A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF HIAWATHA, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 14-1308 OF THE KANSAS STATUTES ANNOTATED RELATING TO THE MEETINGS OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF A CITY OF SECOND CLASS, AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF HIAWATHA, KANSAS.

Section 1. The City of Hiawatha, Kansas under the authority of Article XII, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and to make inapplicable to it Section 14-1308 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated which applies to said city, and to provide substitute and additional provisions on the same subject.

Section 2. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Hiawatha, Kansas, shall meet on each and every first, third and fifth Monday of each month in the regular meeting in the City Hall of said City, at such times as shall be fixed by said Board of Commissioners, and take under advisement and act upon such business as may come before them. In the event the regular meeting day shall fall on any legal holiday or any day observed as a holiday by the city offices, the regular meeting of the governing body shall be held the day specified by the Commission at the regular meeting prior to the legal or observed holiday.

Section 3. The majority of said Board shall consist of a quorum for the transaction of business, but no final action shall be taken in any manner respecting the department of any absent Commissioners, unless such business has been made a special order with notice to such Commissioner of such contemplated action, or unless such action is taken at a regular meeting of the Board.

(05-21-2007)