A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF RILEY, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 15-201 AND K.S.A. 25-2107, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF MAYOR AND FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF RILEY,

SECTION 1: The City of Riley, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to make K.S.A. 15-201 and K.S.A. 25-2107 inapplicable to the City of Riley, and hereby exempts the City of Riley, from the operation of these statutes which apply to such city but not uniformly to all cities, and provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject as hereinafter provided.

SECTION 2: The general election of the city officers shall be held on the first Tuesday in April of the odd-numbered years. The first election under this charter ordinance shall be in 1995, at which election the candidates for Council member receiving the two highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of four (4) years. The candidates for Council member receiving the next three highest number of votes shall be declared elected for a term of two (2) years. The candidate elected Mayor shall be declared elected for a term of four (4) years. Succeeding elections are to be held in the odd years and the term of office for all officers after the first election in 1995 shall be for terms of four years. At all such elections the candidates for the office receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared elected, and shall hold their offices for four years, and until their successors are elected and qualified.

SECTION 3: In case of vacancy in the Council occurring by reason or resignation, death, or removal from office or from the City, the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the remaining Council members, shall appoint some suitable elector to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case any person elected as a Council member neglects or refuses to qualify within thirty (30) days after his election, he or she shall be deemed to have refused to accept such office, and a vacancy shall exist, and thereupon the Mayor may, with the consent of the remaining Council members, appoint some suitable elector to fill said vacancy. In case of 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 Council member becoming Mayor.

(05-04-1993; Repealed by C.O. 2015-02)