(A) (1) The legislative authority of the city is hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the elected Council of the city.
(2) The City Council may not perform any executive functions except those functions assigned to it by statute.
(KRS 83A.130(11))
(B) The City Council shall establish all appointive offices and the duties and responsibilities of those offices and codes, rules and regulations for the public health, safety and welfare.
(KRS 83A.130(12))
(C) The City Council shall provide, by ordinance, for sufficient revenue to operate city government and shall appropriate the funds of the city in a budget which provides for the orderly management of city resources.
(KRS 83A.130(12))
(D) (1) The City Council may investigate all activities of city government.
(2) The City Council may require any city officer or employee to prepare and submit to it sworn statements regarding the performance of his or her official duties.
(3) Any statement required by the City Council to be submitted or any investigation undertaken by the City 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 City Council’s action is given to the Mayor.
(4) The Mayor may review any statement before submission to the City Council and to appear personally or through his or her designee on behalf of any department, office or agency in the course of any investigation.
(KRS 83A.130(13))
(Prior Code, § 32.03)