APPENDIX A – CHARTER ORDINANCESAPPENDIX A – CHARTER ORDINANCES\CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 2

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF STERLING, KANSAS FROM SECTION 7 OF CHAPTER 274 OF THE 1968 SESSION OF THE KANSAS. LEGISLATURE; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF CITY OFFICERSAND THE TERMS OF CITY OFFICERS.

Section 1. The City of Sterling, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it Section 7 of Chapter 274 of the 1968 session of the Kansas Legislature and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory section is applicable to this city but is not applicable to all cities.

Section 2. On the first Tuesday of April of every year there shall be held an election for a member of the city commission to serve for a term of three (3) years and until his successor is elected and qualified; and a hospital trustee to serve for a term of three (3) years and until his successor is elected and qualified.

(01-27-69; Amended by C.O. No. 16)