KRS 212.590: Power of condemnation.

The board shall have the power, by resolution reciting the need therefor and purpose

thereof, to condemn real property located anywhere within such county. Eminent domain

proceedings shall be conducted in the name of the board by the department of law of such

city. The head of the department of law of such city or his assistant shall be the legal

representative of the board in all matters and shall serve in that capacity without

compensation from the board. In the exercise of its power of eminent domain, th e board

shall follow such proceedings as are provided in the Eminent Domain Act of Kentucky.

All property thus acquired by the board shall be held, used and controlled by it in the

same manner as is all other property of the board.