Chapter 13, CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS

13-101. Change of classification from city of second class to city of first class; proclamation by governor; tenure of governing body. Whenever it shall have been duly ascertained by any census of enumeration taken under any law of the United States or of the state of Kansas or b…

13-103. Form of government. All cities of the first class shall be governed by the provisions of this act. History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 2; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-103. Source or prior law: L. 1862, ch. 46, art. 1, § 1; G.S. 1868, ch. 18, § 1; L. 1874, ch. 46, § 1; L. 1881, ch. …

13-431. Utility rates; review by court. To prescribe and fix maximum rates and charges, and regulate the collection of the same, for all water, electric light, heat, power, gas, telephone service or any other commodity or service furnished to such city or to any of the inhabitant…

13-436. Health and sanitation; election, when. To make regulations to secure the general health of the city; to prevent and remove nuisances; to regulate or prohibit the construction of privy vaults and cesspools, and to regulate or suppress those already constructed; to compel a…

13-443. Improving or vacating streets and alleys; reversion of land; recording of ordinance. The governing body of the city shall have the power to open, widen, extend or otherwise improve any street, avenue, alley or lane, and also to vacate and close any street, avenue, alley o…

13-460. Art museum board in cities of more than 200,000 population. Any city of the first class having a population of more than two hundred thousand (200,000) may by ordinance create and establish a board within the administrative departments of the city for the general supervis…

13-461. Same; members, appointment, terms, vacancies. The art museum board shall consist of not to exceed seven (7) members, appointed by the mayor with the approval of the board of commissioners of the city, and not to exceed five (5) members ex officio as may be provided by ord…

13-462. Same; officers, duties; bond of treasurer. The board shall organize annually by the election from its membership of a chairman and a vice-chairman, and from its membership or employees a secretary and a treasurer. The officers shall have and perform the duties commonly be…

13-463. Same; rules and regulations; acquisition of art objects; acceptance of gifts and moneys; administration. The governing body may authorize the art museum board of the city to adopt rules and regulations for its government and the performance of its duties with respect to t…

13-464. Same; property management and control. Real or personal property may be granted, bequeathed, devised and conveyed to the city for the purpose of developing, maintaining, expanding, or relocating such museum of art provided for herein, upon such trusts and conditions as ma…

13-465. Same; director and employees, compensation; leasing property; records and reports. The governing body of the city may authorize the art museum board to appoint, employ and remove a director of the museum, the necessary subordinate employees, and fix their compensation. Th…

13-466. Same; appropriations by city; budget; expenditures. Any city which shall have established an art museum board for the purposes of this act may annually appropriate from the special contributions fund of the city such moneys as may be deemed necessary for the budget of the…

13-502. General duties of mayor. The mayor shall preside at all meetings of the council, except as herein otherwise provided, and shall have the superintending control of all the officers and affairs of the city, and shall take care that the ordinances of the city and this act ar…

13-506. Signing and approval of contracts. The mayor shall sign all contracts before the city shall be liable thereon; and all contracts shall be subject to his or her veto the same as ordinances, and the same shall not be binding on the city unless passed over the mayor's veto b…

13-507. Signing of commissions; approval of bonds. The mayor shall sign the commissions of all officers elected or appointed in the city, and endorse the approval of all official bonds by the governing body. History: L. 1903, ch. 122, § 71; March 18; R.S. 1923, § 13-507. Source o…

13-508. Mayor as peace officer; special policemen, term. The mayor shall be a conservator of the peace throughout the city, and shall at all times have power to appoint such number of special policemen as he or she may in cases of emergency deem necessary to preserve the peace of…

13-509. Messages to council. The mayor shall from time to time communicate to the council in writing such information and recommend such measures as in his or her opinion may tend to the improvement of the finances of the city, the police, health, security, ornament, comfort and …

13-510. Special meetings of council. The mayor or any two councilmen shall have power to call special meetings of the council, the object of which shall be submitted to the council in writing, and the call and the object as well as the action of the council shall be entered upon …

13-511. Mayor may require reports from officers. The mayor shall have power, when he or she deems it necessary, to require any officer of the city to exhibit his or her accounts or other papers and to make reports to the council in writing touching any subject or matter the mayor…

13-512. Enforcement of ordinances; neglect of duty by officers; jurisdiction outside city. The mayor shall be active and vigilant in enforcing all laws and ordinances for the government of the city, and he or she shall cause all subordinate officers to be dealt with promptly for …

13-513. Vacancies in offices of mayor or councilman, how filled. When any vacancy shall happen in the office of mayor by death, resignation, absence from the city, removal from office, refusal to qualify, or otherwise, the president of the council for the time being shall exercis…

13-514. Aid in enforcing laws; mobs; call for militia; forfeiture by person refusing to obey call. The mayor is hereby authorized to call on every male inhabitant of the city over eighteen and under fifty years of age to aid in enforcing the laws and ordinances of the city, and i…

13-515. Remission of fines and forfeitures; reprieves and pardons. The mayor shall have power to remit fines and forfeitures, to grant reprieves and pardons for all offenses arising under the ordinances of the city, by and with the consent of the council, and not otherwise. Histo…

13-516. Duties and salary of attorney. The city attorney shall receive a salary which shall be fixed by ordinance. The city attorney shall attend all cases wherein the city is a party, in all courts; he or she shall draft all ordinances, contracts, agreements, etc.; he or she sha…

