31 General Improvement Bonds (PUblished in the Salina Journal ~-'~r~e /7 & ~rle. ~t/, 2000)
Effective ~-II~utSt c:~'Z/ , 2000
CItARTER ORDINANCE NO. 31
A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF SALINA, KANSAS, FROM
TItE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 13-1024a; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL
PROVISIONS ON TItE SAME SUBJECT RELATING TO GENERAL IMPROVEMENTS
AND THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING FOR SAID
IMPROVEMENTS GENERALLY, AND AN ANIMAL SHELTER AND A FAMII,Y AQUATIC
PARK SPECIFICALLY; AND REPEALING CHARTER ORDINANCE NUMBER 29.
BE IT oRDAINED by the governing body of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. Election to Exempt. The City of Salina, Kansas (the "City") by virtue of the
powers vested in it by Article 12, Section 5, of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects
to exempt itself fi.Om and hereby make inapplicable to it Section 13-1024a, Kansas Statutes Annotated,
that applies to the City, but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities, and
thereby provides substitute and additional provisions on the same subject as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. j Substitute and Additional Provisions. The City of Salina, Kansas hereby adopts
the following substitute and additional provisions for Section 13-1024a, Kansas Statutes Annotated:
For the purpose of paying for any bridge, viaduct, public building, including the land
necessary therefor, for lands for public parks and developing the same, within or
without thei city, for the establishment and construction of crematories, desiccating or
'reduction Works, including the land necessary therefor, within or without the city, or
for the improvement, repair or extension of any waterworks, sewage disposal plant,
electric light plant, crematory, desiccating or reduction works or other public utility
plant owned by the city, and for the purpose of rebuilding, adding to or extending to the
same fi.om lime to time, as the necessities of the city may require, the city may borrow
money and lissue its bonds for the same: Provided, That no bonds shall be issued for
such purposes unless the same were authorized by a majority of the votes cast at an
election held for that purpose: Provided further, That the city may issue the bonds of
the city for the purpose of paying for any of the improvements mentioned in this section
and the land necessary therefor without such bonds having been authorized by a vote
of the people, but the total amount of bonds issued in any one year:
(a) for an animal shelter facility shall not exceed the sum of nine
hundred thousand dollars ($900,000);
(b) for a family aquatic park (only as approved by the voters in
the primary election held on August 1, 2000) shall not exceed
the sum of five million, five hundred thousand dollars
($5,500,000); and
(c) for any other such purposes shall not exceed the sum of two
hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000);
Section 3. Repealer. That Charter Ordinance Number 29 of the City of Salina, Kansas, is
hereby repealed.
Section 4, Publication of Ordinance. This Charter Ordinance shall be published once each
week for two consecutive weeks in the official City newspaper.
-- . Section 5. Effective Date. This Charter Ordinance shall take effect sixty-one (61) days after
final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed requiring a referendum to be held
on this ordinance as provided in Article 12, Section 5, Subdivision (c)(3) of the Constitution of the
v State of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective if approved by a majority of the
electors voting thereon.
PASSED by the governing body, not less than two-thirds of the members elect voting in favor
thereof, this 12th day of June, 2000.
{SEAL} Alan E. Jilka, Mayor
ATTEST:
ara R. Weber, Acting City Clerk