Kansas Statutes 12-184b. Forms of governments; adoption; abandonment procedures; governing body; terms of office; other
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 12-184b
- Governing body: means and includes the board of county commissioners, the governing body of a city, the township board (trustee, clerk and treasurer), board of education or other governing body of a school district, board of trustees of a community junior college, board of regents of a municipal university, the body of a special district (such as a drainage, cemetery, fire or other) which has the power to create indebtedness and is charged with the duty of paying the same, and the board, bureau, commission, committee or other body of an independent agency of a parent unit. See Kansas Statutes 12-105a
- Ward: means a person who has a guardian. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
(a) Subject to subsection (b) and Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-1039, and amendments thereto, any city may adopt by ordinance one of the following forms of government:
(1) Commission;
(2) mayor-council;
(3) commission-manager;
(4) mayor-council-manager;
(5) council-manager; or
(6) any other form of government authorized by law or by ordinance or charter ordinance of the city.
(b) Any city which has operated for four or more years under a form of government may abandon such form and adopt a different form of government. The provisions of Kan. Stat. Ann. § 12-184, and amendments thereto, shall govern the procedure for the adoption or abandonment of such form of government.
(c) The governing body of the city may establish by ordinance any of the following:
(1) The powers and duties of the governing body, including the mayor and other elected officials;
(2) the terms of office of members of the governing body, including the mayor and other elected officials of either two, three or four years;
(3) the election by ward or district of members of the governing body, if applicable;
(4) the powers and duties of the city manager, if applicable;
(5) the administrative departments of the city; and
(6) other matters deemed appropriate by the governing body.