A CHARTER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANTHONY KANSAS, EXEMPTING THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 14-1502, RELATING TO PERSONS NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPOINTIVE OFFICERS POSITIONS OF A CITY OF A SECOND CLASS COMMIISSION, AND PROVIDING A SUBSTITUTE PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ANTHONY, KANSAS:

Section 1. The City of Anthony, 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 Section 14-1502 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated which applies to said city, and to provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

Section 2. Persons not eligible to office. No personal shall be eligible to any appointive office unless he or she shall be a bona fide resident of the city or of the territory within a two (2) mile radius of such city prior to his or her appointment, except that the city may hire nonresident expert employees or appoint nonresidents as a municipal judge, a city attorney, or as law enforcement officers when deemed necessary by the board of commissioners, including the appointment of nonresidents who also serve as municipal judge, city attorney, or law enforcement officers of another municipality or public agency: Provided, That nothing herein shall authorize the appointment of nonresidents of this state.

(08-05-2014)