(A) Composition; appointment and term of members.
(1) The Scottsville-Allen County Visitors Bureau shall be composed of seven members to be appointed in accordance with the method used to establish the commission. Members of a commission established by joint action of the local governing bodies of a county and a city or cities located therein shall be appointed, jointly, by the chief executive officers of the local governing bodies that established the commission. Members of a commission established by separate action of the local governing body of a county or a city located therein shall be appointed separately by the executive officer of the local governing body that established the commission. The chief executive officer of a city shall mean the Mayor and the chief executive officer of a county shall mean the County Judge/Executive. Candidates for the appointment to a commission shall be submitted to the appropriate chief executive officer or officers in the following manner:
(a) Two commissioners shall be appointed from a list of three or more names submitted by the local city hotel and motel association and one commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three or more names submitted by the local county hotel and motel association, provided that if only one local hotel and motel association exists which covers both the city and the county, then three commissioners shall be appointed from a list of six or more names submitted by it. If no formal local city or county hotel and motel association is in existence upon the establishment of a commission or upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner appointed pursuant to this division, then up to three commissioners shall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers from persons residing within the jurisdiction of the commission representing local hotels and motels. A local city or county hotel and motel association shall not be required to be affiliated with the Kentucky Hotel and Motel Association to be recognized as the official city or county hotel and motel association.
(b) One commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three or more names submitted by the local restaurant association or associations. If no formal restaurant association or associations exist upon the establishment of a commission or upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner appointed pursuant to the division, then one commissioner shall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers from persons residing within the jurisdiction of the commission and representing a local restaurant. A local restaurant association or associations shall not be required to be affiliated with the Kentucky Restaurant Association to be recognized as the official local restaurant association or associations.
(c) One commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three or more names submitted by the chamber or chambers of commerce existing within those governmental units, which by joint or separate action have established the commission. If the commission is established by joint action of a county and a city or cities, then each chamber of commerce shall submit a list of three names, and the chief executive officers of the participating governmental units shall jointly appoint one commission member from the aggregate list. If no local chamber of commerce is in existence upon the establishment of a commission or upon the expiration of the term of a commissioner pursuant to this division, then one commissioner shall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers from persons residing within the jurisdiction of the commission and representing local businesses.
(d) Two commissioners shall be appointed in the following manner:
1. By the chief executive officer of the county or city, if the commission has been established by separate action of a county or city; or
2. One each by the chief executive officer of the county and by the chief executive officer of the most populous city participating in the establishment of the commission, if the commission has been established by joint action of a county and a city or cities.
(2) State law references.
(a) A candidate submitted for appointment to the commission, pursuant to divisions (A)(1)(a) to (A)(1)(c), shall be appointed by the appropriate chief executive officer or officers within 30 days of the receipt of the required list or lists. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that the original appointments are made.
(b) The commissioners shall be appointed for terms of three years, provided, that in making the initial appointments, the appropriate chief executive officer or officers shall appoint two commissioners for a term of three years, appoint two commissioners for a term of two years, and three commissioners for a term of one year. There shall be no limitation on the numbers of terms to which a commissioner is reappointed. Subsequent appointments shall be for three-year terms.
(c) Removal of commissioners. A commissioner may be removed from office, by joint or separate action, of the appropriate chief executive officer or officers of the local governing body or bodies that established the commission, as provided by KRS 65.007.
(B) Officers; employment of personnel and authority to make contracts. The commission shall elect from its membership a chairman and a treasurer, and may employ personnel and make contracts necessary to carry out the purpose of KRS 91A.345 to 91A.394. The contracts may include, but shall not be limited to, the procurement of promotional services, advertising services, and other services and materials relating to the promotion of tourist and convention business. Contracts of the type enumerated shall be made only with persons, organizations, and firms with experience and qualifications for providing promotional services and materials, such as advertising firms, chambers of commerce, publishers, and printers.
(C) Annual audit.
(1) The books of the commission and its account as established in KRS 91A.390(2) shall be audited as provided in KRS 65A.030. The independent certified public accountant of Auditor of Public Accounts shall make a report to the commission, to the associations submitting lists of names from which commission members are selected, to the appropriate chief executive officer or officers, to the State Auditor of Public Accounts, and to the local governing body or bodies that established the commission that was audited. A copy of the audit report shall be made available by the commission to its members of the public upon request at no charge.
(2) The commission shall comply with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.
(Ord. 867-23, passed 4-10-2023)