A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GOESSEL, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 15-201, PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATINGTO THE ELECTION OFTHE MAYOR AND COUNCILMEMBERS, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE, AND THE FILLING OF VACANCIES.

Section 1. The City of Goessel, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the constitution of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 15-201, and to substitute additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory section is applicable to this city but is not uniformly applicable to all cities.

Section 2. An election shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of each odd numbered year. At the April 2001 election, there shall be elected a mayor and five councilmembers. At the said election, the mayor and the two candidates for councilmember receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of four years. The three candidates for councilmember receiving the next three highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of two years. Succeeding elections for all such offices shall be for four year terms, or until the successors to such offices are elected and qualified.

Section 3. In case of a vacancy in the council occurring by reason of resignation, death, removal from office or from the city, the mayor, with the consent of the remaining councilmembers, shall appoint an elector to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of that council position. In case any person elected as a councilmember neglects or refuses to qualify within 30 days after election, the councilmember shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office and a vacancy shall exist. The mayor may, with the consent of the remaining councilmembers, appoint a suitable elector to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term of that councilmember.

Section 4. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor, the president of the council shall become mayor until the next regular election for the office of mayor and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the councilmember becoming mayor.

(04-15-1999; Repealed by C.O. No. 263)