19-2865.   Same; board meetings; rules; records; quorum.The park board shall at a time and place to be designated by said boardmeet in regular session once in each month during the year, and in specialsession on the call of the chairperson or at the request of any three (3)members on the board, for the transaction of any business, general or special,as often as the interest or business of the park district may demand. Thecall of the chairperson or the request of three (3) members may be announcedat any regular session. Any special session so called shall not commenceprior to 7:30 p.m. of the day following the regular session. The secretaryor the assistant secretary, or both, shall verbally notify any absent boardmember specifying the purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour ofthe meeting and file their written certification of so complying with theforegoing with the chairperson of the special session who shall make thecertification a permanent part of the minutes prior to the meeting beingcalled to order. As an alternative, the call of the chairperson or the requestof three (3) members may be in writing and signed by them and shall specifythe purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour of meeting, and a copythereof shall be served by the secretary, chairperson or one (1) of therequesting members on each member of the board personally or by leavingsuch copy at such member's usual place of residence not less than forty-eight(48) hours before the meeting, and the person or persons serving the noticesshall certify that such service was made before the secretary who shallrecord the call or request and the certificate or certificates in the minutesof the meeting. Members may file a waiver of notice of such special meetingwith the secretary. The nature of the business to be transacted at any calledmeeting shall be governed by the matters and things set out in the callor request. The district board shall adopt rules of procedure for its meetingsand keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings shall be subject to theprovisions of K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and all records and accounts ofthe board shall be public. Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum forthe transaction of business and a majority vote of the members present whenthere is a quorum shall decide any question.

      History:   L. 1953, ch. 170, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 98, § 2; July 1.