§ 35.17 QUALIFICATIONS AND TERMS.
   (A)   Each person appointed to the Housing Authority Commission shall be at least 25 years of age and a bona fide resident of the city for at least one year preceding the appointment. No officer or employee of the city, whether holding a paid or unpaid office, is eligible to hold an appointment on the Housing Authority Commission.
   (B) Appointees to the Housing Authority Commission shall be originally appointed for terms of four years. Upon the expiration of the term of the first appointees, their successors shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, and four years, respectively, and upon the expiration of the term of each of the second group of appointees his successor shall be appointed for a term of four years.
   (C) Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointment.
(KRS 80.040(1)(a))