A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF ELLIS, KANSAS, FROM ARTICLE 19, SECTION 12-1901 ET SEQ. OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF KANSAS, 1949, AND ANY AND ALL AMENDMENTS THERETO, AND REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 671 OF THE ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF ELLIS, KANSAS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO THE OPERATION OF PUBLIC RECREATION AND PLAYGROUNDS AND CREATING A RECREATION COMMISSION AND PROVIDING FOR ITS POWERS, DUTIES, AND OBLIGATIONS NECESSARY FOR THE CONDUCT OF SUCH SYSTEM OF PUBLIC RECREATION AND PLAYGROUNDS IN SAID CITY.
Section 1. The City of Ellis, Kansas, by the power invested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas hereby elects to make inapplicable to it and exempt itself from Article 19, Section 12-1901 et seq. of the general statutes of Kansas, 1949, and any and all amendments thereto, which apply to said city, but not uniformly to all cities, and provides substitute and additional provisions on the same subject as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. That there is hereby created and established a recreation commission to conduct and operate a system of public recreation and playgrounds in the City of Ellis, Kansas.
Section 3. The governing body of the City of Ellis, Kansas, shall appoint six electors of the city as members of a recreation commission. Those first appointed and elected shall hold their office as follows: Two for a term of one year, two for a term of two years, and two for a term of three years, and thereafter the members shall be appointed for a term of three years. Of the members so appointed, one member shall always be a member of the governing body of the City of Ellis, Kansas. All needed appointments shall be made on the first Tuesday of April of each year, the term to date from date of appointment.
Section 4. The administration and operation of the business and affairs of the recreation system is hereby delegated to the recreation commission, and the said commission is hereby vested with the powers, duties, and obligations necessary for the establishment and conduct of a system of supervised recreation within the City of Ellis.
Section 5. The commission, shall upon appointment, elect a presiding officer and secretary, and shall upon appointment, hold meetings from time to time as in the opinion of said commission are necessary. No meeting shall be held unless at least four members are in attendance.
Section 6. The commission shall annually and not later than 20 days prior to the date for the publication of the budget for said city certify its budget to said city in the manner provided by law, whereupon tax shall be levied sufficient to raise the amount required by such budget, but in no event, more than one mill. The amount received from the tax so levied shall be set over to said commission and used by said commission for the purposes herein set out, and shall be held by the treasurer of the City of Ellis, who shall be ex officio treasurer of said commission.
Section 7. The disbursements made by said commission shall be paid by voucher and the claims paid by said commission shall be duly verified.
Section 8. On or before February 1 of each year, the commission shall file with the city clerk an itemized statement of all receipts and disbursements made during the preceding calendar year. Said report shall include a statement of all recreational activities supervised under the direction of said commission.
(05-27-1965)