(a) A proposition to abandon the Commission-Manager form of government and accept either the Mayor and Commissioner form of government law or the Mayor and Council form of government law must first be submitted to a vote of qualified electors of the city, in the manner proscribed by K.S.A. 12-184.
(b) Whenever the proposition to abandon the Commissioner-Manager form of government shall have been defeated at any election, another election to vote on such proposition shall not be called until after the expiration of four years from such previous election.
(c) The heading of any petition for a special election to abandon the Commission-Manager form of government, and any ballot for a special election called on the basis of said petition, must include the specific new government form to be adopted in its place.
(d) Any petition for the submission of a proposition hereunder shall be headed: “Petition for a Special Election of the city, to vote on the abandonment of the Commission-Manager form of government and adopt the (Mayor and Commissioner) (Mayor and Council) form of government”.
(e) The form of the ballots to be used at said election on the Commission-Manager form of government shall be as follows: “Shall the city abandon the Commission-Manager form of government and become a city operating under the general laws governing (Mayor and Commissioner) (Mayor and Council) form of government”.
(f) If a majority of the votes cast upon said proposition shall be in favor of abandoning the Commission-Manager form of government, then at the next regular city election, a new governing body shall be elected in conformance with the proposition and, upon its qualification; the rights, powers and duties of the City Manager and previous City Commission shall cease and terminate.
(2010 Code, § 1-217) (Charter Ord. 23, passed - -)