The Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission shall consist of nine (9) members, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Meade, by and with the consent of the Governing Body of the City of Meade, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Fowler, by and with the consent of the Governing Body of the City of Fowler, two of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City of Plains, by and with the consent of the Governing Body of the City of Plains, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, by and with the consent of the Board of County Commissioners of Meade County, Kansas, and one (1) of whom shall be named by the Mayor of the City of Meade, by and with the consent of the Mayors of the Cities of Fowler and Plains, and the Chairman of the Board of Meade County Commissioners. The First appointed member of each above named city and the Board of County Commissioner shall have a term commencing January 1, 1976, and expiring December 31, 1976. The second appointed member of each above named City and the Board of County Commissioners shall have a term commencing January 1, 1976, and expiring December 31, 1977. The member appointed by the Mayor of the City of Meade, by and with the consent of the Mayors of Fowler and Plains and the Chairman of the Chairman of the Meade County Commissioners, shall have a term commencing January 1, 1976, and expiring December 31, 1977. All re-appointments to the Area Planning Commission shall be for a period of two (2) years from the date of appointment. In case of the death, incapacity, resignation or disqualified member. Any person shall be eligible for appointment by any governing body who resides within Meade County. No person shall be disqualified from continuing to serve on such Planning Commission by reason of changing his residence, provided such person continues to reside within Meade County, Kansas. Members of the Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred in the performance of their duties as members of the Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission.
(Ord. 404; Code 2013)
Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission shall convene for its first meeting at such time and place as shall be fixed by the Chairman of the Board of County Commissioners, the Mayor of the City of Meade, and the Mayors of the Cities of Fowler and Plains, shall thereupon proceed to organize and elect officers and fix and determine times and places of future meetings, which said meetings shall be not less frequent than once a month. Said Planning Commission shall elect one (1) member as Chairman and one (1) member as Vice-Chairman. The terms of the Chairman and Vice-Chairman shall be for one year and until his successor shall have been elected and qualified. Special meetings of the Planning Commission may be called by the Chairman or, in his absence, by the Vice-Chairman. A quorum of the Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission shall consist of five (5) members. The Planning Commission shall designate a secretary and may also designate an assistant secretary, neither of whom need be members of the Planning Commission. The secretary shall cause a proper record to be kept of all the proceedings of the Planning Commission.
(Ord. 404; Code 2013)
The Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission shall have such powers and duties as may be prescribed by law from time to time. As a primary function, the Planning Commission shall have the responsibility for the preparation, adoption and recommendation of a long-range comprehensive plan to guide the future physical development of the Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area. Such general plan shall consist of a land use element, a circulation element and a public facilities element. The plan shall provide a statement of population distribution and density and proposed building intensities and other uses of land. The Commission shall recommend development plans for specific public works projects and for urban renewal. Such development plans shall be related to the general plan and shall insure the integration of access and relationship to the neighborhood within which such development plans provide for construction. Development plans shall also contain analysis of methods of financing proposed public works. The Planning Commission shall cause to be prepared zoning studies and shall recommend the zoning of all land within their jurisdiction. The Planning Commission shall cause to be prepared recommendation governing the control of subdivisions within the area of their jurisdiction. The Planning Commission shall cause to be prepared annually, for the jurisdictions that they represent, a statement of current and past growth and development trends and anticipated growth for the succeeding year and for the succeeding five years. Such annual statement of anticipated growth and development shall also contain an annual review of the status of the general plan and recommended adjustments in such plan. Such annual review statement shall be transmitted to the administrative heads of the political jurisdictions involved on, or before, the first Monday in March of each year for the use by respective jurisdictions in the preparation of their annual capital improvement budget. The Planning Commission shall cause to have reviewed annually the proposed capital improvement budgets of the respective jurisdictions and shall comment upon the proposed budget in terms of its conformity to and furtherance of the general plan.
(Ord. 404; Code 2013)
On or before the first Monday in June of each year, the Meade-Fowler-Plains-Meade County Area Planning Commission shall submit to the Board of County Commissioners of Meade County, Kansas, and to the City Manager of the City of Meade, and the Mayors of the Cities of Fowler and Plains, a budget of income and expenditures for the ensuing fiscal year, on forms provided by the respective jurisdictions. Thereup0n, such budget shall be considered by the Board of County Commissioners of Meade County, Kansas, and the Governing Body of the City of Meade, the Governing Body of the City of Fowler, and the Governing Body of the City of Plains, Kansas. The County Clerk of Meade County, Kansas, is hereby designated as the custodian and disbursing agent for the total budget.
(Ord. 404; Code 2013)