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(A) A city recreational board, to be called "The Simpsonville Parks and Recreation Board," is hereby created and established to initiate, maintain and conduct a park, playground, community center and recreational system, to have all powers and duties as hereinafter provided, as well as prescribed and/or permitted under KRS Chapter 97.
(B) These provisions shall govern as follows.
(1) The Board shall consist of seven members who shall be residents of the City of Simpsonville, except that up to two of those members can reside outside the city, one of which will be a sitting City Commissioner, to be appointed by the Mayor with approval of the City Commission. The remaining City Commissioners, including the Mayor, shall be ex officio members of the Board, but without voting rights. A quorum for any meeting shall be at least four members with the regular business being conducted by majority of those present.
(2) The following are qualifications for membership:
(a) At least 25 years of age;
(b) Reside in the city; or be full time employed in the city; or own real property in the city; and
(c) Not more than one member to be principally engaged in business as a member or employee of the same person, firm or corporation.
(3) Members are to be appointed for a term of four years; terms to be staggered. Members may be reappointed for consecutive terms of four years.
(4) Vacancies on the Board are to be filled by appointment for the unexpired term by the Mayor with the approval of the City Commission.
(5) At the first meeting of the Board in June 2007, and annually in the month of June thereafter, the members of the Board shall select from its membership: one member to serve as Chairperson; one member to serve as Vice-Chairperson; one member to serve as Secretary; and one member to serve as Treasurer. All positions selected above shall begin their terms of service at the beginning of the fiscal year (July 1) and be in effect for one fiscal year.
(6) The Board shall hold regular meetings at least once monthly. The Chairperson or Vice- Chairperson may call special meetings. All meetings shall be held in compliance with the Kentucky Open Meetings laws.
(7) The Chairperson or Vice-Chairperson, in his or her absence, shall preside at meetings. The Secretary shall keep written minutes of all meetings. In the absence of the Secretary, the Chair shall designate a member to keep the minutes.
(8) The Treasurer shall execute a bond conditioned on the faithful performance of his or her duties sufficient in amount to cover the total funds expected to come into hand from all sources.
(9) The system is to be funded and financed by the city in addition to fees and monies generated by the activities sponsored by the system. The city may appropriate money out of the general fund of the city for the purpose of expanding, equipping, maintaining and operating the park, playground, community or recreation center and system.
(10) The Board shall submit a budget of proposed receipts and expenditures to the City Commission for its approval before April 1 of each year in order that the approved appropriation from the city may be included in the budget of the city; the fiscal year of the Board shall be from July 1 to June 30 of each year.
(11) The Board may levy and collect fees for the use of or admission to the projects or system or activities conducted under its auspices and may expend or invest the income from the fees for the purposes set forth in this section. All such funds shall be under the direct control of the Board and shall be maintained in appropriate bank accounts and deposited and expended from the account or accounts.
(12) The Board may appoint various committees under its jurisdiction and shall provide rules and regulations for the governance of the committees. The members of the committees need not be residents of the city. The committees and members of such committees shall be responsible to the Board and shall render the reports to the Board as required by the Board.
(13) The Board may provide for, maintain and conduct the parks, playgrounds, community and recreational center and buildings thereon and expend necessary funds as available for such purposes.
(14) The Board may nominate for employment qualified personnel as superintendents, supervisors or other employees as it deems necessary and proper, subject however, to approval of such employment and salary by the City Commission. Any salary increase in excess of 5% annually shall be submitted to the City Commission for approval.
(15) Three members of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but the affirmative vote of three members shall be necessary for the adoption of any motion, resolution, order or the approval of any matter under consideration.
(16) The accounts of the Board and the system and the records of the Board, shall be subject to audit by a certified public accountant once each year, together with and by the same accounting firm as the City of Simpsonville annual audit.
(Ord. 94-8, passed 1-7-1994; Am. Ord. 2007-002, passed 5-16-2007; Am. Ord. 2007-004, passed 7-3-2007; Am. Ord. 2010-006, passed 5-19-2010)
(A) Establishment. There is hereby created a Simpsonville, Shelbyville and Shelby County Commission on Human Rights.
(B) Purpose. The Commission on Human Rights shall endeavor to promote and secure mutual understanding and respect among all economic, social, religious, ethnic, and racial groups in the cities, and county and shall act as conciliator in controversies, involving inter-group and interracial relations. The Commission shall cooperate with federal, state, county and other city agencies in an effort to develop harmonious inter-group and interracial relations and shall endeavor to enlist the support of civic, religious, labor, industrial, and commercial groups and civic leaders dedicated to the improvement of inter-group and interracial relations and the elimination of discriminatory practices.
(C) Officers. The Commission on Human Rights shall elect from its membership a Chairman, a Secretary, a Treasurer and such other officers as it shall deem necessary. The Chairman of the Commission shall appoint such committees as the rules of the Commission shall provide and such other special committees from time to time as the Commission may deem it necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this section. The Chair and all officers shall be Commission members.
(D) Members; qualifications; compensation.
(1) The Commission on Human Rights shall consist of 11 members who shall be persons who are nearly as possible representative of several social, economic, religious, cultural, ethnic, and racial groups which comprise the population of Simpsonville, Shelbyville, and Shelby County.
