Wichita Charter Ordinance No. 240

in effect

CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 240 A CHARTER ORDINANCE EXEMPTING THE CITY OF WICHITA FROM PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 64-101 RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF AN OFFICIAL CITY NEWSPAPER AND PROVIDING SUBSTITUTE AND ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF WICHITA, KANSAS: SECTION 1. The City of Wichita, 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. 64-101 and amendments thereto and provide substitute and additional provisions as hereinafter set forth in this ordinance. The state statute is applicable to the city, but not applicable uniformly to all cities throughout the State of Kansas. SECTION 2. The Governing Body shall designate from time to time by Resolution one or more newspapers or the City website, www.wichita.gov, as the official newspaper of the City for publication of legal notices, advertisements or publications of any kind which may be required to be published in the Official City Newspaper by the laws of the State of Kansas, United States of America or of the City of Wichita. SECTION 3. Any newspaper that is an official City newspaper on the effective date of this ordinance shall continue to be the official City newspaper unless or until such time as the Governing Body shall adopt a resolution providing otherwise. Any publication in any newspaper, which at the time of the publication was an official City newspaper, shall be valid notwithstanding the adoption subsequent to the publication of a resolution changing the designation of the official City newspaper. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official city newspaper. SECTION 5. This is a charter ordinance and shall take effect sixty-one (61) days after final publication unless a sufficient petition for a referendum is filed and a referendum held on the ordinance as provided in Article 12, Section 5, Subdivision (c)(3) of the Constitution of the State of Kansas, in which case the ordinance shall become effective if approved by a majority of electors voting thereon. PASSED by the governing body of the City of Wichita, Kansas, this 25th day of June, 2024. /s/ Lily Wu Mayor ATTEST: /s/ Jamie Buster City Clerk Approved as to form: /s/ Jennifer Magaña City Attorney and Director of Law

Source: City of Wichita, Kansas, Code of the City of Wichita and Charter Ordinances (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/ks/wichita/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=CHOR_CHTR_ORDINANCE_NO._240Fetched: 11/1/2026