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Spring Hill adopts residency rule with limited waiver for police chief
Summary
The Spring Hill governing body on Dec. 30, 2024, approved an ordinance requiring a newly hired chief of police to establish residency within a set period but allowing a joint mayor/city-administrator waiver in limited circumstances; vote was 6-0.
SPRING HILL, Kan. — The Spring Hill governing body on Dec. 30 adopted an amendment to the municipal code setting a residency expectation for the city’s next chief of police while creating a formal, limited exception process.
The ordinance, passed unanimously 6-0, requires a newly hired chief to establish residency within a reasonable period (the code sets 12 months as the minimum) but permits the mayor and the city administrator to jointly grant an exception “upon good cause shown,” a provision described in the measure as the exception option.
City staff presented three alternatives: keep the existing 30-minute-from-department requirement; require residency within city…
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