(a) On August 6, 1996, the question was submitted to the qualified electors of the city, whether or not the form of government of the city, should be changed from a City Commission form of government to a Commission-Manager form of government under the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1001 et seq. The qualified electors of the city approved said question on August 6, 1996.
(b) The provisions of Charter Ord. 23 passed under the home rule powers of the city, pursuant to Art. 12, § 5 of the Constitution of the state, provides substitute and additional provisions for the Commission-Manager form of government for the city.
(c) All ordinances, resolutions, policies, rules and regulations in force at the time Charter Ord. 23 takes effect, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of Charter Ord. 23, shall remain and be in force until altered, modified or repealed by or under the authority of Charter Ord. 23.
(d) All charter ordinances previously adopted by the city, before the enactment of Charter Ord. 23, with provisions inconsistent with Charter Ord. 23, are hereby repealed.
(e) If a court of competent jurisdiction should hold any section or part of Charter Ord. 23 invalid, such holding shall not affect the remainder of said charter ordinance, nor the context in which such section or part so held invalid may appear, except to the extent that an entire section or part may be inseparably connect in meaning and effect with that section or part.
(2010 Code, § 1-202) (Charter Ord. 23, passed - - )