(A) The Mayor has the authority to appoint and remove all city employees except as otherwise provided by statute, ordinance or contract. Statutes that provide otherwise regarding the termination of employment include the following.
(1) For police officers, KRS 15.520 applies to police officers that have completed the introductory period and only to any external citizen complaint or a violation of law enforcement procedures and requires a hearing conducted by the city in the manner prescribed by KRS 15.520.
(2) For non-elected officers, KRS 83A.080 requires a written reason be provided to the non-elected officer upon termination.
(B) Employees also have the right to terminate their employment at any time and for any reason. The city asks that they provide a written notice at least two weeks prior to their intent to leave in order to assist the city in the smooth transition of their job duties.
(C) Employees cannot use accrued leave time, i.e., vacation, sick or personal, to extend the termination date. The employee’s last day actually worked is the date of termination.
(D) In the event of the termination of his or her employment for any reason, he or she must return all property of the city, including uniforms, keys, credit cards, mobile phones, computer software and hardware, proprietary and confidential materials, reports and any other city property that may be in his or her possession. This property must be returned prior to the last day of his or her employment. If an employee ceases to be employed during the year and does not return city property by the last day of employment, the employee must pay to the city the value of the city property. If possible, the value of the unreturned property will be deducted from the nonexempt employee’s final paycheck if the deduction does not take the employee’s pay below minimum wage.
(E) All pertinent documentation of said termination will be entered into the employee’s personnel file.