 1888 City Building |
History Of City Government |
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1888 City Building |
History Of City Government |
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In 1883 a petition signed by 62 of the 400 inhabitants-as near as can be arrived at-in the village of Kingman, asked that the village be incorporated, according to law as a city of the third class.
On August 14, 1883 Judge of the 18th Judicial District of the State of Kansas, Amos Harris, appointed W. H. Child, W. L. Ball and H. C. Godown as judges, and E. Misner, and John W. Beebe as Clerks for the first election for city officers. This election was to be held at the frame schoolhouse on North Main on the 29th day of August 1883. H. H. Patten, C. L. Raymond, and Hiram Stout were appointed to act as a board of canvassers of the election. They met on August 30, 1883 to canvas the 108 votes cast. H. H. Patten, Mayor: Wm. Green, Police Judge: A. G. Bowron, R. D. Faught, H. C. Godown, Ethan Wait, and B. F. Frazier councilman were elected. On September 1, 1883 the Mayor and councilmen were sworn in and E. H. Andius, City Clerk, John P. Jones, City Treasurer, W. A. Liggett, City Marshall, and H. H. Graves as Street Commissioner were appointed as first city employees. The September 8, 1883 Ordinance No. 1 was passed setting out various duties of the city officials. In April of 1912 Kingman changed from Mayor-council form of government to a three-man commission form of government. Again in January of 1970 it was changed from a three-man commission to a five-man commission with the mayor being appointed by the commissioners themselves. In 1996 the voters again selected to change the form of government to a Commission-Manager form. The first city manager was hired on April 1, 1997. All city commissioners are voted at large. Voting Wards for purpose of tabulating ballots: All wards vote at the Kingman Activity Center, 110 West First Ave., Kingman.
Aggregate Tax Levies The aggregate tax levies (per $1,000 assessed valuation) of the City and overlapping jurisdictions for the years indicated are in the following table: Kingman School Total Year City County District State Levy ---- ----- ------- -------- ----- ------- 1991 48.29 28.608 67.638 1.5 146.036 1992 53.45 27.015 43.150 1.5 125.115 1993 53.26 30.542 44.200 1.5 129.502 1994 55.13 35.661 46.916 1.5 139.207 1995 51.37 40.065 43.992 1.5 136.923 1996 51.984 38.103 41.580 1.5 133.167 1997 52.586 35.860 36.292 1.5 126.238 1998 52.407 40.888 34.275 1.5 129.070 1999 52.340 45.770 33.948 1.5 133.558 2000 52.331 47.613 51.233 1.5 152.677 2001 52.650 48.161 52.248 1.5 154.559 |
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