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(Published in The Ark Valley sions in place thereof:
News,on July 23,2009: 1 The governing body of the City STATE OF KANSAS,
Subsequently published may operate and maintain disposal SEDGWICK COUNTY, ss.
on July;30,2009). works for the purification of the sew-
age of the city,or of any part`thereof, ,
CITY OF BEL AIRE,KANSAS including joint operation and mainte- Chris Strunk,being first duly sworn,deposes and
CHARTER ORDINANCE NO.13 nance of such facilities through in-
terlocal cooperation with another city says: That he is Publisher of The Ark Valley News,
A CHARTER ORDINANCE OF THE or cities.The costs and expenses of" formerly The Valley Center Index,a weekly newspaper
CITY OF BEL AIRE, KANSAS EX- building the same,in whole or in part,
EMPTING THE CITY FROM THE may be borne by the city as a whole, printed in the State Of Kansas, and published in and of
PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-621 and may be paid out of the general general Circulation in Sedgwick County Kansas, with a
RELATING TO SEWAGE DIS- revenue fund; or,if the governing
POSAL WORKS IMPROVEMENTS body determines, general obligation general paid circulation on a yearly basis in Sedgwick
AND THE ISSUANCE,OF BONDS, , bonds,of the City,may.be issued for County,Kansas,and that said newspaper is not a trade,
THEREFOR AND PROVIDING.SUB,.> such,purpose
STITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PRO- Section 2. Severability.,Any pro-• ' religious Or fraternal publication.
VISIONS RELATING THERETO. vision or,section of this Charter Ordi-
WHEREAS, Article 12, Section nance is deemed or,ruled unconstk
5 of the Constitution of the State of tutional or otherwise illegal or invalid Said newspaper is a weekly published at least week-
Kansas (the "Act'') provides that cit- by any court of competent jur'isdic- ly 50 times a year;has been so published continuously
ies may exercise;cert ain home rule tion, such illegality or invalidity shall and uninterruptedly in said Count and state for period
powers, including passing charter not affect any other provision of this p y y p
ordinances which exempt such cities Charter Ordinance. In such instance; of more than five years prior to the first publication of
from the acts of the Kansas Legisla this Charter Ordinance shall be"con- said notice;and has been admitted at the post Office of
ture;and ' strued and enforced as if such illegal
WHEREAS, the City of Bel Aire, or invalid provision had not been con- Valley Center in said County as second Class matter.
Kansas (the "City") is a city, as de- tained herein.,
fined in the Act,duly created and or- Section 3. Effective Date.- This
ganized,under the laws of the State Charter Ordinance shall be published That the attached notice is a true copy thereof and
of Kansas;and once a week for two consecutive was published in the regular and entire issue of said
WHEREAS,K.S.A.12-621 is part weeks in the official City newspaper,
of an enactment of the Kansas Leg- and shall take effect sixty (60) days newspaper for consecutive weeks,the rA
a
islature relating to sewage disposal after final publication, unless a peti- p p
works improvements and the issu- tion signed by a number of electors
ance of bonds for such purposes, of the City,equal to not less than ten first publication thereof being made as aforesaid on the
which enactment is applicable to the percent(10%)of the number of elec-
City,but is not uniformly applicable to tors:who voted at the last preceding !)_5 day Of _ ` S 2009,
all cities within the State of Kansas; regular City election shall be filed in
and the office of the City Clerk, demand with subsequent publications being made on the
WHEREAS, the governing body ing that this Charter'Ordinance be
of the City desires, by charter'ordi- submitted to a vote of the electors,in
Nance, to'exempt;the City from the which event this Charter Ordinance following dates:
provisions of K.S.A. 12-621, and to shall take effect when approved by a
provide substitute and additional pro- majority of the electors voting at an t '� ,2009 ,2009
visions therefore. election held for such a purpose.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OR- PASSED with more than+a 2/3
DAINED BY THE GOVERNING vote'of the Governing, Body of the ` ,2009 12009
BODY OF THE CITY OF BEL AIRE, City of Bel Aire,Kansas this 21 st day
KANSAS AS FOLLOWS: of July, 2009 'and SIGNED by the ,2009` '2009
Section 1. Exemption-K.S.A. 12- Mayor.
621. The City,by the power vested in ,
it by the Act,hereby elects to exempt CITY OF BELAIRE,KANSAS
itself from and make inapplicable to Harold Smith Mayor
it, the provisions of K.S.A. 12-621 ATTEST.
and does hereby provide the follow- Vicki Bradford,City Clerk
ing substitute and additional prov Subscribed and sworn to before me this day
Of ,2009.
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Notary Public
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