, Kansas.
SECTION III. 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 IV. General elections 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
the remaining three council members shall be elected at the succeeding
election. The mayor and all council members shall have four-year terms.
SECTION V. In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and
amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected
at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a
declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. The
nomination petition must be signed by two percent of the qualified electors of
the City of Whitewater.
SECTION VI. All elections for the City of Whitewater,
Kansas shall be nonpartisan.
SECTION VII. Charter
Ordinance No.1 and Section 6-101 (ELECTION) of Chapter VI, Article 1, of the
Code of City of Whitewater, Kansas, are hereby repealed.
(05-23-2016)