The election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of city elections.

(K.S.A. 25-2101 et seq.; Code 2003)

At all city elections the polls shall be open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m., unless different hours are set and publicly announced by the county election officer.

(K.S.A. 25-2111, 26-206; Code 2003)

Those governing body positions with terms expiring in April 2017, 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 2019 shall expire on the second Monday in January of 2020, when the city officials elected in the November 2019 general election take office.

Nonpartisan general elections shall take place on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday in November 2017. Succeeding elections will be held every two years 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 three council members shall be elected at the succeeding election. The mayor and all council members shall have four-year terms.

(K.S.A. Supp. 25-2101 et seq.; K.S.A. 25-21a01 et seq.; C.O. No. 28-16; Code 2019)

The terms of officers elected shall commence on the second Monday in January following certification of the election, and the elected officers shall qualify by taking the oath or affirmation of office to be filed with the city clerk.

(K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2120; Code 2019)

In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205 and K.S.A. 25-21a01 et seq., any person may become a candidate for city office by having had filed, on their behalf, either of the following:

(a)   a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law; or

(b)   a nomination petition. The nomination petition must be signed by five percent (5%) of the qualified electors of the city.

(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; Ord. 934; Code 2019)

Whenever a tie vote shall occur in the vote of any of the aforesaid officers, the result shall be decided by lot by the board of canvassers. The city clerk shall, within three days after the canvass of the returns and determination by the board of canvassers of the persons elected, deliver to such persons elected a certificate of election signed by the city clerk with the seal of the city, and such certificate shall constitute notice of election. The terms of the officers shall begin at the first regular meeting of the council in May following their election in April and they shall qualify at any time before or at the beginning of said meeting. If any person elected to the office of councilman does not qualify within the required time, he shall be deemed to have refused to accept the office and a vacancy shall exist and thereupon the mayor shall, with the consent of the majority of the remaining councilmen, appoint a suitable elector of the city to fill the vacancy for the term which the refusing person was elected. In case of a vacancy in the office of councilmen occurring by reason of resignation, death or removal from office, or from the city, the mayor, by and with the consent of the majority of the remaining councilmen, shall appoint some suitable elector of the city to fill the vacancy until the next election for that office. In case of a vacancy in the office of mayor occurring by reason of resignation, death, removal from office or from the city, 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 councilman becoming mayor.

(C.O. No. 2, Sec. 3; C.O. No. 28-16)