The term "governing body" when used in any ordinance of the City shall mean, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the Mayor and Council.
[Amended 12-6-2016 by Ord. No. 212]
(a) 
The City of Mission Woods, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, § 5, of the Kansas Constitution, hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 15-201, which applies to this City but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities.
(b) 
The governing body shall consist of a Mayor and five Council members to be elected to terms as set forth herein. The Mayor and Council members shall be residents and qualified electors of the City of Mission Woods, Kansas.
(c) 
Transition of terms.
(1) 
Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017 shall expire on the second Monday of January 2018, when the City officials elected in the November 2017 general election take office. Those governing body positions with terms expiring 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.
(2) 
Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2016 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 expiring in April 2018 shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the City officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.
(d) 
General elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every year for all such governing body positions whose terms have expired. A Mayor and two Council members shall be elected at one election, and the remaining Council members shall be elected at the succeeding election. The Mayor and all Council members shall have two-year terms.
(e) 
In case of a vacancy in the Council occurring by reason of resignation, death, or removal from office or from the City, the Mayor, by and with the advice and consent of the remaining Council members, shall appoint an elector to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case any person elected as Council member neglects or refuses to qualify within 30 days after election, the Council member shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office, and a vacancy shall exist. The Mayor may, with the consent of the remaining Council members, appoint a suitable elector to fill the vacancy.
(f) 
In case of vacancy in the office of Mayor, the President of the Council shall become Mayor until the next regular election for that office, and a vacancy shall occur in the office of the Council member becoming Mayor.
(g) 
In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for City office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. The nomination petition must be signed by one of the qualified electors of the City of Mission Woods, Kansas.
(h) 
The City Council shall elect one of their own body as "president of the Council," who shall preside at all meetings of the Council in the absence of the Mayor; and in the absence of the president of the Council shall elect one of their own body to occupy the president's place temporarily who shall be designated as "acting president of the Council." The president and acting president, when occupying the place of Mayor, shall have the same privileges as other members of the Council.
The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council, and shall have a casting vote when the Council is equally divided, and none other, and shall have general supervision over the affairs of the City. The Mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the City, and he shall cause all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for any neglect or violation of duty.
Whenever a City officer, committee member or employee shall be directed or ordered in connection with City affairs to attend any hearings or to represent the City in any matter or appear before any board, commission or court outside the limits of the City of Mission Woods, Kansas, such person shall, upon approval of the governing body, be reimbursed reasonable, necessary and proper travel expenses so advanced by said person, and when such travel is by motor vehicle operated by said person, then such person shall be reimbursed at the rate of $0.20 per mile actually traveled in connection with such business, upon presentation of proof of said expense or mileage; and, in addition thereto, such person shall, upon the approval of the governing body, be reimbursed for such other expenses actually advanced, as are reasonable, necessary and proper.
No officer of the City, whether appointed or elected, nor any member of a standing committee or commission of the City overseeing and directing any of the public improvements of the City, and all officers, elected and appointed, holding and exercising any office of trust or profit under or by virtue of any ordinance of the City or any law of the state, shall and they hereby are prohibited from:
(a) 
Taking any contract with the City;
(b) 
Performing or doing for their own profit any work for the City over which they have in whole or in part the supervision, direction, or control;
(c) 
Furnishing any materials for their own profit for work over which they have in whole or in part the supervision, direction, or control;
(d) 
Having performed done for them any work by City employees or equipment except in furtherance of their duties to or for the City: Provided, That such prohibition may be removed from any such contract or transaction by the vote of the majority of the councilmen-elect when requested by the officer, committee member or commission member upon revealing the extent and nature of his interest therein.
Any person who shall violate the provisions of section 1-505 shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined in a sum not less than $10, more than $100.
In the event of a catastrophe in which all, or a majority, of the members of the governing body are fatally injured, the interim governing body shall be composed of the surviving members, the City Attorney, the City Clerk, and a sufficient number of the appointed officials selected in the order of the greatest seniority in office to make up a governing body of the prescribed number.