KRS 147.640: Area council -- Membership -- Relation to commission.

(1) In order to provide more effective representation of the various governmental units

participating in the creation of the area planning commission, an area council shall

be created.

(2) The area council shall be composed of one (1) representative and one (1 ) alternate

from each municipality and county within the area planning territory. Each such

representative and alternate shall be appointed annually in the manner prescribed by

law respecting appointments by such city or county.

(3) Only elected officials of each respective jurisdiction shall be eligible for

appointment to the area planning council.

(4) At its first regular meeting in each year, the council shall elect from its membership

a president and vice president. The vice president shall have the aut hority to act as

president of the council during the absence or disability of the president.

(5) The council may appoint from within or without its own membership a secretary,

prescribe his duties and fix his compensation.

(6) The council shall act in a su pervisory and advisory capacity with the area planning

commission created hereunder. All actions taken by the council must receive the

affirmative vote of the following, if in attendance: two (2) counties or two (2) cities

with a population equal to or gre ater than fifteen thousand (15,000) based upon the

most recent federal decennial census or one (1) county and one (1) city with a

population equal to or greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) based upon the most

recent federal decennial census and a majori ty of the remaining membership in

attendance for passage.

(7) The area council may budget in each year for the payment of a per diem for each

member of the area planning commission not to exceed in any one (1) year the sum

of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each member.

(8) A quorum of the area council shall consist of a majority of its membership.