A committee of the whole shall convene under this section subject to the following:
1) Department commissioners:
a. The council shall not exercise the confirmation power granted in section 5.04 of the Charter until it conducts a minimum of one (1) hearing to determine the qualifications and suitability of any department commissioner recommended by the mayor for confirmation.
b. Any hearing(s) held pursuant to subsection (1) shall commence within ten (10) working days of receipt of notice from the mayor recommending confirmation of a department commissioner and shall conclude within twenty-five (25) working days of receipt of notice as provided herein. Confirmation shall require a vote of a majority of the council at a regular or special meeting of the council.
c. All meetings held pursuant to subsection (1) shall be conducted in accordance with the provisions of section 4.105 of these rules and procedures.
d. Nothing in this section is to be construed as an infringement by the council upon the appointive powers of the mayor pursuant to section 5.04 of the Charter.
2) Other appointments:
a. Pursuant to Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances, a confirmation hearing shall be held for all individuals appointed to any of the agencies listed in Section 25-4(1), which shall not include individuals appointed to special purpose governmental entities, as defined in KRS Chapter 65A.
i. With the exception of special purpose governmental entities, for agencies listed in Section 25-4(1), when a vacancy exists due to death, resignation or removal, the office of the mayor shall notify the urban county council within seven (7) days of said vacancy.
ii. When a vacancy exists on the board of adjustment, planning commission or the ethics commission, council members are encouraged to submit nominations for consideration within seven (7) days from receipt of the notice from the office of the mayor.
iii. The office of the mayor shall, ninety (90) days prior to the expiration of the term of any member of the board of adjustment or planning commission, notify the urban county council of the term expiration date. Council members are encouraged to submit nominations for consideration within seven (7) days from receipt of the notice from the office of the mayor.
b. Prior to the confirmation hearing, the office of the mayor shall provide the council administrator with the following documents:
i. Application, which shall be delivered to the council administrator no later than five (5) days prior to a scheduled confirmation hearing;
ii. Resume, which shall be delivered to the council administrator no later than five (5) days prior to a scheduled confirmation hearing; and
iii. Statement of financial interest, which shall be delivered to the council administrator no later than five (5) days prior to a scheduled confirmation hearing.
3) All appointees to the boards, agencies and commissions covered by the provisions of article 7 of the Charter who have served two (2) consecutive full terms shall not be eligible to succeed themselves until the lapse of twelve (12) months from the end of said terms. However, such limitations shall not apply to the following:
a. Appointees serving initial staggered terms that are shorter in length than a full term.
b. Appointees serving a portion of a term after being appointed to fill a vacancy.
c. Ex officio members.
d. Members of bodies created solely by administrative action of the mayor.
e. Members of agencies whose appointments do not require council confirmation such as, but not limited to, the library board of trustees.
f. The membership of boards, agencies and commissions which cannot as a matter of law be limited as to the number of terms served.
g. Members of the planning commission and board of adjustment; provided however, that said members shall be eligible to serve three (3) consecutive full four-year terms after which said members shall not be eligible to succeed themselves until the lapse of twelve (12) months from the end of said terms.
4) Because the planning commission, the board of adjustment and the ethics commission are subject to the Ethics Act, no member appointed to one of these agencies shall be confirmed until a confirmation hearing has been conducted by the urban county council.
(Res. No. 599-2023, § 2, 11-2-23)