Volume 44 - Issue 19 - May 8, 2025
State of Kansas
Office of the Governor
Proclamation by the Governor
TO THE PEOPLE OF KANSAS, GREETINGS:
WHEREAS, pursuant to K.S.A. 14-101, whenever it is duly ascertained by any census of enumeration taken under any law of the United Sates or of the state of Kansas or by a city that such city has attained a population of greater than two thousand, such fact shall be certified to the governor of the state, who shall issue a public proclamation declaring such city to be a city subject to the provisions of the act concerning Cities of the Second Class; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with K.S.A. 14-101, the City of Maize submitted to the Governor Resolution No. 864-25, adopted by the Governing Body of the City of Maize on April 7, 2025, containing a description by metes and bounds of all the lands included within the limits of the City of Maize; and
WHEREAS, Maize’s estimated population as of the 2020 Decennial Census was 5,735; and
WHEREAS, the City of Maize, via letter from its Mayor to the Governor received April 16, 2025, stated the population of the City of Maize exceeds 2,000 and is less than 15,000, and sought a proclamation from the Governor changing Maize’s classification from a third-class city to a second-class city.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Laura Kelly, GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF KANSAS, do hereby proclaim and declare that the
City of Maize
is a city subject to the provisions of the act concerning Cities of the Second Class, effective as of the date of this Proclamation.
DONE: At the Capitol in Topeka under the Great Seal of the State this 24th day of April 2025.
Laura Kelly
Governor
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