(A) The city shall be governed under the Commission form of government as provided by KRS Ch. 83A.
(B) The city shall be governed by an elective official who shall be called “Mayor” and be elected by legislative body members who shall be called City Commissioners, and which together shall be known as the “City Commission”, and by such other officers and employees as may be provided for by statute of city ordinance.
(C) All legislative, executive and administrative authority of the city shall be vested in and exercised by the City Commission. The Commission shall enforce the commission plan, ordinances and orders of the city and all applicable statutes. The Commission shall maintain liaison with related units of local government respecting inter-local contraction and joint activities. The Commission shall supervise all departments of city government and the conduct of all city officers and employees under its jurisdiction and may require each department to make such reports as it finds necessary.
(D) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the commission and may vote in all proceedings. All bonds, notes, contracts and written obligations of the city authorized by ordinance or resolution shall be executed by the Mayor on behalf of the city.
(E) Regular meetings of the City Commission shall be held at least once a month at such times and places are as fixed by ordinances. Special meetings may be called by the Mayor or a majority of the City Commissioners. In the call, the Mayor or City Commissioner shall designate the purpose, time and place of the special meeting with sufficient notice for the attendance of Commission members and for compliance with the KRS Ch. 61. At a special meeting, no business maybe considered other than that set forth in a designation of purpose.
(F) (1) The Commission shall by ordinance establish all appointive offices and the duties and responsibilities of those offices and codes, rules and regulations for the public health, safety and welfare.
(2) The Commission shall, by ordinance, provide sufficient revenues to operate city government and shall appropriate such funds in a budget which shall provide for the orderly management of city resources.
(3) The Commission shall promulgate procedures to ensure orderly administration of the functions of city government in compliance with statute, ordinance or order.
(Prior Code, § 1.2.3)