(1) The board shall consist of ten (10) at-large members and twenty-seven (27) ex officio members. The at-large members shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the urban county council members. The at-large members of the board shall be selected because of their demonstrated knowledge of the prevention, education, crisis intervention and treatment services related to interpersonal violence. Those members shall be representative to the extent practicable of all the following categories: parents, legal community, medical community, professional providers of interpersonal violence services faith community, and volunteers in interpersonal violence services, especially preventive services. At-large members shall serve a term of four (4) years from the date of appointment, provided that the terms of those originally appointed shall be staggered in the manner required by section 7.02 of the Urban County Charter. Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the manner prescribed for the original appointment.
(2) The ex officio members shall consist of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Chief of Police; the Director of Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Adult and Tenant Services; an Urban County Council member designated by the Mayor; the commissioner of public safety; the commissioner of social services; the Director of the Family Care Center; the Director of the Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner Program; the Fayette County Commonwealth's Attorney; the Fayette County Attorney; the Fayette Circuit Court Clerk; the Fayette District Court Chief Judge; the Fayette Family Court Chief Judge; the Office of the Fayette County Sheriff; the University of Kentucky Chief of Police; the Director of Ampersand Sexual Violence Resource Center of the Bluegrass; the Director of the Children's Advocacy Center of the Bluegrass; the Director of the Chrysalis House; the Director of Greenhouse17; the Director of the Nursing Home Ombudsman Agency of the Bluegrass; the Director of the Nest; the Director of the University of Kentucky Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Center; the Superintendent of Fayette County Schools; the Fayette County Service Region Administrator, Kentucky Cabinet for Health and Family Services; the Fayette Friend of the Court; the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Multicultural Affairs Program Coordinator; the Violence Against Women Act Attorney from Legal Aid of the Bluegrass; the Director of the Division of Family and Youth Services for CHES Solutions Group. The ex officio members may select a designee authorized to represent them on the board. Both the at-large members and the ex officio members or their designees shall be voting members of the board. The division of police, department of social services and the department of law shall provide staff and assistance to the board as needed. Board members shall receive no compensation for their services.
(Ord. No. 40-85, § 1, 2-21-85; Ord. No. 81-86, § 1, 5-29-86; Ord. No. 281-88, § 1, 12-1-88; Ord. No. 22-89, § 1, 2-9-89; Ord. No. 22-94, § 1, 2-24-94; Ord. No. 197-2005, § 1, 7-12-05; Ord. No. 69-2014, § 2, 6-19-14; Ord. No. 51-2019 , § 1, 7-9-19)