KRS 181.570: Bridge commission.

(1) Any city may, by ordinance, create a bridge commission consisting of the chief

executive of the city and four (4) persons appointed by such chief executive with the

approval of the city legislative body. Each appointee shall be at least twenty -five

(25) years of age.

(2) The original appointments shall be made for terms of four (4) years, and their

successors shall be appointed for one (1), two (2), three (3), and four (4) years

respectively. Thereafter the appointments shall be for four -year terms. Not mor e

than two (2) appointees shall be members of the same political party, and all

members shall be eligible for reappointment. Vacancies shall be filled for the

unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.

(3) No officer or employee of the cit y, whether he receives compensation or not, shall

be appointed to the commission.

(4) Each appointee shall take, subscribe and file the constitutional oath of office, and

shall execute a bond, approved by the city legislative body, in the sum of five

thousand dollars ($5000). The bond shall be filed with the other official bonds of

the city.