In this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) Appointing authority means, for the classified civil service employees in the office of the urban county council, the urban county council, and for all other classified civil service employees, the mayor.
(2) Authorized strength means the list of positions that have been approved by the Urban County Council.
(3) Classification or class means a group of one (1) or more positions sufficiently similar that the same descriptive title may be used with clarity to designate each position allocated to the classification. Positions are grouped into classifications in regard to:
(i) Duties performed and responsibilities;
(ii) Minimum qualification requirements of education, experience, licenses, and certifications;
(iii) Tests of knowledge, skills and abilities used to recruit employees;
(iv) Pay grades; and
(v) Job title.
(4) Commission means the civil service commission as established under KRS 67A.230.
(5) Director means the director of human resources.
(6) Executive unit means a division, department or office of the urban county government, as the context of this chapter indicates.
(7) First day of the fiscal year, for purposes of salary and benefit matters, unless the context dictates otherwise, shall mean the first day of the pay period for which pay is received on or after July 1 of the new fiscal year.
(8) Qualified adult means a person of the same or opposite sex who meets the following criteria:
a. Age eighteen (18) or older;
b. Not related to the employee;
c. Resides with employee for a least twelve (12) months prior to applying for the use of sick leave or bereavement leave as set forth in this chapter;
d. Unmarried; and
e. Financially interdependent with the employee for at least twelve (12) months, and shall certify by affidavit signed by the qualified adult and the employee that at least two (2) of the following conditions have been met in the last twelve months (one (1) from e.i-e.v and one (1) from e.vi-e.ix):
i. Joint ownership of real estate property or joint tenancy on a residential lease;
ii. Joint ownership of an automobile;
iii. Joint bank or credit account;
iv. Joint liabilities;
v. Joint utility account;
vi. Will designating the eligible qualified adult as primary beneficiary;
vii. Retirement plan or life insurance policy beneficiary destination form designating the eligible qualified adult as primary beneficiary;
viii. Durable power of attorney signed to the effect that the employee and eligible qualified adult have granted powers to one another; and
ix. Adoption papers or legal guardianship identifying the employee and Qualified Adult as the joint adopting individuals or joint legal guardians.
(9) Supervisor means the director of the division in which a classified civil service employee serves; or, in the case of a classified civil service employee either not serving within a division or division directors themselves, the commissioner of his department; or, in the case of either directors of the divisions within the office of administrative services or employees in the office of the chief administrative officer, the chief administrative officer.
When a classified civil service employee does not serve directly under a division director or a department commissioner or the chief administrative officer, the supervisor is the urban county government officer or employee responsible for assigning his duties and overseeing his performance.
(10) Unified Pay Plan means classifications within pay grades in the five hundred (500) series.
(Ord. No. 139-78, § 1(21-1), 6-29-78; Ord. No. 116-96, § 1, 6-27-96; Ord. No. 059-2022 , § 1, 7-5-2022)