13-2401. General powers and duties of commissioners. In each city owning a system of waterworks there shall be a department to be known as “waterworks department” of such city. The board of commissioners shall maintain, manage, conduct and control said waterworks, and make all such ordinances, rules and regulations as are necessary for the safe, […]
13-2402. Superintendent; duties; salary; bond; contract for management; term; ratification, when. Said board shall appoint a superintendent of waterworks, who shall have charge of the said waterworks and all property connected therewith, and shall manage and control the same under the direction of said board. The superintendent of waterworks shall inspect all parts of said […]
13-2403. Secretary-cashier; duties; reports; bond; salary. Said board may appoint a secretary of waterworks, who shall also be a cashier and it shall be the secretary’s duty to keep regular sets of books for waterworks accounts, showing in detail the business transactions of the department. The secretary of waterworks shall have general supervision and charge […]
13-2404. Appointment of officers and employees; merit basis. In making all appointments and hiring all officers, agents and servants in the waterworks department, the board of commissioners shall have regard alone to relative capacity of applicants, their moral, physical and health qualifications, and, when appropriate, their qualifications for manual labor. All appointments shall be made […]
13-2405. Fixing water rates; basis. Said board of commissioners shall fix such rates for water furnished to consumers as will secure an income sufficient to pay all salaries and wages of all officers and employees in such department; to cover all miscellaneous expenses; to pay all interest charges upon all indebtedness of the city created […]
13-2406. Sinking fund to pay bonded debt; investment; records and report. It shall be the duty of the board of commissioners to create and maintain a sinking fund for the payment of the bonded indebtedness of such city arising from the purchase of the waterworks, by laying aside from the revenues of the department an […]
13-2407. Use of sinking fund to extend water system. Laws 1917, chapter 95, section 1, included by reference. [City over 80,000 having a sinking fund authorized to use $150,000 of said fund for extensions of water system.] History: R.S. 1923, § 13-2407.
13-2408. Deposit and use of revenue; transfer of moneys, when. All revenues derived from the sale and consumption of water and from the management and operation of waterworks, shall be deposited, daily, in the city treasury to the credit of the waterworks department, and be kept in a separate fund, to be known as the […]
13-2409. Extension of mains; contracts; water rate surcharges or cash connection charges. The board of commissioners in cities of the first class before making any water main extension may require contracts, bonds or other evidence of future use insuring to such city a reasonable additional income therefrom. Such cities may make a water rate surcharge […]
13-2409a. Improvements and facilities; resales; regulation of certain lines and facilities. Any city of the first class operating a waterworks department under the provisions of chapter 114 [*], Laws 1907, and amendments thereof, may construct facilities, improvements or extensions within or without said city and may sell or dispose of water within or without said […]
13-2410. Meters and lateral service pipes. The board of commissioners is hereby authorized to measure all water furnished consumers by meter, and all meters and lateral service pipes shall be put in at the expense of the consumer. History: L. 1907, ch. 114, § 107; May 27; R.S. 1923, 13-2410.
13-2411. Meters and lateral pipes in cities less than 25,000, when; cost. The board of commissioners in cities of the first class, having a population of less than 25,000 and which have heretofore adopted the commission form of government and which own and operate waterworks, is hereby authorized to measure all water furnished consumers by […]
13-2412. Free use of water and discrimination unlawful. No person, firm, corporation, or association, nor any city department, shall be allowed free use of water, nor shall there be discrimination among water users of like classes as to rates, and rebates in rates shall never be allowed to any person, firm or corporation or city […]
13-2414. Leavenworth waterworks board. This act shall apply to the city of Leavenworth, Kansas. History: L. 1937, ch. 143, § 1; L. 1982, ch. 86, § 1; April 8.
13-2414a. Same; ratification of board’s actions. (a) Any ordinance adopted by the city of Leavenworth prior to the effective date of this act which relates to the Leavenworth waterworks department established pursuant to K.S.A. 13-2414 et seq., and amendments thereto, is hereby ratified and deemed valid. (b) The election of the members of the Leavenworth […]
13-2415. Same; election; petition. Cities coming under the provisions of this act are hereby authorized to elect a waterworks board having the powers and duties hereinafter set forth upon the following terms and conditions: The question of electing such waterworks board shall be submitted to a vote of the electorate of such city upon the […]
13-2416. Same; members; election; term; vacancies; bonds. If the election of a waterworks board has been approved by a majority of the voters at such election, the mayor of such city shall thereupon issue a proclamation for an election of the members of such waterworks board. The said waterworks board shall consist of five members […]
13-2417. Same; meetings; rules; records; quorum; qualifications. The board shall hold meetings regularly at least twice each month and shall designate the time and place thereof. The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings. All meetings, records and accounts of the board shall be public. Three (3) […]
13-2418. Same; powers and duties; employees; eminent domain; rules and regulations. The waterworks board shall have the exclusive control of the water plant and shall be charged with the duty of producing and supplying the city and its inhabitants with water for domestic and industrial purposes and for public use in the city; and may […]
13-2419. Same; manager of production and distribution; appointment; salary; qualifications; duties; bond. The waterworks board may appoint a manager of production and distribution of the waterworks plant and fix his or her salary, and the manager’s term of office shall be during the pleasure of said board. The manager of production and distribution shall be […]
