a. The Board shall be composed of five (5) members.
b. The initial four (4) regular members shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval by the Board of Commissioners, to terms ranging in length from one to four (4) years; one member shall serve for one year, one member for two (2) years, one member for three (3) years, one member for four (4) years. At the conclusion or termination of the term of each member, that member may be reappointed to one additional term by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Commissioners. If that member is not reappointed, a new member shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Commissioners. Each new member appointed and any member reappointed shall serve for a term of four (4) years. In no case shall any regular member serve more than eight (8) consecutive years on the Board. If any member resigns or, for any reason, ceases to be a member before the expiration of his term, the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Commissioners shall appoint a new member to serve for such member’s unexpired term, pursuant to KRS 96.760. The four (4) regular members of the Board shall be residents of the City and shall have resided in the City for not less than one (1) year preceding the date of the appointment and shall be a citizen, taxpayer and legal voter of the City and otherwise qualified pursuant to KRS 96.740.
c. The fifth member shall be one of the members of the Board of Commissioners or the City Manager as designated by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Commissioners, and his term shall be for such time as the Mayor may fix, but not beyond such appointee’s term of office. That member may be reappointed to the Board by the Mayor with approval of the Board of Commissioners as long as he remains in office.
d. The salaries for the four (4) regular members of the Board shall be determined by the Board not to exceed the amount provided for by KRS 96.750; provided, however, the fifth or the ex officio member from the Board of Commissioners or City Manager shall be paid no salary as a member of this Board. Any salaries shall be paid by the Board from allowable operating revenues generated by Bowling Green Municipal Utilities.
e. No person shall be appointed as a member of the Board who has, within the last two (2) years next before his appointment, held any public office, or who is related within the third degree to the Mayor or any member of the Board of Commissioners of the City, pursuant to KRS 96.740.
f. No person shall be appointed a member of the Board who is at the time of his appointment indebted either directly or indirectly to the City or who is a surety on the official bond of any official of the City, pursuant to KRS 96.740.
g. If at any time during his term of office a regular member of the Board becomes a candidate for or is elected or appointed to any public office, he shall automatically vacate his membership on the Board and another person shall be appointed in his place, pursuant to KRS 96.740.
h. The members of the Board shall each give bond for the faithful performance of his duties in the sum of five thousand ($5,000.00) dollars, with surety, to be approved by the Board of Commissioners. The cost of such bonds shall be paid equally from the revenue of the electric system and water and sewer system.
(Ord. BG80-63, S27-18, 7/15/80; Ord. BG91-10, 3/19/91; Ord. BG99-05, 2/18/99; Ord. BG2001-5, 2/20/2001; Ord. BG2012-42, 1/15/2013)