A CHARTER ORDINANCE AMENDING CHARTER ORDINANCE NO. 18 RELATING TO THE EXEMPTION OF THE CITY OF BONNER SPRINGS, KANSAS, FROM THE PROVISIONS OF K.S.A. 12‑16,101, RELATING TO A CONVENTION AND TOURISM COMMITTEE, AND PROVIDING AMENDED PROVISIONS ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

Section 1. The City of Bonner Springs, Kansas, by the power vested in it by Article 12, Section 5 of the constitution of the State of Kansas, did pass Charter Ordinance No. 18 on the 16th day of March, 1998, such ordinance making inapplicable to the City of Bonner Springs, Kansas, and exempting the City of Bonner Springs from the provisions of K.S.A. 12‑16,101, which applied to said City but not uniformly to all cities and which ordinance established a convention and tourism committee to make recommendations concerning the programs and expenditures for the promotion of tourism, changed the number of members to be appointed to that committee to five members and required that the majority of such members shall be representatives of businesses subject to the transient guest tax.

Section 2. The Governing Body hereby amends Section 2 of Charter Ordinance No. 18 to read as follows:

       Section 2. The Governing Body establishes a convention and tourism committee to make recommendations concerning the programs and expenditures for promotion of tourism. The Governing Body shall appoint seven (7) members to such committee. In appointing such members, the Governing Body shall attempt to create a balance of representatives from the media, recreation, entertainment and community groups and representatives of the businesses subject to the transient guest tax. The Governing Body shall provide, by ordinance, for the appointment and terms of appointment not to exceed four years for such members. The Governing Body shall have the authority to contract for convention and tourism programs to be implemented.

(7‑5‑2000; Amended by C.O. No. 31)