(A) There is hereby created the non-elective office “Chief of Police,” who shall take the Constitutional oath as well as the oath required by KRS 62.040 and KRS 95.760 and he or she shall execute bond with surety to be approved by the City Council.
(B) The Chief of Police shall be in command of the city police department, perform all statutory duties imposed upon him or her and shall have all powers conferred by statute; he or she shall attend all sessions of the city legislative body and he or she shall perform such other duties as may be required by the executive authority and legislative bodies.
(C) The Chief of Police shall receive the compensation set forth in the city personnel and pay classification plan, which may be hereafter changed by municipal order.
(D) The Chief of Police shall be appointed by the executive authority of the city with the approval of the legislative body which is elected at the November election preceding the commencement of his or her term. He or she shall hold his or her office for a period of two (2) years and until his or her successor is appointed subject to removal at any time, the first of said terms begin on the first Monday of January 1982. Provided, however, that the present Chief of Police shall complete the previously appointed term which shall expire on the first Monday of January 1982.
(Ord. passed 9-15-75; Am. Ord. 2019-14, passed 9-26-19)