19-2865. Same; board meetings; rules; records; quorum.
19-2865
19-2865. Same; board meetings; rules; records; quorum.
The park board shall at a time and place to be designated by said board
meet in regular session once in each month during the year, and in special
session 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. The
call of the chairperson or the request of three (3) members may be announced
at any regular session. Any special session so called shall not commence
prior to 7:30 p.m. of the day following the regular session. The secretary
or the assistant secretary, or both, shall verbally notify any absent board
member specifying the purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour of
the meeting and file their written certification of so complying with the
foregoing with the chairperson of the special session who shall make the
certification a permanent part of the minutes prior to the meeting being
called to order. As an alternative, the call of the chairperson or the request
of three (3) members may be in writing and signed by them and shall specify
the purpose of the meeting, the place, day and hour of meeting, and a copy
thereof shall be served by the secretary, chairperson or one (1) of the
requesting members on each member of the board personally or by leaving
such 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 notices
shall certify that such service was made before the secretary who shall
record the call or request and the certificate or certificates in the minutes
of the meeting. Members may file a waiver of notice of such special meeting
with the secretary. The nature of the business to be transacted at any called
meeting shall be governed by the matters and things set out in the call
or request. The district board shall adopt rules of procedure for its meetings
and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings shall be subject to the
provisions of K.S.A. 75-4317 et seq., and all records and accounts of
the board shall be public. Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum for
the transaction of business and a majority vote of the members present when
there is a quorum shall decide any question.
History: L. 1953, ch. 170, § 7; L. 1977, ch. 98, § 2; July 1.