3-127. Same; rates; employees; equipment; adjustment of water and light rates.
3-127
3-127. Same; rates; employees; equipment; adjustment of water and
light rates.
The board of public utilities of any such city shall have the exclusive
control of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes
and shall fix the rates to be charged for the use of the municipal airport
facilities and for the use of the municipal fields for aviation purposes.
It shall have power to hire and discharge all employees, agents and
officers of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation
purposes in such city and fix their compensation, purchase all machinery,
tools and other appliances and all materials and supplies necessary for the
operation of the municipal airport and municipal fields for aviation
purposes, and to pay for the same out of the earnings of the water and
electric light plants not needed in the operation, management and control
of the said water and light plants as designated for said purposes by the
provisions of K.S.A. 13-1220 to 13-1234a and all acts amendatory thereof
or supplemental thereto:
Provided, That the board of public utilities may adjust its water and
light rates, if it becomes necessary, in order to meet any deficiency in
revenues required for the maintenance, operation, extension or improvement
of such airport and municipal fields for aviation purposes and to provide
funds to retire any bonded obligations of the municipal airport and
municipal fields for aviation purposes as they become due.
History: L. 1941, ch. 12, § 2; March 26.