HomeMy Public PortalAboutCharter Ord 21 Term Limits for Council Members (First published in The Ark Valley News on June 16,2022 and again on June 23, 2022)
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 21
A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF BEL AIRE
FROM KSA 14-103 and 14-204 AND AMENDING RELEVENT
SECTIONS OF CHARTER ORDINANCE 16 and 17 RELATED TO
TERMS OF ELECTED OFFICIALS OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE,
KANSAS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS FOR THE SAME.
Be it ordained by the Governing Body of the City of Bel Aire,Kansas,
Section 1. Exemption.
Pursuant to the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State
of Kansas,the City of Bel Aire, Kansas does hereby elect to exempt itself from and make
inapplicable to this City all portions of the following statutes which are Acts of the Kansas
Legislature that are non-uniform in application: KSA 14-103 and 14-204 regarding terms
for elected officials, and to adopt the following substitute provisions:
Section 2.
A. Term Limitations for Council.
No person shall qualify to run as a candidate for a City of Bel Aire Council seat if that
person has served eight(8)years consecutively as a duly elected Council Member of the
City of Bel Aire. Such member is qualified to run for council after the completion of a
four(4)year break from elected service to the Council. The term of office for each duly
elected Council member shall commence upon that member being sworn in to a Council
member seat. Any break in service less than four(4)years shall be considered
consecutive for the purpose of this section. A person's term will not be considered to be
consecutive if there is at least a four year break between the conclusion of an elected term
and the commencement of that same person's newly elected term.
No person shall qualify to run for a Council member seat if that person cannot qualify to
complete an entire term at the time of the election.
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B. Exception to Term Limitations for Council.
The term limitations set by this section shall not apply to Council appointments so
serving in an appointed term shall not count towards consecutive terms. Any terms served
as a Council member prior to November 2023 shall not count towards consecutive terms
for the purpose of this section.
Section 3. Saving Clause.
If any phrase, clause, paragraph or section of this Charter Ordinance is declared
unconstitutional or invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, it is hereby declared
that the Governing Body would have enacted the remaining portions of this Charter
Ordinance without such phrase, clause, paragraph or section so held unconstitutional or
invalid.
Section 4. Effective Date.
This Charter Ordinance shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in
the official city newspaper, and shall take effect sixty-one days after its final publication,
unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed in conformance with Article 12,
Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas. If a referendum is held, this
ordinance shall become effective on the day after approved by a majority of the electors
voting thereon.
ffiAPassed by two-thirds vote of the members elect of the Bel Aire City Council this
day of June, 2022.
Approved by the Mayor this Aay of June, 2022.
YOR JIM BE AGE
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MELISSA KREHBIEL, CITY CLERK
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