A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF ST. FRANCIS, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 15-106; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE. PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT AND AMENDING SECTION 204 OF ARTICLE 1 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ST. FRANCIS, KANSAS.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ST. FRANCIS, KANSAS:

SECTION 1. EXEMPTION - The City of St. Francis, Kansas, by virtue of the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 15-106 which applies to this city but does not apply uniformly to all cities.

SECTION 2. REGULAR AND SPECIAL MEETINGS –

(a)        Regular meetings of the governing body shall be held on the first and third Tuesday after the first Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. In the event the regular meeting day shall fall on any legal holiday or any day observed as a holiday by the city offices, the governing body shall fix the succeeding day not observed as a holiday as a meeting day.

(b)        Special meetings may be called by the mayor or acting mayor, on the written request of any three members of the governing body, specifying the object and purpose of such meeting, which request shall be read at a meeting and entered at length on the journal.

(c)        Regular or special meetings of the governing body may be adjourned for the completion of its business at such subsequent time and place as the governing body shall determine in its motion to adjourn.

(Restatement of Section 1-203 of the 1994 Code of the City of St. Francis, Kansas)

SECTION 3. QUORUM - In all cases it shall require four of the five council members elect to constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the council, by ordinance, may have previously prescribed.

(04-02-2002)