A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF TOWANDA FROM CERTAIN OF THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 15-209 AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO QUALIFICATION OF CITY OFFICERS.

Section 1. The City of Towanda, 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 certain provisions of K.S.A. 15-209 and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such referred provisions are either enactments or a part thereof which are applicable to this city but are inapplicable uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The first sentence of K.S.A. 15-209 is hereby amended to read as follows as pertaining to the City of Towanda, Kansas:

       “The officers elected or appointed under this act shall be qualified electors of said city, except the city may appoint nonresidents as city attorney, municipal judge, law enforcement officers, and as city clerk when deemed necessary, and upon such terms as the council shall designate, including the appointment of nonresidents who also serve as city attorney, municipal judge or law enforcement officers of another municipality or public agency; provided, that nothing herein shall authorize the appointment of nonresidents of this state.”

(3-3-1981)