Title IX, Counties, Cities, and Other Local Units

bodies with purchasing power of dollar -- Limitation. (1) In order to equate the compensation of mayors and members of city legislative bodies with the purchasing power of the dollar, the Department for Local Government shall compute by the second Friday in February of every year…

Statement of reason for removal -- Prohibition against creating or altering elected office. (1) All nonelected city offices shall be created by ordinance which shall specify: (a) Title of office; (b) Powers and duties of office; (c) Oath of office; and (d) Bond, if required. (2) …

Combination with other nonelected city office -- Information on city and officials to Department for Local Government. (1) Each city, except a city of the first class, shall establish the office of city clerk. (2) The office of city clerk may be combined with any other nonelected…

(1) The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of citation officers as needed. Citation officers shall have the qualifications prescribed by ordinance. Citation officers shall not have the powers of peace officers to make arrests or carry deadly weapons, but ma…

(1) The legislative body of any city may authorize the employment of safety officers as needed. Safety officers shall have duties as prescribed by ordinance, which may include, but not be limited to: (a) Issuance of citations for violation of motor vehicle offenses as provided fo…

(1) Each city may create the position of city administrative officer which shall be directly responsible to the executive authority of the city. Prior to appointment of a city administrative officer, the city legislative body shall in accordance with KRS 83A.080 set qualification…

Creation, alteration, or abolition of wards -- Nomination and election of legislative body members. (1) The legislative body of a city may by ordinance divide the city into wards by either of the following methods: (a) The city may create the same number of wards as the number of…

(1) Any public question authorized by statute may be submitted to the voters of a city by either a resolution of the city legislative body or a petition meeting the requirements of this section. The resolution or petition shall set out in full the matter to be considered. The pro…

(1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the mayor- council plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the mayor-council plan by KRS 83A.020 or which has adopted the mayor-council plan pursuan…

(1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the commission plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the commission plan by KRS 83A.020 or which has adopted the commission plan pursuant to KRS 8…

commissioners, and city manager -- Conduct of board meetings. (1) The form of government provided in this section shall be known as the city manager plan and this section shall together with KRS 83A.010 to 83A.120 govern any city declared to be under the city manager plan by KRS …

(1) Any city may become organized and governed under the mayor-council plan, the commission plan or the city manager plan only by popular vote in accordance with KRS 83A.120. (2) If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of changing the organization and government of the city,…

(1) The wharves and landings of cities of the first class shall be under the care and control of the Department of Public Works. (2) The department shall fix and receive reasonable charges for the use of the wharves and landings and shall keep them in order.

(1) A candidate running to fill the unexpired term of any city office shall file his or her nomination papers in accordance with the provisions of KRS 83A.045, 118.365, 118.375, and 83A.047. (2) Vacancies in the office of mayor or city legislative body that are to be filled tempo…

(1) In any city which has under the provisions of KRS 83A.045 or 83A.050 required nonpartisan city elections, no person shall be elected to city office except as provided in this section or as otherwise provided in this chapter relating to nonpartisan elections. (2) No person sha…

(1) The election to fill the regular term of a nonpartisan city office shall be conducted in the manner prescribed in KRS 83A.165 when, in a regular election for nonpartisan city office no candidates nominated to an office as provided in KRS 83A.170 are available due to death, in…

In cities of the home rule class, the official oath of any city officer, whether elected or appointed, may be administered by the mayor of the city for which the officer serves, except that a mayor's official oath shall be administered by such person as otherwise provided by law.

(1) This chapter is intended by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky to grant to citizens living within a city of the first class the authority to govern themselves to the full extent required by local government and not in conflict with the Constitution or laws o…

The inhabitants of each city of the first class shall constitute a corporation, with power to govern themselves by any ordinances and resolutions for municipal purposes not in conflict with the Constitution or laws of this state or of the United States. In its corporate capacity …

In each city of the first class there shall be a legislative, an executive, and a judicial department. None of these departments shall exercise any power properly belonging to either of the others, except as permitted by law.

The legislative power of each city of the first class is vested in a legislative body of twelve (12) members, known as the board of aldermen. Members of the board of aldermen shall be elected by the voters of the city at large in such a way that one (1) member shall be a resident…

The board of aldermen shall elect from its members a president, and shall elect from its members a president pro tem when the president is absent. The board of aldermen shall elect a clerk, and may elect a sergeant at arms.

The board of aldermen shall determine the eligibility and election of its members, and punish them for disorderly conduct.

A majority of the members of the board of aldermen shall constitute a quorum, but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. The board of aldermen shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings, and may enforce the attendance of members by rules or ordinances with appropriate fin…

(1) No ordinance shall embrace more than one (1) subject, and that subject shall be expressed in its title. (2) No ordinance shall be passed at the meeting of the board of aldermen at which it is introduced, nor shall it be passed at any succeeding meeting until it has been read …

permissive. The legislative body of a city of the first class shall have the power to exercise all of the rights, privileges, powers, franchises, including the power to levy all taxes, not in conflict with the Constitution and so as to provide for the health, education, safety an…

The executive power of the city is vested in the mayor, who shall be the chief executive officer, and in the departments and agencies authorized by the board of aldermen.

