Article 1. City Elections
The election of city officials shall be conducted in all respects as provided by the laws of Kansas governing the holding of elections. All elections for the City of Pleasanton, Kansas shall be 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.
(Code 2014; Ord. 2016; C.O. No. 11)
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.
(Code 2014)
(a) The 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 election take office.
(b) 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. The mayor shall have a four-year term. 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 council members shall have four-year terms.
(Code 2014; C.O. No. 11)
(a) The term of office for newly elected city officials shall commence with and include the first regular meeting of the governing body, on or after December 1, following certification of the election by the county election officer, and no later than the 2nd Monday in January.
(b) Every person elected or appointed to city office, before entering upon the duties of such office shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation as specified is K.S.A. 54-106, and amendments thereto, and every such oath or affirmation shall be filed with the city clerk.
(Code 2014; Code 2024)
In accordance with K.S.A. 25-205, and amendments thereto, any person may become a candidate for city office elected at large by having had filed on their behalf, a nomination petition or a declaration of candidacy, accompanied by any fee required by law. The nomination petition must be signed by 5% of the qualified electors of the City of Pleasanton, Kansas.
(K.S.A. 25-205; K.S.A. 25-21a01; K.S.A. 25-2110; C.O. No. 11; Code 2024)