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About the City Council
The mission of the city council is to provide policy direction to municipal staff for the implementation of municipal services to the citizens of St. John by adopting ordinances, resolutions, and policies. The city council also appoints members to citizen advisory boards and commissions. The five-member council and mayor are elected at large to four-year staggered terms.
The mission of the city council is to provide policy direction to municipal staff for the implementation of municipal services to the citizens of St. John by adopting ordinances, resolutions, and policies. The city council also appoints members to citizen advisory boards and commissions. The five-member council and mayor are elected at large to four-year staggered terms.
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Meet the Members
Bobby Stimatze, Mayor
Term Expires January 2026
St. John, KS 67576
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Term Expires January 2026
St. John, KS 67576
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Ryan Christie
Term Expires January 2024
829 N Pearl St. John, KS 67576
(620) 388-1482
Ryan is a life-long resident of St. John and rural Stafford County. He is a graduate of the St. John-Hudson school district and Northwest Technical College in Goodland. Ryan has been employed by Davis Electrical as an Electrician/HVAC Technician for the last 11 years.
Ryan and his wife Jill have 3 children and are actively involved in both; the school and community. In his spare time, he enjoys attending his children’s sporting events, hunting and farming. Ryan is also actively involved in the IOOF Lodge, where he also serves as a Trustee member.
Ryan strives to maintain and improve the St. John we all know and take pride in. He feels our community is a great place to live, work and raise a family. A goal of his is to improve the lines of communication between the governing body and the general public. Ryan encourages community members to speak up, stay positive and get involved. He gladly welcomes community input and wants to hear from you.
Term Expires January 2024
829 N Pearl St. John, KS 67576
(620) 388-1482
Ryan is a life-long resident of St. John and rural Stafford County. He is a graduate of the St. John-Hudson school district and Northwest Technical College in Goodland. Ryan has been employed by Davis Electrical as an Electrician/HVAC Technician for the last 11 years.
Ryan and his wife Jill have 3 children and are actively involved in both; the school and community. In his spare time, he enjoys attending his children’s sporting events, hunting and farming. Ryan is also actively involved in the IOOF Lodge, where he also serves as a Trustee member.
Ryan strives to maintain and improve the St. John we all know and take pride in. He feels our community is a great place to live, work and raise a family. A goal of his is to improve the lines of communication between the governing body and the general public. Ryan encourages community members to speak up, stay positive and get involved. He gladly welcomes community input and wants to hear from you.
Sara Woolf
Term Expires January 2026
Term Expires January 2026
Kyle Bunker
Term Expires January 2024
425 N Broadway, St. John, KS 67576
(620) 546-6300
Kyle is a life-long resident of Stafford County. He is a graduate of Macksville High School and Kansas State University. Kyle has been involved in the St. John community since he graduated college and has been employed by SJN Bank of Kansas for the past five years.
Kyle and his wife Ava are both active in the community and school. Ava is a preschool teacher at USD 350.
Kyle takes pride in being part of the St. John community and wants it to continue to be a place for all ages to reside. He wants anyone with questions or concerns to reach out at their convenience.
Term Expires January 2024
425 N Broadway, St. John, KS 67576
(620) 546-6300
Kyle is a life-long resident of Stafford County. He is a graduate of Macksville High School and Kansas State University. Kyle has been involved in the St. John community since he graduated college and has been employed by SJN Bank of Kansas for the past five years.
Kyle and his wife Ava are both active in the community and school. Ava is a preschool teacher at USD 350.
Kyle takes pride in being part of the St. John community and wants it to continue to be a place for all ages to reside. He wants anyone with questions or concerns to reach out at their convenience.
Mark Bryant
Term Expires January 2026
302 S Exchange, St. John, KS 67576
(620) 352-0768
Mark Bryant was appointed to the St. John City Council and has served since April 2nd of 2013.
Bryant grew up in Southern California and graduated from Santa Ana High School, Santa Ana California in 1984. After high school, Bryant served Honorably in the United States Marine Corps for eight years. After receiving his Certified Mechanical Inspectors certification from the American Society for Quality, Bryant worked in the quality assurance field for 4 years in manufacturing prior to moving to Kansas in 2005 to be closer to family. He has worked as a Para Educator/Vocational Instructor overseeing the Community Based Training program for St. John-Hudson USD 350 since 2007 and is also currently the nighttime library clerk for Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library.
Bryant volunteers and serves his community through the St. John Community Television station and Sandyland Shepherd’s Center.
Bryant became the Mayor after Mayor Tucker tendered his resignation in 2018 and has since returned to being a city councilman in 2022.
Bryant’s goal is to better the community as a whole by promoting good government as well as honest and respectful communication between elected officials and the citizens of St. John.
Bryant’s hope is to continue making & keeping St. John a place where people want to live, work and raise a family.
