(A) Mayor; election, term; qualifications. The Mayor shall be elected by the qualified voters of the city for a term of four years. He or she shall have the same qualifications as a member of the City Commission.
(KRS 86.180)
(B) Mayor pro tem. In the absence of the Mayor, the City Commission shall elect a Mayor pro tem from its own members. The Mayor pro tem shall not perform the functions of the Mayor unless the regular Mayor has been absent from the county for at least three days, or is unable to discharge his or her duties.
(KRS 86.190)
(C) Duties and powers of Mayor.
(1) The Mayor shall see that the laws and ordinances of the city are enforced and observed.
(2) The Mayor shall require written information from any city officer upon any subject relating to the duties of that officer.
(3) The Mayor shall be the head of the city police, and may command them in the performance of their duties. He or she shall be a conservator of the peace, and when he or she considers it necessary in order to enforce the laws of the city, save life or property, or quell riots or mobs, he or she may summon into service any of the citizens, either civil or military, and in such cases he or she shall be present and command in person. The City Commission shall, by ordinance, prescribe fines and penalties for disobedience of the Mayors orders and summons.
(4) The Mayor shall perform any other duties imposed by ordinance.
(KRS 86.200) (1980 Code, § 130.1)