A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF YATES CENTER, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-205 AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, RELATING TO THE QUALIFICATION OF OFFICERS AND APPOINTMENT OF NON-RESIDENTS AS MUNICIPAL OFFICERS.

Section 1. The City of Yates Center, Kansas, under the authority of Article 12, Section 5 of the constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself and make inapplicable to it, K.S.A. 14-205 and all amendments thereto, which apply to aid city, which same provisions do not apply uniformly to all cities, and to provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

Section 2. All city officers elected by the voters, shall be qualified electors of the City of Yates Center, and the residents of same.

Section 3. All appointed officers of the City of Yates Center, Kansas, shall be qualified electors and residents of Woodson County, Kansas, except that the city may appoint a non-resident of Woodson County, Kansas, to serve as city attorney, but the city attorney must be a qualified elector of Woodson County, or of an adjoining county.

Section 4. That nothing herein shall authorize the appointment of non-residents of the State of Kansas. The removal from the City of Yates Center, Kansas, of any elected officer required to be a qualified elector shall occasion a vacancy in such office. The removal from Woodson County of any such officer required to be a qualified elector of Woodson County, shall occasion a vacancy in such office. The removal from Woodson County or any such adjoining county by the city attorney shall occasion a vacancy in such office.

Section 5. The city clerk shall enter every appointment to office and the date thereof, on the journal of proceedings. The city council may require all city officers, elected or appointed, to take and subscribe an oath and give bonds and security for the faithful performances of their duties.

(4-6-1987; Amended by C.O. No. 15)