A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 1968 SUPP. 79-1953, PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT; AND REMOVING CERTAIN LIMITATIONS OF TAX LEVY.
Section 1. The City of clearwater, Kansas, a city of the third class, 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. 1968 Supp. 79-1953, and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. K.S.A. 1968 Supp. 79-1953 is applicable to this city but it is not applicable uniformly to all cities of the third class, and the legislature has not established classes of cities for the purpose of imposing tax limitations and prohibitions under said constitutional provision.
Section 2. The governing body of the City of Clearwater, Kansas, is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of said city for the following city purposed; provided, that the city purposes specifically authorized by other statutes are not excluded because they were not enumerated herein:
General Operating Fund (which shall include the following activities): General government; police department; fire department; health and sanitation department, including refuse collection and disposal; highways (all public traveled ways including bridges); sewer maintenance; sewage treatment and disposal; parks; street lighting; swimming pools; and recreational programs.
(07-15-1969)