(A) Pursuant to KRS 241.160 and KRS 241.170, there is hereby created the office of the City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator (City ABC Administrator).
(B) The Mayor of the city appoints the Chief of Police, an employee of the city, to serve as the City Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) Administrator, pursuant to KRS 241.170.
(C) If the Chief of Police is not appointed by the Mayor to assume the role of City ABC Administrator, then the Mayor shall request that the City Council approve a new appointment or that it shall add the position of City ABC Administrator, as well as any other additional personnel to assist the City ABC Administrator, to the city’s Pay and Classification Plan, and a salary range for each position.
(D) The City ABC Administrator may, from time to time, appoint such additional personnel, such as alcoholic beverage control investigators, as is necessary to assist him or her in the administration of this chapter.
(E) (1) The City ABC Administrator shall have the same duties and functions regarding local license applications and renewals as the State Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control with respect to state licenses.
(2) The City ABC Administrator shall have the same duties and functions regarding local license penalization as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board with respect to state license penalization.
(F) To prevent potential conflicts of interests, no person shall be a City ABC Administrator, an investigator, or an employee of the city under the supervision of the City ABC Administrator, who would be disqualified to be a member of the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board under state law set forth in KRS 241.100.
(G) The City ABC Administrator shall have authority delegated by the Mayor, and as authorized under KRS Chapter 241 through 244. The City ABC Administrator, and his or her investigators, shall have jurisdiction coextensive with the boundaries of the city.
(H) The City ABC Administrator, and his or her investigators, shall have available at all reasonable times for their inspection all books and records required to be maintained by licenses under KRS 244.150, and the City ABC Administrator shall receive copies of all reports submitted by the licensee to the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control.
(I) (1) The City ABC Administrator, before entering upon his or her duties, shall take the oath as prescribed in the State Constitution § 228.
(2) The City ABC Administrator, and any employee delegated or assigned to the City ABC Administration, may also be asked to execute a bond in such penal sum as the city deems necessary, unless said person is already covered under the city’s active bonds as required under Kentucky Revised Statutes in regards to officials and employees of the city.
(Ord. 05-2019, passed 12-30-2019)