HomeMy Public PortalAboutCharter Ord 23 Term Limits for the Mayor (First published in The Ark Valley News on June 16, 2022 and again on June 23, 2022
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 23
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 Mayor.No person shall qualify to run as a candidate for Mayor
of the City of Bel Aire if that person has served eight(8)years consecutively as a
duly elected Mayor of the City of Bel Aire. Such person is qualified to run for Mayor
after the completion of a four(4)year break from elected service as Mayor. The term
of office for each duly elected Mayor shall commence upon that candidate being
sworn in as Mayor. Any break in service less than four(4)years shall be considered
consecutive. A person's term will not be considered to be consecutive if there is at
least a four(4)year break between the conclusion of serving a duly elected term as
Mayor and the commencement of that same person's newly elected term as Mayor.
No person shall qualify to run for Mayor if that person cannot qualify to complete an
entire term at the time of the election.
B. Exception to Term Limitations for Mayor. Any time a person served filling a
vacancy or by virtue of completing Mayor duties as Council president shall not count
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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.
Passed by two-thirds vote of the members elect of the Bel Aire City Council this
/7'day of June, 2022.
Approved by the Mayor this/ ay of June, 2022.
MAYOR JIM BE GE
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