(A) The executive authority of the city is vested in and exercised solely by the Mayor. The city personnel policies shall also apply to all members of the Police Department, in addition to the Standard Operating Procedure Manual (SOP).
(B) Chief of Police shall promulgate standard operating procedures to ensure the orderly administration of the functions of the City Police Department, but these standard operating procedures must be approved by with the advice and consent of the Mayor, as well as any changes or revisions thereto.
(C) The Police Chief shall require each officer to complete and submit to the Chief a daily activity sheet. Each month, the Police Chief shall make a written report to the Council and the Mayor at the regular Council meeting concerning the activities of the Police Department, the budget and operation of the Police Department. This report shall include the information concerning all citations and warnings issued and runs made by the Police Department in the last month. The Chief shall also inform the Mayor as soon as possible of any significant issues in the past month concerning the actions of any member of the police force which may be the basis of a complaint against any member of the Police Department. If there is any matter in the Chief's report which by its nature involves personnel or pending litigation, the Chief shall report this matter in a properly-called executive session of the Council. The Chief shall also report to the Council and Mayor on any other matter including, but not limited to the police budget, facilities, or management, which the Chief deems important for the Council and Mayor to know for them to perform their oversight function.
(D) The Chief of Police of the Lyndon Police Department is responsible for the day-to-day operation of the Police Department and the scheduling of officers assigned to the Police Department, subject to the direction of the Mayor as to what must be covered, whether it is a specific event, or whether it is a specific time. The Mayor is fully within his or her executive authority to make directives about specific areas and times for which police coverage is required. The Mayor has full supervisory authority concerning the actions of the Chief of Police. The Chief of Police answers to the Mayor.
(E) The Chief of Police has the authority and responsibility for the allocation, care, and maintenance of the equipment of the Lyndon Police Department, according to city ordinance, state law and the city's standard operating procedures. The Chief of Police must keep and maintain an updated full inventory of all equipment of the Police Department, which shall be reviewed at least annually through the police budget approval process. The Mayor has the authority to require immediate submittal of any documentary evidence showing the current inventory of all Police Department assets and equipment.
(F) Prior to May 1 of each year, the Chief of Police will submit to the Mayor a proposed budget to fund all aspects of the Police Department for the fiscal year starting July 1 and ending June 31. The proposed police budget will include specific, line-item requests for each resource necessary to run the Police Department, including a request for man-hours for each officer for the upcoming year and each member's rate of pay (including the Chief). The Police Chief's entire budget proposal will then be submitted to the City Council for its consideration, modification, approval, or rejection according to its authority under Kentucky law.
(G) The Police Department cannot spend any more city funds than were allocated for the Police Department in the city's yearly budget ordinance without specific authorization from the City Council. It is the responsibility of the Chief of Police to make sure the Police Department stays within its budget.
(Ord. 6-27-22A, Series 2022, passed 7-25-22)