(A) The legislative authority of the city shall be vested in and exercised by the City Council. The Council shall not perform any executive functions except those functions assigned to it by statute.
(B) The City Council shall, by ordinance, establish all appointive offices and the duties and responsibilities of those offices and codes, rules, and regulations for the public health, safety, and welfare.
(C) The City Council shall, by ordinance, provide for sufficient revenue to operate city government and shall appropriate the funds of the city in a budget which shall provide for the orderly management of city resources.
(D) The City Council shall have the right to investigate all activities of city government. The Council may require any city officer or employee to prepare and submit to it sworn statements regarding his performance of his official duties. Any statement required by the City Council to be submitted or any investigation undertaken by the Council, if any office, department, or agency under the jurisdiction of the Mayor is involved, shall not be submitted or undertaken unless and until written notice of the Council’s action is given to the Mayor. The Mayor shall have the right to review any statement before submission to the City Council and to appear personally or through his designee on behalf of any department, office, or agency in the course of any investigation.
(KRS 83A.130)