(A) Except as set forth in § 50.01, no person shall be appointed a member of the Utility Commission who has, within the past two years before his or her appointment, held any public office, or who is a close relative of the Mayor or any member of the City Council. CLOSE RELATIVE as used in this Chapter 50 shall be defined as a person who by consanguinity or affinity, including half, foster, step and adoptive kin, is either a spouse, child, grandchild, parent, grandparent, brother, sister, aunt, uncle, nephew or niece of the principal.
(B) Pursuant to KRS 96.320, members of the Utility Commission shall be citizens, taxpayers, regular voters of the city, and/or customers of the Utility Commission and shall not at the time of their appointment be indebted to the municipality either directly or indirectly or be surety on the official bond of any official of the city.
(C) If at any time during his or her term of office a member of the Utility Commission is elected to or appointed to any public office, he or she shall automatically vacate his or her membership from the Utility Commission and another person shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the City Council to take his or her place. Notwithstanding this provision, a City Council member who is appointed by the Mayor to serve on the Utility Commission, as an ex-officio member, may serve in both capacities.
(D) The Utility Commission shall pay the cost of securing bonds for Utility Commission members from a surety company qualified to do business in the state and the members shall execute bond in an amount required by resolution of the Utility Commission and conditioned upon the faithful performance of their official duties.
(E) Each member of the Utility Commission shall qualify by taking the oath provided for by § 228 of the Kentucky Constitution.
(Ord. 2-83, passed 2-21-1983; Ord. 4-2000, passed 6-5-2000; Ord. 21-2004, passed 12-20-2004; Ord. 22-2006, passed 10-1-2006; Ord. 3-2014, passed 2-3-2014; Ord. 5-2014, passed 6-2-2014; Ord. 1-2024, passed 2-5-2024)