§ 1-405. Residency requirements for certain City employees.

A.

The City Administrator is hereby required to establish and maintain a permanent residence within the incorporated boundaries of the City of Lansing, Kansas.

B.

All Department Directors, including, but not limited to the following positions: City Clerk, Chief of Police, Community and Economic Development Director, Finance Director, Human Resources Director, Library Director, Parks and Recreation Director, Public Works Director, and Wastewater Utility Director, are required to establish and maintain a residence within the boundaries of Lansing Unified School District 469 (USD 469), Kansas for a minimum of five (5) years. After the five (5) year period, the Department Director is required to establish and maintain a permanent residence within the incorporated boundaries of Leavenworth County, Kansas.

C.

Employees as described in subsections A and B of this section who are not already residents of the City of Lansing shall have a period of six (6) months after completion of their probationary period to establish residence within the City, after the end of such eighteen (18) month period their exemption from the requirements of this section shall terminate.

D.

Violation of any of the provisions of this section shall result in discharge from employment with the City.

E.

Any such individual employed at the time this section is adopted by the Governing Body shall be exempt from the requirements set forth in this section; however, in the event an exempt employee relocates into the City limits the employee's exemption status shall terminate.

F.

The City Administrator, in his sole discretion, may exempt an individual from this provision when he or she believes that such exemption is in the best interest of the City. The City Administrator will provide notification to the Governing Body on any request for an employee to be exempted from the residency requirement.

(Ord. of 12-20-2018(1))