(A) Members. The Commission shall be composed of seven members and shall, unless otherwise specified, be appointed by the joint action and agreement of the City Mayor and the County Judge Executive, as set forth herein.
(B) Appointment of members. In the absence of both a local hotel-motel association and a local restaurant association at the time of the establishment of the Commission, the initial Commission members shall be appointed as follows.
(1) Initial appointments. The following initial members of the Commission shall, unless otherwise specified, be appointed by the joint decision of the City Mayor and the County Judge Executive, to wit:
(a) Three Commissioners from a list of five or more names submitted by the Hotel and Hospitality Association;
(b) One Commissioner from a list of three names submitted by the Restaurant Association;
(c) One Commissioner shall be appointed by the County Chamber of Commerce;
(d) One Commissioner shall be appointed by the sole discretion of the Mayor of the City;
(e) One Commissioner shall be appointed in the sole discretion of the County Judge Executive; and
(f) The Commission may appoint such ex-officio members as it deems necessary.
(2) Subsequent appointments/vacancies. All appointments or re-appointments made after the date of the initial appointments described in division (B)(1) above shall made as follows.
(a) In the event that no local hotel association exists and/or no local restaurant association exists at the time it shall become necessary to fill an expired term or other vacancy, all such subsequent appointments or vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that the original appointment was made.
(b) Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three years; provided that in making the initial appointments, the appropriate chief executive officer or officers shall appoint two Commissioners for a term of three years, two Commissioners for a term of two years and one Commissioner for a term of one year. There shall be no limitation on the number of terms to which a Commissioner is reappointed. Upon the expiration of the term of any member, such member may continue to serve without restriction until replaced.
(C) Removal of Commissioner. A Commissioner may be removed from office, by joint or separate action, of the appropriate chief executive officer or officers of the local governing body or bodies that established the Commission as provided by KRS 65.007.
(D) Officers and employees. The Commission shall elect from its membership a chairperson and a treasurer, and may employ personnel and make contracts necessary to carry out the purpose of KRS 91A.350 to 91A.390. The contracts may include, but shall not be limited to, the procurement of promotional services, advertising services and other services and materials relating to the promotion of tourist and convention business. Contracts of the type enumerated shall be made only with persons, organizations and firms with experience and qualifications for providing promotional services and materials, such as advertising firms, chambers of commerce, publishers and printers.
(E) Books and audits. All books of the Commission and its account(s), as established pursuant to KRS 91A.390(2), shall be audited as provided in the applicable sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes, as amended. An independent certified public accountant or Auditor of Public Accounts shall make a report to the Commission, to the associations submitting lists of names from which Commission members are selected, to the appropriate chief executive officer or officers, to the State Auditor of Public Accounts and to the local governing body or bodies that established the Commission that was audited. A copy of the audit report shall be made available by the Commission to members of the public upon request and at no charge.
(Ord. 2018-02, passed 8-20-2018)