13-518. General duties of clerk; records and accounts; deputies, salaries. The city clerk shall attend all meetings of the city council, keep a true record of its proceedings, and also keep a record of all official acts of the clerk, and, when necessary, shall attest them. The ci…

13-526a. Bond of treasurer. The city treasurer in cities of the first class shall, before entering upon the duties of such office, give to the city a corporate surety bond with a surety company duly qualified under the insurance laws of this state, in such form and amount as may …

13-527. Appointive officers and employees; terms and salaries; vacancies. Subject to K.S.A. 12-16,128, and amendments thereto, the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, may appoint a city attorney, city prosecutor, city clerk, city treasurer, municipal judge of the munic…

13-628a. Municipal judges in certain cities. In all cities of the first class which have a population of one hundred thousand (100,000) or more, and which shall have the city-manager plan of government at the effective date of this act, the court shall be designated the municipal…

13-628d. Same; clerk appointed by municipal judge. The municipal judge of division No. 1 shall appoint a clerk, who shall hold office at the pleasure of said judge. The clerk, under the direction of said judge, shall have authority to make out, sign and issue all processes of sai…

13-628l. Municipal judges in certain cities; appointment by district court judges. In all cities of the first class located in counties having a population of more than sixty thousand (60,000) and not more than one hundred thousand (100,000), the judge of the municipal court shal…

13-905. Special assessments; relevy. In case the governing body of any city shall have heretofore levied or shall hereafter levy any special assessment for any public improvement in said city, which special assessments are or may be informal, illegal, irregular, or void for the w…

13-906. Same; limitation of actions. No suit nor action of any kind shall be maintained in any court to set aside or in any way contest or enjoin the levy of any special assessment for constructing or repairing any sidewalk, pavement, sewer or any other public improvement after t…

13-10,107. Sewers and sewage disposal outside certain cities; contracts; benefit district, conditions. The governing body of any city of the first class having a population of over 110,000 inhabitants located in a county with an assessed tangible valuation in excess of $150,000,0…

13-10,108. Same; eminent domain; bonds. Upon the execution of such contract as is provided for in K.S.A. 13-10,107, such city may acquire easements or rights of way for such sewer by purchase or condemnation the same as if such property were located within the corporate limits of…

13-10,109. Same; special assessments; regulation by city. After the execution of a contract as provided for in K.S.A. 13-10,107, the governing body of any such city shall be authorized to assess against the property located in such special benefit district the total cost of such …

13-10,115. Major traffic streets in certain cities in counties of more than 120,000 population; resolution; protests; election; temporary notes and bonds; special assessments and payments by city. The governing body of any city located in a county having a population of more than…

13-10,116. Same; state and federal cooperation. The city may cooperate with the state or with the federal government or with both in the planning and financing of the improvement and if state or federal funds are available to apply on the cost, the city may enter into such agreem…

13-10,117. Same; what improvements include. The improvement or reimprovement may include the acquisition of right-of-way to extend or widen the street or for the rounding of corners or for the straightening of the street. The improvement, in addition to permanent construction or …

13-10,118. Same; act is supplemental. This act shall be supplemental to all other acts relating to the improvement of streets, and it shall not prevent the use of other statutes for the improving of any such street. History: L. 1945, ch. 131, § 4; June 28.

13-10,119. Cities of 60,000 population or more; repair of paved streets; cost estimate. Whenever the governing body of any city of the first class having a population of sixty thousand (60,000) or more shall determine by resolution the necessity to repair the paved streets of suc…

13-10,120. Same; contracts; equipment. The governing body of said city may contract for the making of such repairs or may purchase or otherwise acquire the necessary tools and machinery to permit the city to make such repairs itself. In neither case, however, shall the cost of su…

13-10,121. Same; bonds. In order to pay the cost of improvements authorized by this act, such city is authorized to issue its general improvement bonds in an amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in any one calendar year: Provided, Any city having a populat…

13-10,122. Same; limitations. No bonds shall be issued under the authority of this act in excess of the total sum of three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($375,000): Provided, In cities having a population of more than one hundred thirty thousand (130,000) and not more tha…

13-10,123. Cities between 120,000 and 200,000 population; repair of paved streets; cost estimate. Whenever the governing body of any city of the first class having a population of more than one hundred twenty thousand (120,000) and less than two hundred thousand (200,000) shall d…

13-10,124. Same; contracts; equipment. The governing body of said city may contract for the making of such repairs or may purchase or otherwise acquire the necessary tools and machinery to permit the city to make such repairs itself. In neither case, however, shall the cost of su…

13-10,125. Same; bonds. In order to pay the cost of improvements authorized by this act, such city is authorized to issue its general improvement bonds in an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) in any one calendar year. Such bonds shall be issued as provi…

13-10,126. Same; limitation. No bonds shall be issued under the authority of this act in excess of the total sum of eight hundred thousand dollars ($800,000). History: L. 1955, ch. 114, § 4; L. 1959, ch. 92, § 1; June 30.

13-10,128. Storm drainage districts in cities between 100,000 and 150,000 population and in cities in urban area counties. The governing body of any city of the first class having a population of more than one hundred thousand (100,000) and less than one hundred fifty thousand (1…

13-10,129. Ordinance creating district, required provisions; filing of copies. The governing body of the city shall provide by ordinance for the creation of storm drainage districts. Such ordinance shall designate the district by appropriate name or number, define and fix the bou…

13-10,130. Same; establishment of program; costs, how paid. Whenever a storm drainage district has been created under the provisions of this act, the governing body of the city shall establish a program for the construction, reconstruction, repair and maintenance of storm sewers …