76.060 Officers and employees -- Legal services -- Effect of compact.
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(1)The board shall, in July of each year, elect from its members a chairman and a vice
chairman, who shall be of different political party affiliation. It shall employ a
secretary-treasurer and a chief engineer, neither of whom is a member of the board.
The secretary-treasurer and the chief engineer may be removed by the board for
cause, after hearing by it and after at least ten
(10)days' notice in writing has been
given to the secretary-treasurer or chief engineer, as the case may be, which notice
shall embrace the charges preferred against him or her. At the hearing he or she may
be represented by counsel. The finding of the board is final. The secretary-treasurer
and the chief engineer shall each devote his or her entire time and attention
exclusively to the services of the board. The board may employ, and remove at
pleasure, professional and technical advisers, experts, and other employees, skilled
or unskilled, as it deems requisite for the performance of its duties.
(2)The board shall require the secretary-treasurer and the chief engineer each to
execute a bond and may exact from such of its other officers and employees bonds
as it deems expedient. All bonds shall be payable to the district in the sums as the
board may fix, with approved corporate surety, and premiums therefor shall be paid
by the district. The bonds shall obligate the makers thereof to faithfully perform the
duties of their respective offices and positions and to fully account for and pay over
all money, property, or other thing of value of the district, which may come to their
hands, respectively. The board shall fix the salaries and compensation of the
officers and employees it engages, which salaries and compensation, however, shall
be in line with that paid by the city and county for similar services.
(3)Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, when a city of the first class and a
county containing such city have in effect a compact under KRS 79.310 to 79.330,
the executive director, secretary-treasurer, and chief engineer shall be appointed by
and serve at the joint pleasure of the mayor, and the county judge/executive with the
approval of the fiscal court pursuant to KRS 67.040. Upon the establishment of a
consolidated local government in a county where a city of the first class and a
county containing such city have had in effect a cooperative compact pursuant to
KRS 79.310 to 79.330, the executive director, secretary-treasurer, and chief
engineer shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the mayor.