APPENDIX A – CHARTER ORDINANCESAPPENDIX A – CHARTER ORDINANCES\Charter Ordinance No. 7

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF CONWAY SPRINGS, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 1976 SUPP. 795011; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECTS AND AUTHORIZING THE LEVYING OF TAXES TO CREATE A SPECIAL FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PUBLIC SAFETY COSTS.

Section 1. The City of Conway Springs, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the constitution of the State of Kansas, hereby elects to exempt itself from and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. Supp. 79-5011, and to provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this charter ordinance. K.S.A. 1976 Supp. Is an enactment of the legislature establishing an aggregate tax levy limitation applicable to this City but not applicable uniformly to all cities, and the legislature has not established Classes of cities for the purpose of imposing aggregate limitations under said constitutional provision.

Section 2. The provisions of K.S.A. 1976 79-5001 to 75-5016 inclusive, shall not apply to or limit the levy of taxes by the City of Conway Springs for the payment of:

(a)   Public safety casts whether paid from a separate property tax levy fund of the City or from any other tax supported fund.

Section 3. The provisions of Article 50 of Chapter 79 of the 1976 Supplement to the Kansas Statutes Annotated shall not apply to any taxes levied by the City of Conway Springs, levied under the provisions of K.S.A. 40-2305, 74-4920, 13-1441, or 12-1617h, or to any tax levies required for the payment of employer contributions to any pension and retirement program, or to any other taxes authorized by state law to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limitation of the City of Conway Springs. Amounts produced from any levy specified or authorized in this charter ordinance, including any levy or purpose authorized to be levied in addition to or exempt from the aggregate levy limit of the, City, shall not be used in computing any aggregate limitation under Article 50 Chapter 79 of the 1976 Supplement to the Kansas Statutes Annotated.

Section 4. The City of Conway Springs is hereby authorized to levy a tax for the purpose of paying public safety costs. As used in this charter ordinance, “public safety costs” shall mean the city’s cost for salaries, equipment, commodities and services necessary for the providing of police services to the City of Conway Springs.

(07-06-1979)