KRS 109.115: Districts -- Establishment -- Powers -- Directors, appointment and

removal -- Board of directors in county not containing a consolidated

local government -- Board of directors in county containing a

consolidated local government.

(1) A single county, or two (2) or more counties may create a waste management

district in accordance with the procedures of KRS 65.182. Waste management

districts shall have all powers and authority set forth in KRS 109.041.

(2) The waste management district shall be controlled and managed by a board of

directors.

(3) The fiscal court in a county not containing a consolidated local government

shall determine the composition of the board of directors in one (1) of the

following ways:

(a) Appointment of the county judge/executive of every county, or portion of a

county, within that district and the mayor of the most populous city in each

county. Appointment of a third member from each county in the district so

that representation on the board shall be in proportion to the urban-rural

population distribution in the county. The county judge/executive and the

mayor may delegate a representative to serve in their stead; or

(b) Appointment of members by the county judge/executive and confirmed by

the respective fiscal court. In the case of multicounty districts,

membership on the board shall be apportioned among the counties in

ratio to their population with each county having at least one (1) member.

The mayor of the most populous city in each county that is a participant in

the waste management district shall be appointed a member. In no case

shall the total membership of the board consist of fewer than three (3)

persons. When a county has two (2) or more members on the board,

members shall be selected from urban or rural areas in the same

proportion as the urban-rural population distribution in the county, except

that there shall be at least one (1) member each from a rural and from an

urban area.

(4) In a county containing a consolidated local government, the mayor of the

consolidated local government, with the approval of the legislative body of the

consolidated local government, shall appoint the following seven (7) persons to

constitute the board of directors:

(a) Three (3) residents, one (1) from each of the three (3) commissioner's

districts in the county and no two (2) members shall reside within the

same state Senate district;

(b) One (1) resident of the county who shall also reside within and represent

the urban services district within the consolidated local government;

(c) One (1) resident of the county submitted by the organization representing

the largest amount of cities within the county which does not have

statewide membership;

(d) One (1) resident of the county who does not reside within a city or the

urban services district in the county; and

(e) One (1) resident of the county submitted by the association representing

the largest number of waste management entities operating within the

county.

(5) A member of the board of directors may be removed from office pursuant to

KRS 65.007.

(6) Except for the initial board appointed pursuant to this section, each director

shall serve a two (2) year term, and shall serve no more than three (3)

consecutive terms. The initial board appointed pursuant to this section shall

consist of three (3) directors appointed for one (1) year and four (4) directors

appointed for two (2) years.