(A) The Commission shall by ordinance fix the compensation of every elected city officer not later than the first Monday in May in the year in which the officer is elected. An elected officer’s compensation shall not be changed after his or her election or during his or her term of office.
(KRS 83A.070(1))
(1) In order to equate the compensation of the Mayor and Commissioners with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local Government computes by the second Friday in February of every year the annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by using 1949 as the base year in accordance with § 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky, which provides that the Mayor and Commissioners shall be paid at a rate no greater than $7,200 per annum.
(2) The City Commission shall set the compensation of these officers in accordance with KRS 83A.070 at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the Department for Local Government.
(KRS 83A.075)
(B) The Commission shall establish the compensation of city employees and nonelected city officers in accordance with the personnel and pay classification plan ordinance of the city.
(KRS 83A.070(2))