Councilman Bryant welcomes all community comments, concerns, and questions.
Term Expires January 2026
302 S Exchange, St. John, KS 67576
(620) 352-0768
Mark Bryant was appointed to the St. John City Council and has served since April 2nd of 2013.
Bryant grew up in Southern California and graduated from Santa Ana High School, Santa Ana California in 1984. After high school, Bryant served Honorably in the United States Marine Corps for eight years. After receiving his Certified Mechanical Inspectors certification from the American Society for Quality, Bryant worked in the quality assurance field for 4 years in manufacturing prior to moving to Kansas in 2005 to be closer to family. He has worked as a Para Educator/Vocational Instructor overseeing the Community Based Training program for St. John-Hudson USD 350 since 2007 and is also currently the nighttime library clerk for Ida Long Goodman Memorial Library.
Bryant volunteers and serves his community through the St. John Community Television station and Sandyland Shepherd’s Center.
Bryant became the Mayor after Mayor Tucker tendered his resignation in 2018 and has since returned to being a city councilman in 2022.
Bryant’s goal is to better the community as a whole by promoting good government as well as honest and respectful communication between elected officials and the citizens of St. John.
Bryant’s hope is to continue making & keeping St. John a place where people want to live, work and raise a family.
Councilman Bryant welcomes all community comments, concerns, and questions.
Available
Term Expires January 2024
Term Expires January 2024
Code of Procedure City of St. John, Kansas
Definitions:
Meetings:
Agenda
Motions:
Voting:
Application and Amendment
- Sec. 1. Governing Body. The term governing body shall include the mayor and council.
- Sec. 2. Quorum. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members-elect of the city council. The quorum shall not include the mayor.
Meetings:
- Sec. 3. Regular Meetings. Regular meetings of the city shall be held at a time, place and date certain as set by the city ordinance and in accordance with applicable state law.
- Sec. 4. Special Meetings. Special Meetings will be called only for a special purpose and will be called in accordance with applicable state law.
- Sec. 5. Work Sessions. No agenda is required for a work session and no binding action may be taken during a work sessions.
- Sec. 6. Quorum. A quorum is required at all meetings during which binding action will be taken by the City.
- Sec. 7. Public Comment. Citizens desiring to comment on matters of a general nature or on any specific agenda item(s) shall sign up in advance of the meeting prior to the Official Call to Order and shall provide his or her name and address for the purpose of putting both in the minutes of the meeting. The Mayor may limit the time of each citizen to three (3) minutes. Comments are welcome, however questions to council may not be answered at the meeting if the Mayor feels that staff or council needs time to formulate a response to questions. Questions reserved shall be placed on the agenda for the next meeting at which time the particular question or issue may be addressed. Citizens that fail to sign up in advance of the Official Call to Order may not submit comments and should those comments be submitted regardless, the Mayor may rule such actions to be out of order and such person can be ejected from the meeting by a St. John Police Officer.
Agenda
- Sec. 8. Agenda. Prior to each regular and special meeting, the city will distribute an agenda to each governing body member and it will be made available to the public at that time.
- Sec. 9. Setting Agenda. The governing body of the city shall designate an individual to be in charge of setting the agenda.
- Sec. 10. Agenda Items. Any governing body member, city staff member or member of the public may request to have an item placed on the agenda by submitting their request, and provide all relevant documents for copy and distribution to the governing body members for examination, to the city staff no later than noon the Friday before the regularly scheduled meeting. Citizens shall provide his or her name and address for the purpose of putting both in the minutes of the meeting.
- Sec. 11. Additions to the Agenda. Items may be added to or removed from the agenda at a regular meeting by motion approved by a majority of the governing body members present and voting. No items may be added to the agenda at a special meeting.
- Sec. 12. Order of Business. At the hour appointed for the meeting, the mayor shall call the meeting to order. In the absence of the mayor the president of the council shall chair the meeting. Upon having a quorum present, the governing body shall proceed to business, which shall be concluded in the order set by the governing body.
- Sec. 13. Consent Agenda. By majority vote of the governing body, any item may be removed from the consent agenda and considered separately.
- Sec. 14. Order of Business, Suspended or Amended. By a majority vote of the governing body, the order of business may be amended to add or delete sections as appropriate, or may be suspended in its entirety to consider other matters. Executive sessions may be held at any time in order of business.
Motions:
- Sec. 15. Motions; Seconds. All motions require a second before such motion may be considered.
- Sec. 16. Debate. All motions are debatable unless otherwise noted in the section governing motions.
- Sec. 17. Substantive Motion. Only one main substantive motion may be pending on the floor at any one time. It must be withdrawn or advanced to a vote before another substantive motion is introduced.
- Sec. 18. Substitute Motion. Substitute motions are prohibited. Substantive motions must be withdrawn or advanced before another substantive motion is introduced.
