A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF BELLEVILLE, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A 14-205 RELATING TO THE RESIDENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CITY ATTORNEY OF THE CITY OF BELLEVILLE.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERING BODY OF THE CITY OF BELLEVILLE, KANSAS:

Section 1.  The City of Belleville, Kansas by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Kansas Constitution hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 14-205 that apply to this city, but are parts of enactments which do not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2:  The City Attorney shall be a resident of the State of Kansas, and shall be a qualified elector in the county in which he or she resides.

Section 3:  The removal from the State of Kansas of the City Attorney, or the failure for the City Attorney to be a qualified elector of the county in which he or she resides shall occasion a vacancy in such office.

Section 4:  The clerk shall enter every appointment to office, and the date thereof, on the journal of proceedings. The council may require the City Attorney to take and subscribe an oath and give bonds and security for the faithful performances of his or her duties.

(03-11-2019)