A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF YATES CENTER, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-440, RELATING TO A SECOND CLASS CITY’S AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT EXCEEDING ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE.

Section 1. That the City of Yates Center, Kansas, by the authority granted cities in Article 12 of Section 5 of the constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 14-440 and all amendments thereto, which apply to said city, of which provisions thereof do not apply uniformly to all cities and to provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

Section 2. That from and after the date of this charter ordinance takes effect, the City of Yates Center, Kansas, shall not be prohibited from making any contract for building bridges, sidewalks or for any work on streets; or for any other work or improvement which shall exceed the engineer’s estimate for such work.

(1-25-1988)