- Sec. 19. Motion to Amend. A motion to amend is in order when the proposal is to change, add, or delete words form the main substantive motion. If the motion is to amend a document before voting on its adoption, it is advisable to reduce the change to writing, but it is not required if all members of the governing body understand the amendment. A vote of an amendment is not a final vote on the under lying substantive motion. To pass the underlying substantive motion requires a vote.
- Sec. 20. Motion to Pass an Ordinance. All ordinance of the city shall be considered at a public meeting of the governing body. After consideration and amendment (if any) of the ordinance, the question shall be: “Shall the ordinance pass?” No ordinance shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title, and no section or sections of an ordinance shall be amended unless the amending ordinance contains the entire section or sections as amended and the sections or sections amended shall be repealed.
- Sec. 21. Motion to Refer. If the governing body deems it appropriate, it may refer an ordinance, resolution, contract, or other matter back to staff, committee, board, or other appropriate location for further review and consideration. Such motion may or may not contain a time certain for the item to be returned to the governing body.
- Sec. 22. Motion to Reconsider: Prohibited. Motions to reconsider are prohibited. Any governing body member may make a new substantive motion on a matter previously considered by the City.
- Sec. 23. Motion to Call the Previous Question. This motion is not debatable and, if passed by a majority of the governing body, calls for an immediate vote on the substantive motion. This motion requires a vote.
- Sec. 24. Motion to go into Executive Session. The motion to go into executive session shall be made as follows: “I move that the governing body recess into executive session pursuant to _______________ exception in order to discuss ________________ (general description), the open meeting to resume in the city council chamber at ________ (time).” The motion may also state who is to be present in the executive session, although this is not required. This motion must be made, seconded, and carried. Such motion shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting. The meeting may not reconvene until the time stated in the motion.
- Sec. 25. Motion to Adjourn to a Later Date and Time. If the governing body is unable to complete its agenda during the time allotted for the meeting, the meeting may be adjourned to a time and date certain to continue the regular or special meeting. The motion shall state the time, place, and date for the meeting to reconvene. If the motion is adopted the meeting is adjourned to the specified time, place and date.
- Sec. 26. Motion to Adjourn. At the conclusion of the agenda, a motion is in order and requires a majority vote.
Voting:
- Sec. 27. Form of Voting. All votes shall be by voice vote or, in the alternative; the mayor may request that a vote be by “show of hands”. No vote shall be by secret ballot.
- Sec. 28. Division. The mayor or any member may request a formal division of vote. At the discretion of the mayor, division may be either by poll of each member or a show of hands.
- Sec. 29 Duty to Vote. Members of a governing body have a duty to vote unless such member choosing to abstain has a conflict of interest or other conflict that appears to make voting on an issue improper. Any member who abstains must state for the purposes of its inclusion in the minutes the reason for the abstention.
- Sec. 30. Recording. Upon final passage of a matter the vote shall be recorded in the minutes.
- Sec. 31. Votes: Non-Ordinance Matters. Unless otherwise specifically required by law, the adoption or rejection of resolutions and other matters shall be by a majority of those present. An abstention shall be counted with the prevailing side.
- Sec. 32. Mayor in Council City; Non-Ordinance Matters. The mayor may cast a tie breaking vote when the council is equally divided on a vote in a non-ordinance matter.
- Sec. 33. Same; Ordinary Ordinances; Council City. The adoption of an ordinary ordinance requires three affirmative votes of the council.
- Sec. 34. Same Ordinary Ordinance: Council City. The mayor may cast the deciding vote in favor of an ordinance at any time that the number of favorable votes is one less than required.
- Sec. 35. Same; Ordinary Ordinance; Council City. Mayor’s Veto. The mayor in council may veto any ordinance passed by the council on or before the next regularly scheduled meeting with the exception of ordinances on which the mayor casts the deciding vote and appropriations ordinances. Ordinance not signed or vetoed by the mayor take effect without the mayor’s signature. Any ordinance vetoed by the mayor may be passed over the veto by a vote of four council members. The president of the council, acting in the absence of the mayor, shall have not power to sign or veto ordinances.
- Sec. 36. Same: Charter ordinances; Council City. The adoption of a charter ordinance requires four affirmative votes of the governing body. The mayor is considered a member of the governing body.
- Sec. 37. Same: Council City; Confirmation of Mayoral Appointments to Non-Elected Position. The mayor may cast the deciding vote when the council is equally divided on a vote for the mayoral appointment to a non-elected position.
- Sec. 38. Same: Council Cities; Confirmation of Mayoral Appointment to Elected Positions. The mayor may cast the deciding vote when the council is equally divided on a vote to confirm a mayoral appointment to an elected position.
Application and Amendment
- Sec. 39. Rules. For those matters not covered by these rules, the procedure shall be as decided by a majority vote of the governing body. The rules may not be suspended by the governing body during the meeting.