(2) The Mayor of the City of Simpsonville shall appoint two members who shall be residents of the city. Of the first members appointed by the Mayor, one shall be appointed for one year and one shall be appointed for two years. After the first appointments, all appointments shall be for a term of three years.
(3) The Mayor of the City of Shelbyville shall appoint four members who shall be residents of the city. Of the first four members appointed by the Mayor, one shall serve for a term of one year, one shall serve for two years, one shall serve for three years and one shall serve for four years. After the first appointments, all appointments shall be for a term of three years.
(4) The County Judge-Executive shall appoint five members who shall be residents of Shelby County, Kentucky. Of the first appointments, one shall serve for a term of one year, two shall serve for a term of two years and two shall serve for a term of three years. After the first appointments, all appointments shall be for a term of three years.
(5) All of the aforesaid appointments shall be done with the approval of the respective legislative bodies.
(6) In the event of a vacancy, the Mayor or County Judge-Executive of the respective legislative body shall appoint a member to complete the unexpired term with the approval of the respective legislative body.
(7) No elected or appointed official of Simpsonville, Shelbyville, or Shelby County, Kentucky, may be a member of the Commission.
(8) Members shall serve without compensation.
(E) Meetings; rules of procedure.
(1) The Commission on Human Rights shall meet once each month and as often as it deems necessary.
(2) The Commission shall have the power to adopt rules to govern its proceedings.
(F) Quorum. A quorum shall consist of a majority of the members appointed to the Commission.
(G) Powers and duties.
(1) The Commission on Human Rights may recommend to the legislative bodies such legislation as may be considered necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section.
(2) The Commission shall submit an annual report regarding its activities and financial status, of each year, to the legislative bodies.
(3) The Commission, on behalf of the cities and county, may accept grants and donations from foundations and others for the purpose of carrying out its functions.
(4) The Commission may receive inquiries consistent with the Mission Statement.
(5) The Commission shall have the following powers in addition to those otherwise enumerated in this section:
(a) Receive inquiries and seek to conciliate, and hold meetings on alleged discrimination.
(b) Certify the results to the legislative body and the Kentucky Human Rights Commission for action in accordance with appropriate law.
(H) Expenditures. All expenditures shall be authorized by the Commission, and they shall make a semi-annual financial report. Copies of such semi-annual financial report shall be sent to the Mayors, the County Judge-Executive, and the legislative bodies.
(I) Office space. The Mayors and County Judge-Executive are authorized to allocate adequate office space and to provide the necessary facilities for the Commission if the office space and facilities are available and approval is obtained by the local governing body that has authority over those facilities.
(Ord. 84-1, passed 2-7-1984; Am. Ord. 2009-008, passed 8-4-2009)
(A) Adoption of agreement. The interlocal cooperation agreement attached as “Attachment A” to Ord. 2019-001, which re-establishes a joint Shelbyville, Simpsonville and Shelby County Tourism and Convention Commission and levies a transient room tax, is hereby adopted.
(B) Levy and collection of transient room tax.
(1) There is hereby levied a transient room tax in the City of Simpsonville in the amount of 3% of the rent for every occupancy of a suite, room, rooms, cabins, lodgings, campsites, or other accommodations charged by all persons, companies, corporations, or other like or similar persons, groups, or organizations doing business as a motor court, motel, hotel, inn, tourist camp, tourist cabin, campground, recreational vehicle park, or like or similar accommodations or places in which accommodations are regularly furnished to transients for consideration or by persons, companies, corporations, or other like or similar persons, groups, or organizations that facilitate the rental of the accommodations by brokering, coordinating, or in any other way arranging for the rental of the accommodations. In addition, there will be levied a special transient room tax of 1% for the purpose of covering the operating expenses of a local convention center that is in operation.
(2) Transient room taxes shall not apply to the rental or leasing of an room, lodging, campsite, apartment, or other similar accommodation or place supplied by an individual or business to a person or persons for a continuous period of 30 days or more.
(3) All monies collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the Shelby County Treasurer no later than 30 days following the last day of the month in which the transient room taxes have been charged. All monies to be collected pursuant to this section that are not remitted to the Shelby County Treasurer as required herein shall bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum on the whole or any part left unpaid, which amount shall be added to the principal amount due when paid. In the event that any monies to be collected pursuant to this section ordinance are not remitted to the Shelby County Treasurer as required herein within 60 days of coming due, enforcement and collection may be sought through the Shelby County Attorney's Office.
(4) Any person, owner, corporate officer, director, member, partner or any other individual or entity having an ownership interest in any facility or establishment subject to this section is deemed responsible for ensuring that all taxes due and owing pursuant to this section are paid in a timely manner. Sixty days or more delinquency on the part of any facility or establishment charged with collecting and paying the transient room tax shall be prima facie evidence of a willful intent not to pay same. Anyone, or any facility or establishment, in violation of non-payment per this division (4) shall in addition to being required to pay all taxes and penalties due hereunder, be fined not less than $100 nor more than $500 and/or imprisoned in the county jail for up to 12 months.
(Ord. 2013-014, passed 12-4-2012; Am. Ord. 2019-001, passed 4-16-2019; Am. Ord. 2023-001, passed 3-6-2023)