Charter Ordinance No. 18

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 12-621 RELATING TO GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS FOR COSTS AND EXPENSES OF SEWAGE DISPOSAL WORKS AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CLEARWATER, KANSAS:

Section 1. The City of Clearwater, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Kansas hereby elects to and does exempt itself and make inapplicable to it the provisions of K.S.A. 12-621 which applies to this city, but is part of an enactment which does not apply uniformly to all cities, and elects to and hereby does provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance.

Section 2. The governing body may operate and maintain disposal works for the purification of the sewage of the city, or of any part thereof. The costs and expenses of building the same shall be borne by the city as a whole and may be paid out of the general revenue fund; or if the governing body determines, general obligation bonds of the city may be issued therefore in any sum the governing body deems necessary. Such bonds may be issued in addition to the limit of bonded indebtedness of the city as defined by statute.