(A) Pursuant to KRS 241.160 and KRS 241.170, there is hereby created the office of the City Alcoholic Beverage Control Administrator (“City ABC Administrator”).
(B) The Mayor of the city appoints the City Clerk, a presently established office of the city, to serve as the City ABC Administrator, pursuant to KRS 241.160.
(C) The City ABC Administrator may from time to time appoint such additional personnel, such as Alcoholic Beverage Control investigator(s), as is necessary to assist him or her in the administration of this chapter.
(D) The City ABC Administrator shall have the same duties and functions regarding local license applications and renewals as the state Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (“Department”) with respect to state licenses. The City ABC Administrator shall have the same duties and functions regarding local license penalization as the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board (“Board”) with respect to state license penalization.
(E) To prevent potential conflicts of interests, no person shall be a City ABC Administrator, an investigator, or an employee of the city, under the supervision of the City ABC Administrator, who would be disqualified to be a member of the Board under state law set forth in KRS 241.100.
(F) The City ABC Administrator shall have authority delegated by the Mayor, and as authorized under KRS Ch. 241 to 244. The City ABC Administrator, and his or her investigators, shall have jurisdiction co-extensive with the boundaries of the city.
(G) The City ABC Administrator and his or her investigators shall have available at all reasonable times for their inspection all books and records required to be maintained by licenses under KRS 244.150 and the City ABC Administrator shall receive copies of all reports submitted by licensee to the Department.
(H) The City ABC Administrator, before entering upon his or her duties, shall take the oath as prescribed in Section 228 of the Constitution. The ABC Administrator and any employee delegated or assigned to the ABC Administration may also be asked to execute a bond in such penal sum as the city deems necessary unless said person is already covered under the city’s active bonds as required under KRS in regard to officials and employees of the city.
(Ord. 873-23, passed 6-26-2023)