[Adopted as § 1-103 of the 1963 Code (Ch. 2, Art.
II of the 1985 Code)]
[Added 5-2-1983 by Ord. No. 5288; amended 7-17-1989 by Ord. No.
5501; 7-20-2009 by Ord. No. 6189]
The governing body shall meet regularly on the
first and third Mondays of each month beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the
Commissioners' Room in the Municipal Building.
State law references — Governing body,
K.S.A. § 12-1001 et seq.; regular meetings, K.S.A. § 12-1009.
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[Added 5-2-1983 by Ord. No. 5288]
Special meetings of the governing body may be
called as provided by law.
State law reference — Special meetings,
K.S.A. § 12-1009.
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The governing body shall annually choose a President,
who in the absence of the Mayor from any meeting of the governing
body shall preside, and who in the absence of the Mayor from the City
or his inability to perform any of the duties imposed upon his office
shall exercise the duties of the office of Mayor to the end that the
City shall have an official head on such occasions.
State law reference — Chairman of Commission
as Mayor, K.S.A. § 12-1007.
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[Added 5-3-2005 by Ord. No. 6040]
Each City Commissioner shall be a citizen of
the United States and a qualified elector of Parsons, Kansas, and
must reside within the City limits at the time of filing for election
and thereafter for the duration of his or her term.
[Adopted 2-1-2016 by Ord.
No. 6357]
The City of Parsons, Kansas, continues to operate under the
Commission-Manager form of government, as codified in L. 2015, Ch.
88, §§ 10 through 12, and pursuant to all existing ordinances and charter ordinances
relating to its form of government.
Those governing body positions with terms that would have expired
in April 2017 shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2018,
when the City officials elected in the November 2017 general election
take office. Those governing body positions with terms that would
have expired in April 2019 shall expire on the second Monday in January
of 2020, when the City officials elected in the November 2019 general
election take office.
The laws establishing and relating to the Commission form of
government shall govern the filling of vacancies in the governing
body of the City of Parsons, Kansas.
[Amended 4-17-2017 by Ord. No. 6388; 11-18-2019 by Ord. No. 6452]
A. The Commission shall choose its own Chairman annually and determine
its own order of business. The Chairman shall have the title of Mayor
during the year and his or her office, to the end that the City shall
have an official head on formal occasions.
B. Beginning in 2020, the Commission shall choose the Mayor at the first
regular Commission meeting in January of every year, except that this
schedule may be deviated from by a majority vote of the Commission
in the event newly elected Commissioners do not take office at the
first regular commission meeting in January.