(A)
Members of the Code Enforcement Board shall be appointed by the Mayor of the city, subject to the approval of the City Council. The City Council may recommend appointees to the Mayor. A member, regular or alternate, may not participate in the meetings of the Code Enforcement Board until the City Council has voted to approve the member.
(B) (1) The initial appointment to the five-member Code Enforcement Board shall be as follows:
(a) One regular member appointed to a one-year term.
(b) Two regular members appointed to a two-year term.
(c) Two regular members and the alternate member appointed to a three-year term.
(2) All subsequent appointments shall be for a term of three years. Any member may be reappointed, subject to the approval of the City Council. The Code Enforcement Officer or other staff member designated by the Mayor will maintain a roster of the Code Enforcement Board members and their respective terms of office and will inform the Mayor and City Council in sufficient time to name replacements or reappointments at regularly scheduled meetings of the City Council.
(C) The Mayor may appoint, subject to the approval of the City Council, or the City Council may recommend to the Mayor, one alternate member to serve on the Code Enforcement Board in the absence of a regular member. The alternate member shall meet all of the qualifications and shall be subject to all of the requirements that apply to regular members of the Code Enforcement Board.
(D) Any vacancy on the Code Enforcement Board may be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the Mayor, subject to approval of the City Council within 60 days of the vacancy. If the vacancy is not filled within that time period, the remaining Code Enforcement Board members shall fill the vacancy. The City Council may recommend appointees to the Mayor.
(E) A Code Enforcement Board member may be removed from office by the Mayor for misconduct, inefficiency, or willful neglect of duty. The Mayor must submit a written statement to the member and the City Council setting forth the reasons for removal. The member so removed shall have the right of appeal to the Circuit Court.
(F) All members of the Code Enforcement Board must, before entering upon the duties of their office, take the oath of office prescribed by Section 228 of the Kentucky Constitution.
(G) Members of the Code Enforcement Board shall receive no compensation for their services, but may be reimbursed for actual expenses attendant to the performance of their duties as members of the Code Enforcement Board.
(H) No member of the Code Enforcement Board may hold any elected or non-elected office, paid or unpaid, or any position of employment, or be named to a standing commission or a committee with the city.
(Ord. 491-2008, passed 9-15-08; Am. Ord. 601-2020, passed 10-19-20)