Meetings of council

15-106. Meetings of council. Regular meetings of the council shall be held at such times, not less than once each month, as shall be prescribed by ordinance. Special meetings may be called by the mayor or acting mayor, on written request of any three members of the council, specifying the object and purpose of such meeting, which request shall be read at the meeting and entered at length on the journal. In all cases it shall require a majority of the councilmen elect to constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as the council, by ordinance, may have previously prescribed. History: L. 1871, ch. 60, § 16; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 15-106. Source or Prior Law: L. 1869, ch. 26, § 15. Attorney General's Opinions: Council meetings of cities of second class. 82-217. Uniform application of open meetings act to cities. 83-6. Open public meetings; bodies subject thereto; membership of a body; mayor-council form of government does not include mayor to constitute a quorum. 86-110. Husband and wife serving on five-member board; definition of meeting. 87-45. Change in classification from third-class city to second-class city; effective date of change. 94-147. Notice of adjourned, recessed or continued meetings subject to open meetings act. 96-14. CASE ANNOTATIONS 1. Sufficiency of written call for special meeting. Botts v. City of Valley Center, 124 Kan. 9, 13, 257 P. 226. 2. Irregularities as affecting claim for labor and materials considered. Columbian Title & Trust Co. v. City of Tribune, 133 Kan. 51, 59, 298 P. 798. 3. Requirements of section may be waived. Bluff City v. Western Light and Power Co., 137 Kan. 169, 170, 176, 19 P.2d 478. 4. Word "elect" includes member appointed to fill vacancy. Tucker v. Raney, 145 Kan. 256, 258, 65 P.2d 329. 5. Considered in holding notice of school board meeting waived. West v. Unified School District, 204 Kan. 29, 36, 460 P.2d 103. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents USEFUL LINKS Session Laws Kansas Administrative Regulations OTHER LEGISLATIVE SITES Kansas Legislature Administrative Services Division of Post Audit Research Department Contact Us PDF Help www.ksrevisor.gov 2026