A Charter Ordinance exempting the City of Belle Plaine, Kansas from the provisions of K.S.A. 12-1651, et. seq., providing substitute and additional provisions which relate to the naming of an official city newspaper, and repealing any ordinance in conflict therewith:

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF BELLE PLAINE, KANSAS as follows:

Section 1. The City of Belle Plaine, 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 and make inapplicable to it K.S.A. 12-1651, which applies to this city but does not apply uniformly to all cities, regarding the designation of a newspaper with certain qualifications as the official city newspaper.

Section 2. The governing body shall designate by resolution the City of Belle Plaine website, www.bpks.org, as the official city newspaper.

(11-04-2021)