A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF LA CYGNE, KANSAS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12-1304 RELATING TO THE MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC PARKS; ELECTING THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 14-537 ESTABLISHING A PARK BOARD AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

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

Section 1. The City of La Cygne, Kansas, by virtue of the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 12-1304 and K.S.A. 80-908 which apply to this City but are part of enactments which do not apply uniformly to all cities.

Section 2. From and after the effective date of this Charter Ordinance the City of La Cygne, Kansas, shall, with the advice and consent of the Township Board of Lincoln Township, appoint a Park Board which shall be authorized to perform all the duties and exercise all the powers granted in K.S.A. 12-1304.

Section 3. The Park Board appointed hereunder shall be composed of five (5) members who shall serve without compensation, one of whom shall be a councilman of the City of La Cygne, Kansas appointed by the Mayor, and all other members shall be resident taxpayers of either the City of La Cygne, Lincoln Township, or both. Immediately after the formation of the first Park Board under this Charter Ordinance the Park Board, Mayor, and Township Board Trustee shall meet and establish bylaws and rules of procedure for said Park Board.

Section 4. The terms of the members of the Park Board shall be for a period of two years except that with regard to the first Park Board so appointed, one such appointment shall be for a period of one year and two such appointments shall be for a period of three years such that upon the expiration of said terms each member appointed and/or reappointed shall serve for a period of two years.

Section 5. Proposed nominees to said Park Board shall be submitted by the City Council of La Cygne to the Board of Lincoln Township who shall have authority to veto, by majority vote, any such proposed appointee.

Section 6. The City Park Board shall make an annual report of all its proceedings and the condition of the parks of the city to the Governing Body of the City of La Cygne and the Township Board of Lincoln Township in the month of January of each year. As a portion of said report, said Park Board shall submit to the Township Board of Lincoln Township and the City Council of La Cygne a line item budget providing for the proposed expenditures for the next calendar year. The City Council, by a majority vote, shall have the authority to accept, reject, modify, or amend said proposed budget.

In addition to the powers generally conferred upon said Park Board for the care and government of said parks, said Park Board shall care and govern the La Cygne City Park in consideration of and in all matters compatible with the joint petitions pursuant to K.S.A. 80-908 between the City of La Cygne, Kansas and Lincoln Township concerning the mutual cooperation of said City and Township in the ownership and operation of the La Cygne City Park.

(09-17-1987)