During the temporary absence or disability of the mayor his office shall be administered and its duties discharged by the president of the board of aldermen. The compensation of the president of the board of aldermen for such services shall be determined by the board of aldermen,…

The board of aldermen may establish such executive departments by ordinance as it deems necessary and proper for the efficient administration of governmental matters of the city. The board of aldermen shall designate the duties and powers of departments so established by ordinanc…

Department for Local Government -- Representation of county districts on boards and commissions. (1) The mayor shall: (a) Cause the ordinances of the city and the laws of the state to be executed and enforced; (b) Communicate to the board of aldermen at least once a year a statem…

Compensation. (1) The mayor may establish, abolish, or alter the organization of any agency or administrative department under his control, including changing the name of a department to explain more clearly the function performed by it by recommending to the board of aldermen an…

Compensation. (1) The director of each executive department may appoint chiefs of divisions of his department, and remove them at pleasure. Except as otherwise provided by law, he may employ such officers and agents as are necessary in his department, and may, subject to any limi…

(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, executive and ministerial officers of the city may be removed by the board of aldermen, sitting as a court, under oath, upon charges preferred by the mayor or by any two (2) members of the board of aldermen, or, in case of charges against the…

The following terms, as used in KRS 90.110 to 90.230, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: (1) "Emergency appointment" means any appointment to any position subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, which may be made only in t…

Ineligibility for other office -- Removals. (1) There is created and established in cities of the first class a civil service board to be known as .... Civil Service Board. The board consists of seven (7) members of whom six (6) shall be appointed by the mayor and the mayor is th…

Employees. (1) Each member of the board may be paid a salary not to exceed a per diem allowance to be fixed from time to time by ordinance of the board of aldermen, for each meeting attended, provided, however, that the annual allowance of any one (1) member of the board shall no…

Employment of chief examiner -- Certification of payroll changes. (1) The board shall employ a personnel director who shall be the administrative officer of the board. The personnel director shall be, at the time of appointment, a person familiar, and in sympathy, with the princi…

(1) The classified service covered by KRS 90.110 to 90.230, and hereby placed under the jurisdiction of the board, includes all offices, positions, and places of employment, except as herein provided, in the following departments and agencies in the service of the city, to wit: t…

reinstatement, promotion -- Other rules. (1) The board shall, after public notice and hearing, make, promulgate, and if and when necessary, amend, rules and regulations for the appointment, transfer, laying-off, reinstatement, deductions from pay, leave of absence, promotion, dem…

Emergency appointments -- Public inspection of lists -- Reinstatement of names. (1) Each eligible list shall remain in force until exhausted, or until replaced by a more recently prepared list, but not beyond two (2) years from the date of its establishment. The names of persons …

appointments. (1) All appointments to positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 shall be made solely on the basis of merit and fitness, to be determined by competitive examinations, except in the case of emergency appointments which may be made only in accordanc…

(1) Any suspension in excess of ten (10) days, dismissal or demotions of employees in positions subject to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230 may be made only by the appointing authority upon the filing of written statements of the reasons of such suspension in excess of ten …

board -- Reports of director. (1) The board may make investigations on its own initiative, or at the direction of the mayor or legislative body of the city, or upon the petition of an employee in the classified service, or of any person on a list kept by the board, concerning the…

The board, without additional compensation, shall perform, under and pursuant to the provisions of KRS 90.110 to 90.230, the same services and duties provided for herein, for any department, board or agency of such city or any joint board or joint agency of such city and such cou…

violation. (1) Persons holding positions in the classified service shall not be discriminated against in any way because of their political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of their exercise of their right to vote as they please. (2) No person in the classified se…

The legislative body of each city of the first class is hereby empowered and authorized to pass such ordinances and provide such appropriations as are necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 90.110 to 90.230.

(1) In KRS 90.310 to 90.410, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Administrative or directorial position" means the head of a department of municipal government; (b) "Appointing authority" means the officer, commission, board or body having the power of appointment or remo…

(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section, any city of the home rule class may elect to operate under KRS 90.310 to 90.410, and, by ordinance, create a civil service commission which shall hold examinations as to the qualifications of applicants for municipal emplo…

(1) The civil service commission shall prescribe and propound such examinations as are proper, commensurate with vacant positions within the various departments of the city, according to classification prescribed by ordinance, shall set such times and places for holding examinati…

(1) The civil service commission shall examine all applicants as to their physical and mental qualification for the particular classification wherein they seek employment. To be eligible for examination a person shall be at least eighteen (18) years of age, be a law-abiding citiz…