Kansas Statutes

Chapter 14: Cities Of The Second Class

PART II.--COMMISSION GOVERNMENT

Article 15: Appointive Officers

Statutes:

• 14-1501: City officers and employees; appointment, prerequisites; terms; vacancies.
• 14-1502: Persons not eligible to office.
• 14-1503: Removal of appointive officers.
• 14-1504: Vacancies in offices generally.
• 14-1505:
• 14-1506:

• 14-1501: City officers and employees; appointment, prerequisites; terms; vacancies. The board of commissioners shall appoint, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, the following officers, to wit: A city attorney, a city clerk, a city treasurer, a municipal judge of the municipal court, a city marshal, a fire chief, and such other officers, assistants and employees as they may deem necessary for the best interests of the city; but no such officer shall be appointed until the term and salary of the office to which he or she is appointed shall be prescribed by ordinance as hereinafter provided.

        An ordinance prescribing a salary for any such office or position shall either (1) fix a specific salary, or (2) prescribe a minimum salary and a maximum salary, and, in the latter case, the maximum salary shall not be more than twenty-five percent (25%) greater than the minimum salary, and the salary to be paid shall be fixed within such limits by resolution of the board of commissioners but said board, at any time it deems such action advisable, may adjust or change such salary within such limits by resolution.

        The board of commissioners may retain a licensed professional engineer to act in the capacity of city engineer for specifically defined duties, and provide for reasonable compensation for the services rendered. The terms of all appointive officers shall be for two (2) years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. In case of an appointment to fill a vacancy such appointee shall only serve for the remainder of the term for which his or her predecessor was appointed.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 22; R.S. 1923, § 14-1501; L. 1955, ch. 123, § 1; L. 1959, ch. 83, § 2; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 8; July 1.

• 14-1502: Persons not eligible to office. No person shall be eligible to any appointive office unless he or she shall be a bona fide resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city prior to his or her appointment, except that the city may hire nonresident expert employees or appoint nonresidents as a municipal judge or as law enforcement officers when deemed necessary by the board of commissioners, including the appointment of nonresidents who also serve as municipal judge or law enforcement officers of another municipality or public agency: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize the appointment of nonresidents of this state.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 23; R.S. 1923, § 14-1502; L. 1961, ch. 107, § 1; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 9; July 1.

• 14-1503: Removal of appointive officers. The board of commissioners shall have power by a majority vote of all the members thereof to remove, for cause, the city attorney, city clerk, city treasurer, police judge, city engineer, or the incumbent of any other appointive city office or employment whatever, and may by ordinance prescribe, limit or change the compensation of such officers or employees: Provided, however, That no fees whatever be paid to or allowed any such officer or employee as compensation for the services thereof. The chief of police, chief of the fire department, or any superintendent or foreman in charge of municipal work, may, with the consent of the board of commissioners, suspend or discharge any subordinate under his or her direction for neglect of duty or disobedience of his or her orders.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 24; March 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-1503.

• 14-1504: Vacancies in offices generally. In case of the disability or any vacancy occurring by death, resignation or removal by the board of commissioners of any city officer, the said board shall, by a majority vote of all the members thereof, appoint some suitable person to fill the unexpired term. The resignation of any city officer appointed under the provisions of this act shall be made in writing to the board of commissioners for their action thereupon. If any city officer required to be a resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city shall remove from such territorial limits such removal shall, ipso facto, vacate his or her office. The city clerk shall enter every appointment of office and the date thereof on the journal.

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 25; R.S. 1923, § 14-1504; L. 1967, ch. 90, § 10; July 1.

• 14-1505:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 26; R.S. 1923, § 14-1505; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 108, § 1; July 1.

• 14-1506:

        History:   L. 1909, ch. 82, § 27; R.S. 1923, § 14-1506; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 120, § 1; July 1.