(a) The PAD shall consist of five (5) persons appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city commission to serve as commissioners of the PAD. Three (3) of the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one (1), two (2), and three (3) years respectively, and the remaining two (2) of such commissioners shall be designated to serve for terms of four (4) years each from the date of their appointment. Upon expiration of the staggered terms, the successors shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Appointments to complete unexpired terms of office shall be made in the same manner as the original appointments.
(b) The members of the PAD shall constitute the governing body of the PAD and shall adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as are necessary for governing of the PAD. Any PAD commissioner may be removed from office upon a vote of the majority of the members of the city commission, for inefficiency, neglect of duty, misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance, after at least ten (10) days' written notice of the hearing to the member whose conduct is in question and to all members of the PAD board of commissioners. At the hearing, the member may be represented by counsel and may appear personally and present such pertinent evidence as he wishes. If after the hearing the city commission determines that he is guilty of the charges, they shall remove the member from the PAD board of commissioners within seven (7) days; and there shall be a vacancy of the office.
(c) The PAD board of commissioners is a body corporate constituting a public corporation and a governmental agency within the meaning of KRS 58.010 and shall have all powers granted by KRS 58.010 through 58.150.
(Ord. No. 1445, § 2, 6-27-91)
State law reference--Similar provisions to subsections (b) and (c), KRS 94.815(3), (4).