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(A) The Commission shall by ordinance fix the compensation of every elected city officer not later than the first Monday in May in the year in which the officer is elected. An elected officer's compensation shall not be changed after his election or during his term of office.
(1) In order to equate the compensation of the Mayor and Commissioners with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local Government computes by the second Friday in February of every year the annual increase or decrease in the consumer price index of the preceding year by using 1949 as the base year in accordance with section 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky, which provides that the Mayor and Commissioners shall be paid at a rate no greater than $7,200 per annum.
(2) The Commission shall set the compensation of these officers in accordance with KRS 83A.070 at a rate no greater than that stipulated by the Department for Local Government.
(B) The Commission shall fix the compensation of each appointed city officer in the ordinance that creates the office and may change it by ordinance.
(C) The Commission shall establish the compensation of city employees in accordance with the personnel and pay classification plan ordinance of the city.
(D) All fees and commissions authorized by law shall be paid into the city treasury for the benefit of the city and shall not be retained by any officer or employee.
Statutory reference:
Compensation, see KRS 83A.070 and 83A.075
(A) Elected officers. Any elected officer, in case of misconduct, inability, or willful neglect in the performance of the duties of his office, may be removed from office by a unanimous vote of the members of the Commission exclusive of any member to be removed, who shall not vote in the deliberation of his removal. No elected officer shall be removed without having been given the right to a full public hearing. The officer, if removed, has the right to appeal to the circuit court of the county and the appeal shall be on the record. No officer so removed is eligible to fill the office vacated before the expiration of the term to which originally elected.
(B) Nonelected officers. Nonelected city officers may be removed by the Commission at will, unless otherwise provided by state law or ordinance.
Statutory reference:
Removal of elected officers, see KRS 83A.040(9)
Removal of nonelected officers, see KRS 83A.080(2)
The nonelected city office of City Administrative Officer, and the employment positions of Fire Chief and Assistant to the City Administrative Officer shall include the power and authority of a citation officer provided in KRS 83A.087.
(Ord. 99(10-23-96), passed 10-23-96)
ELECTED OFFICERS
(A) Election of city officers is governed by general election laws as provided in KRS Chapters 116 through 121 unless the Commission otherwise prescribes by ordinance that election of city officers shall be under nonpartisan city election laws as provided in KRS Ch. 83A. Such ordinance shall become effective not later than 23 days prior to the date prescribed by the election law generally for filing notification and declaration forms with the County Clerk in a year in which a regular election is to be held in which any city office is to be filled. Immediately subsequent to publication of any ordinance prescribing that election of city officers be under nonpartisan city election laws, a copy of the ordinance shall be filed with the County Clerk of the county in which the city is located.
(B) The city may change the manner of election of city officers within the provisions of division (A) of this section 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 Commissioners 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 provision of divisions (D), (E), and (F) above, but no existing elected office may be changed.
Statutory reference:
Election of city officers, see KRS 83A.050
Creation, abolishment of city offices, see KRS 83A.080(3), (4)
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