Whenever the governing body of the city of McPherson shall determine by ordinance that the property described as Block 81 of the city of McPherson, McPherson county, Kansas, dedicated as public grounds by the original plat of the city of McPherson, and known as the Wickersham Block by reasons of its use by the school district as a site for a school building, is no longer needed for the use for which it was originally acquired, such city is hereby authorized to use such property for any public purpose which the governing body shall determine is in the best interest of the inhabitants of such city.
K.S.A. 12-16,105