A Charter Ordinance exempting the City of Leon, Kansas from K.S.A. 15-201, providing substitute and additional provisions on the same subject relating to the election of the mayor and councilmen, their terms of office and the filling of vacancies.

Be it ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Leon, Kansas:

Section 1. The City of Leon, 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 K.S.A. 15-201 and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory sections is applicable to this City but is not applicable uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The Mayor and five Councilmember shall constitute the governing body of the City of Leon. On the first Tuesday in April 1987, there shall be elected a Mayor and five Councilmembers. At said election, the Mayor and the two candidates for Councilmembers receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of four years. The candidates for Councilmen receiving the next three highest numbers of votes hall be declared to be elected for a term of two years. Succeeding elections for all such offices shall be for four-year terms, or until successors to such offices are qualified.

Section 3. In case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the President of the Council shall become Mayor until the next regular election for that office, and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Councilman becoming Mayor. In case of a vacancy in the Council, occurring by reason of resignation, death, removal from office or from the City, the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the remaining Council men, shall appoint some suitable elector to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case any person elected as a Councilman neglects to qualify within thirty days after his election, he shall have deemed to refuse to accept such office and a vacancy shall exist, and thereupon the Mayor may, with the consent of the remaining Councilmen, appoint some suitable elector to fill said vacancy.

(03-03-1986; Repealed by C.O. No. 2017-1)