The non-partisan election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-2113; C.O. No. 20; Code 2021)

The City of Yates Center is hereby divided into two wards which shall be known and designated as First Ward and Second Ward.

(a)   First Ward shall consist of all that area within the city limits of Yates Center, Kansas, south of the center of Rutledge Street running from the west side of city limits until the intersection of Grove Street and Rutledge Street where the boundary line shall then run north on the middle of Grove Street until it hits the abandoned railroad track owned at the time of this Article by Union Pacific and then continue on east in the middle of the abandoned track to the eastern boundary of the city.

(b)   Second Ward shall consist of all that area within the city limits of Yates Center, Kansas, north of the center of Rutledge Street running from the west side of city limits until the intersection of Grove Street and Rutledge Street where the boundary line shall then run north on the middle of Grove Street until hits the abandoned railroad track owned at the time of this Article by Union Pacific and then continue on east in the middle of the abandoned track to the eastern boundary of the city.

(C.O. No. 2; C.O. No. 21; Code 2021; Ord. 1161)

(a)   Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017 (i.e., the mayor and four councilmembers) 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 (i.e., four councilmembers) shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

(b)   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. Elections for mayor shall be for a term of four years. Elections for all councilmembers shall be for a term of four years.

(K.S.A. Supp. 25-2111; C.O. No. 2; L. 2015, ch. 88; C.O. No. 20; C.O. No. 21; Code 2021)

The term of office for newly elected councilmembers and mayor shall commence on a date designated in Section 1-203. The elected officers shall qualify by taking the oath or affirmation of office to be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2021)

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 25 of the qualified electors of the City of Yates Center.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; C.O. No. 20; Code 2021)