APPENDIX A – CHARTER ORDINANCESAPPENDIX A – CHARTER ORDINANCES\Charter Ordinance No. 9

A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF GARNETT, KANSAS, FROM K.S.A. 79-1952; PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT DEALLNG WITH THE MAXIMUM APPROPRIATIONS FOR LIBRARY PURPOSES.

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

SECTION 1: The City of Garnett, 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 the provisions of K.S.A. 79-1952, and to provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this Charter Ordinance. K.S.A. 79-1952 is a part of an enactment of the Legislature establishing a limitation on certain tax levies in cities of the second class, including libraries, but the same is not applicable uniformly to all cities within the State.

SECTION 2: The governing body of the City of Garnett, Kansas, is hereby authorized and empowered to levy taxes in each year for the General Fund and for other city purposes, but said governing body shall not fix a rate of levy in any one year on each dollar of assessed tangible valuation of the said City for any of the following named purposes in excess of the following names rates:

                                                                                                                 Amount in Mills

Library                                                                                                                 4.00

Airport: Joint operation as provided by K.S.A. 3-121                                               .50

Highway Connecting Link: County secondary as provided by K.S.A. 68-582            1.00

Industrial development: As provided by K.S.A. 12-161h                                          1.00

Memorial Buildings: As provided by K.S.A. 73-407                                                .50

Noxious Weeds: As provided by K.S.A. 2-1318                                                      1.00

Deficiency Levy for Chemicals and Materials                                                         .50

Refuse Collection: As provided by K.S.A. 12-2104                                                 1.00

(01-27-1986; Repealed by C.O. No. 19)