(A) The Board shall be composed of three (3) members and two (2) alternate members appointed by as follows: one (1) member and one (1) alternate member shall be appointed by the Paris City Commission; one (1) member and one (1) alternate member appointed by the Bourbon County Judge-Executive and approved by the Bourbon County Fiscal Court; one member appointed by the North Middletown City Council.
(B) Initial Board appointments shall be as follows:
(1) The member appointed by the City of Paris shall serve an initial term of one (1) year.
(2) The member appointed by the City of North Middletown shall serve an initial term of three (3) years.
(3) The member appointed by Bourbon County shall serve an initial term of two (2) years.
(4) The alternate member appointed by the City of Paris shall serve an initial term of two (2) years.
(5) The alternate member appointed by Bourbon County shall serve an initial term of two (2) years.
(C) All subsequent appointments shall be made for a term of three (3) years.
(D) Alternate members shall meet all of the qualifications and shall be subject to all of the requirements that apply to regular members of the Board.
(E) Any vacancy on the Board shall be filled by the aforementioned appointing parties within sixty (60) days. If a vacancy is not filled by the respective appointing authority within sixty (60) days, the remaining members of the Code Enforcement Board shall fill the vacancy. All vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term.
(F) Any member of a Code Enforcement Board may be removed by the appointing authority for misconduct, inefficiency, or willful neglect of duty. Any appointing authority who exercises the power to remove a member of a Code Enforcement Board shall submit a written statement, to the member and to the legislative body of the local government, setting forth the reasons for removal. The member so removed shall have the right of appeal to the Circuit Court.
(G) All members of the Board must, before entering into office, take the oath of office prescribed by Section 228 of the Kentucky Constitution.
(H) Members of the Board shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100.00) per member, per meeting attended, not to exceed twelve hundred dollars ($1,200.00) per member per year. Alternates shall be compensated one hundred dollars ($100.00) for each meeting to which they are called to attend as an alternate member, but otherwise shall not be compensated.
(I) No member of the Board may hold any elected or appointed office, whether paid or unpaid, or any position of employment with the unit of local government that has created the Code Enforcement Board.
(J) Each member of the Code Enforcement Board shall have resided within the boundaries of Bourbon County for a period of at least one (1) year prior to the date of the member’s appointment and shall reside there throughout the term in office.
(Ord. 2023-3, passed 5-9-23)