(A) The jointly appointed member of the Board shall serve as its Chairperson during the first year, and the members of the Board shall elect from its members a Vice Chairperson. Beginning with the second year and continuing annually thereafter, the members of the Board shall elect the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings when present, and shall call special meetings on the Chair’s own motion or when requested to do so by three other Board members. The Vice Chairperson shall preside at any meeting in which the Chairperson is absent.
(B) The Board shall have the power to employ, fix the compensation of, and discharge at will an Executive Director and/or Chief Engineer, and a Secretary-Treasurer. Excepting the foregoing, the Executive Director shall have the power to direct, employ, fix the compensation of, and discharge at will any employees of the agency subject to the general policies of the Board and its right to review such actions. The Board shall have the power to establish rules and regulations for all employees of the Agency.
(C) The Board shall require the Executive Director and/or Chief Engineer to execute a bond and may exact from such of its other officers and employees bonds as it deems expedient. All bonds shall be payable to the Agency in the sums as the Board may fix with approved corporate surety, and premiums therefor shall be paid by the Agency. The bonds shall obligate the makers thereof to perform the duties of their respective offices and positions and to fully account for and pay over all money, property or other thing of value of the Agency, which may come into their possession, custody or control.
(D) The Board may also employ, and remove at pleasure, accountants, engineers, legal counsel, professional and technical advisors or services, experts and other persons, skilled or unskilled, as it deems requisite for the performance of its duties.
(E) No person shall be hired as an employee of the Agency who is related within the third degree to the Mayor, the Judge/Executive, any member of the governing body of the city or the county, any member of the Board, the Executive Director And/or Chief Engineer, or the Secretary-Treasurer.
(F) The Agency may contract with the City of Paducah or the county for financial, engineering, personnel and other services it deems expedient.
(Ord. 98-3, passed 9-14-1998; Ord. 98-3.1, passed 12-13-1999; Ord. 98-03.2, passed 12-2-2002)