(A) The Commission established pursuant to KRS 91A.350(2) shall be composed of seven (7) members to be appointed, in accordance with the method used to establish the Commission. Members of a commission established by separate action of the local governing body of a city located therein shall be appointed separately by the Chief Executive Officer of the local governing body that established the Commission. The Chief Executive Officer of a city shall mean the Mayor. Appointments to a Commission shall be made by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers in the following manner:
(1) Two (2) Commissioners shall be appointed from a list of three (3) or more names submitted by the local city hotel and motel association and one (1) Commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three (3) or more names submitted by the local county hotel and motel association, provided that if only one (1) local hotel and motel association exists which covers both the city and county, then three (3) Commissioners shall be appointed from a list of six (6) or more names submitted by it. If no formal local city or county hotel and motel association is in existence upon the establishment of a commission or upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner appointed pursuant to this subsection, then up to three (3) Commissioners shall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers from persons residing within the jurisdiction of the commission and representing local hotels or motels. A local city or county hotel and motel association shall not be required to be affiliated with the Kentucky Hotel and Motel Association to be recognized as the official local city or county hotel and motel association.
(2) One (1) Commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three (3) or more names submitted by the local restaurant association or associations. If no formal local restaurant association or associations exist upon the establishment of a Commission or upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner appointed pursuant to this subsection, then one (1) commissionershall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers from persons residing within the jurisdiction of the commission and representing a local restaurant. A local restaurant association or associations shall not be required to be affiliated with the Kentucky Restaurant Association to be recognized as the official local restaurant association or associations.
(3) One (1) Commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three (3) or more names submitted by the chamber or chambers of commerce existing within those governmental units, which by joint or separate action have established the Commission. If the Commission is established by joint action of a county and a city or cities, then each chamber of commerce shall submit a list of three (3) names, and the Chief Executive Officers of the participating governmental units shall jointly appoint one (1) Commission member from the aggregate list. If no local chamber of commerce is in existence upon the establishment of a commission or upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner appointed pursuant to this subsection, then one (1) Commissioner shall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers from persons residing within the jurisdiction of the commission and representing local businesses.
(4) Two (2) Commissioners shall be appointed in the following manner:
(a) By the chief executive officer of the city.
(b) A candidate submitted for appointment to the Commission, pursuant to this section, shall be appointed by the appropriate Chief Executive Officer within thirty (30) days of the receipt of the required list or lists. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that original appointments are made.
(C) The Commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years, provided, that in making the initial appointments, the appropriate chief executive officer or officers shall appoint two (2) Commissioners for a term of three (3) years, two (2) Commissioners for a term of two (2) years and three (3) Commissioners for a term of one (1) year. There shall be no limitation on the number of terms to which a commissioner is reappointed. Subsequent appointments shall be for three (3) year terms.
(D) A Commissioner may be removed from office, by joint or separate action, of the appropriate chief executive officer or officers of the local governing body or bodies that established the Commission, as provided by KRS 65.007.
(Ord. 2019-04, passed 9-12-2019)