PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS
Article 2.--ELECTION, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS
15-204.Appointment of city officers; duties and
compensation; removal.
Subject to the provisions of
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-16,128, and amendments
thereto, the mayor,
with the consent of the council, may appoint, at the first
regular meeting of the governing body in May of each year, the following
city officers: A municipal judge of the municipal court, a clerk, a
treasurer, a marshal-chief of police,
law enforcement officers and
such other officers as deemed necessary. Such officers shall hold an initial
term of office of not to exceed one year and until
their successors
have been appointed and qualified.
Any officers who are reappointed shall hold their offices for a term of
one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The
duties and pay of the various officers shall be regulated by ordinance.
Any officer may be removed by a majority vote of the
total membership elected or appointed to the council and may be suspended
at any time by the mayor.
History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 8;
R.S. 1923, § 15-204;
L. 1959, ch. 83, § 3;
L. 1963, ch. 125, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 12;
L. 1985, ch. 80, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 84, § 3;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 13; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS
Article 2.--ELECTION, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS
15-204.Appointment of city officers; duties and
compensation; removal.
Subject to the provisions of
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-16,128, and amendments
thereto, the mayor,
with the consent of the council, may appoint, at the first
regular meeting of the governing body in May of each year, the following
city officers: A municipal judge of the municipal court, a clerk, a
treasurer, a marshal-chief of police,
law enforcement officers and
such other officers as deemed necessary. Such officers shall hold an initial
term of office of not to exceed one year and until
their successors
have been appointed and qualified.
Any officers who are reappointed shall hold their offices for a term of
one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The
duties and pay of the various officers shall be regulated by ordinance.
Any officer may be removed by a majority vote of the
total membership elected or appointed to the council and may be suspended
at any time by the mayor.
History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 8;
R.S. 1923, § 15-204;
L. 1959, ch. 83, § 3;
L. 1963, ch. 125, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 12;
L. 1985, ch. 80, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 84, § 3;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 13; July 1.
PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE THIRD CLASS
Article 2.--ELECTION, APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF OFFICERS
15-204.Appointment of city officers; duties and
compensation; removal.
Subject to the provisions of
K.S.A. 2009 Supp.
12-16,128, and amendments
thereto, the mayor,
with the consent of the council, may appoint, at the first
regular meeting of the governing body in May of each year, the following
city officers: A municipal judge of the municipal court, a clerk, a
treasurer, a marshal-chief of police,
law enforcement officers and
such other officers as deemed necessary. Such officers shall hold an initial
term of office of not to exceed one year and until
their successors
have been appointed and qualified.
Any officers who are reappointed shall hold their offices for a term of
one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The
duties and pay of the various officers shall be regulated by ordinance.
Any officer may be removed by a majority vote of the
total membership elected or appointed to the council and may be suspended
at any time by the mayor.
History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 8;
R.S. 1923, § 15-204;
L. 1959, ch. 83, § 3;
L. 1963, ch. 125, § 1;
L. 1967, ch. 90, § 12;
L. 1985, ch. 80, § 1;
L. 1988, ch. 84, § 3;
L. 2008, ch. 163, § 13; July 1.
