KRS 220.170: Officers of board -- Seal -- Records -- Powers -- Compensation --

Regulations -- Resolution of complaints.

(1) The board of directors shall, upon taking oath, elect one (1) of their members as

president of the board, and shall select some suitable per son as secretary, who need

not be a member of the board. The secretary shall serve as treasurer of the district,

or the board may select a treasurer. The selection of the secretary and treasurer shall

be evidenced on the minutes of the board, with their compensation. They shall serve

at the pleasure of the board.

(2) The board shall adopt a seal, and shall keep in a well -bound book a record of all

proceedings, minutes of meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees,

and all corporate acts, wh ich shall be open to the inspection of any owner of

property in the district as well as all other interested persons.

(3) The board of directors shall be the governing body of the sanitation district and

shall exercise all the powers and manage and control all the affairs and property of

the district. If the board of a multicounty district governed by the provisions of KRS

220.135 has an executive committee, each county shall have a member on the

committee.

(4) The board of directors may prescribe the dutie s and fix the compensation of all the

officers of the district, subject to the limits fixed in this section. No member of the

board of directors, except the president, shall receive more than thirty -six hundred

dollars ($3,600) per annum. The president sha ll receive not more than six hundred

dollars ($600) per annum in addition to his compensation as a director. The

treasurer shall receive not more than nine hundred dollars ($900) and the secretary

not more than three hundred dollars ($300) per annum.

(5) The board may adopt all necessary rules and regulations for the proper management

and conduct of the business of the board and of the corporation, and for carrying

into effect the other objects for which the district was formed. All such rules or

regulations shall become effective only upon posting in at least ten (10) public

places within the district.

(6) The board of directors of an established district shall develop a procedure to hear,

review, and resolve customers' complaints and grievances on any matt er for which

there is otherwise no requirement in this chapter for a hearing. Upon written request

setting forth the basis of the complaint or grievance by the customer, mailed or

delivered to the principal office of the district, the secretary of the board of directors

shall schedule a hearing for the next regular board of directors' meeting if the

meeting is not held within fourteen (14) days of the date of receipt of the request,

and shall give the customer at least ten (10) days' written notice of the h earing by

mail. If the receipt of the request is within fourteen (14) days of the next regularly

scheduled meeting of the board of directors, the hearing shall be held at the regular

meeting following the next scheduled meeting. The board of directors shal l provide

a written response to the customer concerning his complaint within seven (7) days

after the conclusion of the hearing unless the customer waives his right to a written

response or agrees to a delay.