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(A) All officers, officials and employees of cities, counties, urban-county governments, charter county governments, a regional wastewater commission, and special districts who handle public funds in the execution of their duties shall give a good and sufficient bond to the local governing body for the faithful and honest performance of his or her duties and as security for all money coming into that person’s hands or under that person’s control. The bond amount shall be based upon the maximum amount of public funds the officer, official or employee handles at any given time during a fiscal year cycle. The local governing body shall pay the cost of the bond.
(B) Elected officials who post bond as required by statute, and employees of their offices covered by a blanket or umbrella bond, shall be deemed to have complied with division (A) of this section.
(KRS 65.067)
(A) (1) The Board of Commissioners shall establish the compensation of every elected city officer not later than the first Monday in May in the year in which the officer is elected. An elected officer’s compensation shall not be changed after his or her election or during his or her term of office.
(2) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the yearly compensation to be received by the City Commissioners is three thousand dollars ($3,000.00) and the yearly compensation to be received by the Mayor is five thousand dollars ($5,000.00).
(B) The Board of Commissioners shall fix the compensation of each appointed city officer in the ordinance that creates the office and may change it by ordinance.
(C) The Board of Commissioners shall establish the compensation of city employees in accordance with the personnel and pay classification plan ordinance of the city.
(D) All fees and commissions authorized by law shall be paid into the city treasury for the benefit of the city and shall not be retained by any officer or employee.
(Am. Ord. 0-2006-01, passed 2-27-06)
Statutory reference:
Compensation, see KRS 83A.070 and 83A.075
Maximum compensation for public officers, see Section 246, Ky. Const.
(A) Elected officers. Any elected officer, in case of misconduct, inability, or willful neglect in the performance of the duties of his or her office, may be removed from office by a unanimous vote of the members of the Board of Commissioners exclusive of any member to be removed, who shall not vote in the deliberation of his or her removal. No elected officer shall be removed without having been given the right to a full public hearing. The officer, if removed, has the right to appeal to the circuit court of the county and the appeal shall be on the record. No officer so removed is eligible to fill the office vacated before the expiration of the term to which originally elected.
(B) Nonelected officers. Nonelected city officers may be removed by the Board of Commissioners at will, unless otherwise provided by state law or ordinance.
Statutory reference:
Removal of elected officers, see KRS 83A.040(9)
Removal of nonelected officers, see KRS 83A.080(3)
ELECTED OFFICIALS
(A) Election. The Mayor of this city shall be elected by the voters of the city as set forth in KRS Chapter 83A.
(B) Qualifications. The Mayor shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age, shall be a qualified voter in the city, and shall reside in the city throughout his or her term of office.
(C) Vacancy. If a vacancy occurs in the office of Mayor, the vacancy shall be filled as set forth in KRS Chapter 83A.
(D) Powers and duties.
(1) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the Board and may vote in all proceedings.
(2) The Mayor shall be recognized as the head of the city government by the Governor for purposes of military law, but shall have no regular administrative duties.
(E) Mayor Pro Tem. The Board shall designate one City Commissioner to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. The Mayor Pro Tem shall act for the Mayor whenever the Mayor is unable to attend to the duties of his or her office and he or she shall then possess all rights, powers, and duties of Mayor. If the disability of the Mayor to attend his or her duties continues for sixty (60) consecutive days, the office of Mayor may be declared vacant by a majority vote of the Board membership and the provisions of KRS Chapter 83A shall apply.
(KRS 83A.150(3))
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