CHAPTER 32:  CITY COUNCIL
Section
General Provisions
   32.01   Members; election, qualifications, compensation
   32.02   Vacancies
   32.03   Powers and duties
Rules of Procedure
   32.20   Mayor as Presiding Officer
   32.21   Meetings
   32.22   Quorum
Ordinances
   32.35   One subject; title
   32.36   Introduction; enacting clause
   32.37   Form of amendment
   32.38   Reading requirement; exception for emergency
   32.39   Approval, disapproval by Mayor
   32.40   Adoption of standard codes by reference
   32.41   Official city records
   32.42   Indexing and maintenance requirements
   32.43   Publication requirements
   32.44   Additional requirements for adoption may be established by city
   32.45   Periodic review required
   32.46   Municipal orders
   32.47   Proved by Clerk; received in evidence
   32.48   Legislative immunity
Cross-reference:
   Mayor-Council form of government, see § 30.01
GENERAL PROVISIONS
§ 32.01  MEMBERS; ELECTION, QUALIFICATIONS, COMPENSATION.
   (A)   Election; term of office.  Each Council member shall be elected at-large by the voters of the city at a regular election. A candidate for Council member shall be a resident of the city for not less than one year prior to his or her election. Terms of office begin on the first day of January following the election and shall be for 2 years.
   (B)   Qualifications.  A member shall be at least 21 years of age, shall be a qualified voter in the city and shall reside in the city throughout his or her term of office.
(KRS 83A.040(4))
   (C)   Compensation.  For provisions concerning compensation, see § 31.02.
§ 32.02  VACANCIES.
   (A)   Vacancies.  If 1 or more vacancies on Council occur in a way that 1 or more members remain seated, the remaining members shall within 30 days fill the vacancies 1 at a time, giving each new appointee reasonable notice of his or her selection as will enable him or her to meet and act with the remaining members in making further appointments until all vacancies are filled.  If vacancies occur in a way that all seats become vacant, the Governor shall appoint qualified persons to fill the vacancies sufficient to constitute a quorum.  Remaining vacancies are filled as provided in this section.
(KRS 83A.040(5))
      (1)   No vacancy by reason of a voluntary resignation of a member of the City Council shall occur unless a written resignation which specifies a resignation date is tendered to the City Council.  The resignation shall be effective at the next regular or special meeting of the city legislative body occurring after the date specified in the written letter of resignation.
(KRS 83A.040(7))
      (2)   If a vacancy occurs on the City Council which is required by law to be filled temporarily by appointment, the City Council shall immediately notify in writing both the County Clerk and the Secretary of State of the vacancy.
(KRS 83A.040(8))
   (B)   Failure to fill vacancies.  If for any reason, any vacancy on Council is not filled within 30 days after it occurs, the Governor shall promptly fill the vacancy by appointment of a qualified person who shall serve for the same period as if otherwise appointed.
(KRS 83A.040(6))
Statutory reference:
   Filling of vacancies for nonpartisan city office, see KRS 83A.175
§ 32.03  POWERS AND DUTIES.
   (A)   The legislative authority of the city is hereby vested in and shall be exercised by the elected Council of the city.  The Council may not perform any executive functions except those functions assigned to it by statute.
(KRS 83A.130(11))
   (B)   The 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 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)   The Council may investigate all activities of city government.  The 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.  Any statement required by the Council to be submitted or any investigation undertaken by the 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 Council’s action is given to the Mayor.  The Mayor may review any statement before submission to the 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))
RULES OF PROCEDURE
§ 32.20  MAYOR AS PRESIDING OFFICER.
   (A)   The Mayor shall preside at meetings of the Council.  The Council has the authority to establish, by ordinance, the manner in which 1 of its number may be selected to preside at meetings of the Council in the absence of the Mayor.
   (B)   The Mayor may participate in Council proceedings, but shall not have a vote, except that he or she may cast the deciding vote in case of a tie.
(KRS 83A.130(5))
Cross-reference:
   Council's responsibility to select one of its own members to preside when there is vacancy in the office of Mayor, see § 31.21
§ 32.21  MEETINGS.
   (A)   (1)   The City Council shall meet on the fourth Wednesday of each month, unless that day be a legal holiday when the Council shall meet on the second Thursday of that month.
      (2)   The City Council shall meet at 6:00 p.m. local time for each of the regular monthly meetings.
      (3)   The City Council shall meet at 2502-C Hermitage Way, within the City of Louisville, for the regular monthly meetings.
(Ord. 5, Series 2010, passed 12-16-2010)
   (B)   Special meetings of the Council may be called by the Mayor or upon written request of a majority of the Council.  In the call, the Mayor or Council shall designate the purpose, time and place of the special meeting with sufficient notice for the attendance of Council members and for compliance with KRS Chapter 61.
   (C)   At a special meeting no business may be considered other than that set forth in the designation of purpose.
   (D)   The minutes of every meeting shall be signed by the person responsible for maintaining city records as provided under § 31.36 and by the officer presiding at the meeting.
(KRS 83A.130(11))
§ 32.22  QUORUM.
   Unless otherwise provided by statute, a majority of the Council constitutes a quorum and a vote of a majority of a quorum is sufficient to take action.
(KRS 83A.060(6))
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