PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 5.--EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT; POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
13-527.Appointive officers and employees; terms and
salaries; vacancies.
Subject to
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor, by
and with the consent of the council, may appoint a city
attorney, city prosecutor, city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge of
the municipal court, city engineer, director of public works, chief of
police, policemen, and such other officers and employees as they may deem
necessary for the best interests of the city, but no such officer shall be
appointed until such officer's term of office and
salary shall have been fixed
by ordinance; and all contracts of employment of auditors, accountants,
engineers, attorneys, counselors and architects for any special purpose
shall be authorized by ordinance.
The term of all such officers shall be provided by ordinance. In case of
an appointment to fill a vacancy such
appointee shall only serve for the remainder of the term for which
the officer's predecessor was appointed.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 90;
L. 1909, ch. 70, § 1;
L. 1915, ch. 196, § 8;
R.S. 1923, § 13-527;
L. 1935, ch. 105, § 2;
L. 1965, ch. 129, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 2;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 8; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 5.--EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT; POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
13-527.Appointive officers and employees; terms and
salaries; vacancies.
Subject to
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor, by
and with the consent of the council, may appoint a city
attorney, city prosecutor, city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge of
the municipal court, city engineer, director of public works, chief of
police, policemen, and such other officers and employees as they may deem
necessary for the best interests of the city, but no such officer shall be
appointed until such officer's term of office and
salary shall have been fixed
by ordinance; and all contracts of employment of auditors, accountants,
engineers, attorneys, counselors and architects for any special purpose
shall be authorized by ordinance.
The term of all such officers shall be provided by ordinance. In case of
an appointment to fill a vacancy such
appointee shall only serve for the remainder of the term for which
the officer's predecessor was appointed.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 90;
L. 1909, ch. 70, § 1;
L. 1915, ch. 196, § 8;
R.S. 1923, § 13-527;
L. 1935, ch. 105, § 2;
L. 1965, ch. 129, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 2;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 8; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS
Article 5.--EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT; POWERS AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS
13-527.Appointive officers and employees; terms and
salaries; vacancies.
Subject to
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor, by
and with the consent of the council, may appoint a city
attorney, city prosecutor, city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge of
the municipal court, city engineer, director of public works, chief of
police, policemen, and such other officers and employees as they may deem
necessary for the best interests of the city, but no such officer shall be
appointed until such officer's term of office and
salary shall have been fixed
by ordinance; and all contracts of employment of auditors, accountants,
engineers, attorneys, counselors and architects for any special purpose
shall be authorized by ordinance.
The term of all such officers shall be provided by ordinance. In case of
an appointment to fill a vacancy such
appointee shall only serve for the remainder of the term for which
the officer's predecessor was appointed.
History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 90;
L. 1909, ch. 70, § 1;
L. 1915, ch. 196, § 8;
R.S. 1923, § 13-527;
L. 1935, ch. 105, § 2;
L. 1965, ch. 129, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 2;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 8; July 1.
