(A) (1) Pursuant to KRS 83A.050, elections for city officers for the city shall be nonpartisan as provided in KRS 83A.170.
(2) (a) As of the effective date of this chapter, the nonpartisan primary election for the nomination of candidates to elected city offices is hereby eliminated as authorized by KRS 83A.045(2)(b).
(b) All candidates for elected city offices shall file their nomination papers with the County Clerk not earlier than the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November of the year preceding the year in which the office will appear on the ballot, and not later than the last Tuesday in January before the day fixed by KRS Chapter 118 for holding a primary election for nominations for the office.
(c) All nomination papers shall be filed no later than 4:00 p.m. prevailing local time when filed on the last day on which the papers are permitted to be filed.
(d) The election of candidates to all elected city offices shall be governed by the provisions of this chapter and by the applicable provisions of KRS Chapter 83A and Chapters 116 and 121.
(B) The city may change the manner of election of city officers within the provisions of division (A) above by ordinance, except that no change shall be made earlier than five years from the last change.
(C) The city shall pay the costs of city elections only if city elections are held at a time other than prescribed by law for elections generally.
(D) Each appointed and elected city office existing on July 15, 1980 shall continue until abolished by ordinance, except that the offices of Mayor and City Council members may not be abolished.
(E) No abolition of any elected office shall take effect until expiration of the term of the current holder of the office.
(F) No ordinance abolishing any elected office shall be enacted later than 240 days preceding the regular election for that office, except in the event of a vacancy in the office.
(G) The city may not create any elected office. Existing elected offices may be continued under the provisions of divisions (D), (E), and (F) above, but no existing elected office may be changed.
(Prior Code, § 31.20) (Ord. 120.5, passed 1-5-1989)
Statutory reference:
Creation, abolishment of city offices, see KRS 83A.080(3), (4)
Election of city officers, see KRS 83A.043, 83A.045, and 83A.050