A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF STOCKTON, KANSAS, FROM SECTIONS 14 AND 15 OF CHAPTER 274 OF THE 1968 SESSION LAWS OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, WHICH SECTIONS AMENDED AMONG OTHER THINGS, K.S.A. 12-1005c; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE CITY COMMISSIONERS AND THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE.

Section 1. The City of Stockton, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it Sections 14 and 15 of Chapter 274 of the 1968 Session Laws of the State of Kansas, and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. Such statutory sections are applicable to this city but are inapplicable uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. The board of three commissioners shall constitute the governing body of the City of Stockton, Kansas, and they shall be elected for terms of three years and hold their offices until their successors are qualified. The governing body member elected in the year 1966 shall have a term expiring in 1969. The governing body member elected in the year 1967, shall have a term expiring in 1970. The governing body member elected in the year 1968 shall have a term expiring in 1971. One commissioner shall be elected each year hereafter, at an election to be held on the first Tuesday in April of each and every year hereafter.

(02-3-1968)