KRS 39C.040: Director's responsibility -- Advisory committee.

(1) The Director of the Division of Emergency Management shall have overall

responsibility for policy, guidance, administration, and proper utilization of the

supplementary fund established in KRS 39C.010 and 39C.020.

(2) The director shall serve as the princi pal liaison between the division and local

officials participating in programs affected by this fund.

(3) The director shall appoint an advisory committee consisting of seven (7) members,

including no more than four (4) employees of the staff of the divisi on, to assist in

making initial funding allocations each fiscal year and in making quarterly

adjustments, based upon program and financial reviews. The members of the

committee shall serve at the pleasure of the director, but for no more than four (4)

years without reappointment, and shall serve without reimbursement, except when

funded through the emergency management assistance programs. The decisions of

the committees shall be advisory only and not binding upon the director.

(4) The director, with the ad vice of the advisory committee, shall make determinations

related to fund allocations.

(5) Area managers of the division shall fully explain program opportunities and

requirements to local elected officials and local directors, review budget and

program submissions, and make recommendations to the director.

(6) Funds pursuant to KRS 39C.010 and 39C.020 shall be made available to not more

than one (1) local emergency management agency in any county on a

reimbursement basis up to fifty percent (50%) of the to tal local funds expended in

any given year by the local emergency management agency created pursuant to KRS

Chapters 39A to 39F.