(A) The Planning Commission membership shall consist of seven (7) members with at least two-thirds of the members being citizen members and no more than one (1) member residing outside the Murray city limits but within the extraterritorial jurisdiction area of the Commission. Citizen members may be any citizen who is not an elected official, appointed official, or public employee of the city or county. Noncitizen members may be any elected official, appointed official, or public employee of the city or county. The Mayor shall appoint the members of the Commission with the approval of the legislative body. The County Judge Executive may appoint one (1) member of the Planning Commission when extraterritorial jurisdiction is exercised for subdivision or other regulations. All noncitizen members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. All citizen members of the Planning Commission shall be compensated fifty dollars ($50.00) per meeting attended. Reimbursement for expenses lawfully incurred by either noncitizen or citizen members in the performance of their duties may be authorized by formal action of the Commission. The term of office of all elected public officials shall be the same as their official tenure in office. The term of office for other members shall be four years, but the term of office for members first appointed shall be staggered so that a proportionate number serve one, two, three, and four years respectively, and later appointments or reappointments shall continue the staggered pattern. All vacancies, whether by resignation, dismissal or expiration of the term of office, shall be filled within 60 days by the appropriate appointment authority or as otherwise provided for in KRS Chapter 100. The membership of the sitting Murray Planning Commission shall be decreased only by attrition with the first appointed member position of the Planning Commission appointed by the Mayor being the first position to be terminated by attrition.
(B) The oath of office shall be administered to all members of the Commission before entering on their duties. The oath shall be administered as provided by law. Any member may be removed by the appropriate appointment authority for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, or conflict of interest. The removed member shall have the right of appeal in the manner prescribed by KRS Chapter 100.
(Ord. 457, passed 11-10-66; Am. Ord. 97-1111, passed 6-27-97; Am. Ord. 2005-1381, passed 7-28-05; Am. Ord. 2013-1610, passed 6-27-13; Am. Ord. 2018-1750, passed 1-25-18; Am. Ord. 2019-1769, passed 2-28-19)