Office of the Mayor

Recognition

Lawrence, Kansas

 

WHEREAS:   The year 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of city management in Kansas; and

 

WHEREAS:   On February 17, 1917, Kansas Governor Arthur Capper signed the bill authorizing the adoption of the city management form of government by Kansas cities; and

 

WHEREAS:   On March 9, 1917, electors of Wichita and El Dorado voted to adopt the city manager form and respectively installed their first city managers on June 18 and July 1, 1917; and

 

WHEREAS:   The City of Lawrence adopted the city manager form of government in 1951 and today, the city or county manager plan has been adopted in 73 Kansas cities, 2 counties, and serves twenty-four percent of the state’s municipal population; and

 

WHEREAS:   In addition to the city manager plan, cities in Kansas have an additional 97 cities and 30 counties with professional administrators serving over sixty-seven percent of the state’s municipal population; and

 

WHEREAS:   The Kansas Association of City/County Management is a professional association representing more than 192 local government administrators who serve Kansas cities and counties and promote strengthening the quality of local government through professional management.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leslie Soden, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, does hereby recognize 2017 as the

 

100th Anniversary of City Management

 

 

                                                                                                         

                                                          Leslie Soden, Mayor

 

                                                          July 11, 2017