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Council adopts charter ordinance to clarify bond authority after city population update
Summary
The council adopted Charter Ordinance No. 106 to clarify that city bond issuance and related ordinances are governed by the city’s ordinances rather than an outdated state statute tied to a 200,000-population threshold, avoiding an expensive election requirement.
The Overland Park City Council on June 21 adopted Charter Ordinance No. 106 to resolve uncertainty created when the city’s certified population exceeded 200,000 earlier this year. The ordinance clarifies that city bond issuance will follow the city’s charter and ordinances rather than an older state statute that would have triggered a city election for certain bond actions.
Council members said the state statute predated home-rule changes and that complying with the outdated requirement would impose unnecessary costs; staff estimated a city election to comply with the old statute could cost roughly $450,000 to bond $200,000, an example cited during the discussion. The city attorney told the council the statute does not authorize higher limits and that the charter ordinance provides statutory clarity so the city may proceed under its own ordinances. The motion to adopt the charter ordinance passed unanimously.
