KRS 64.5278: Ordinance establishing incentive program for city officers to obtain

educational training -- Training incentive payments -- Continuing education

hours required -- Proof of attendance and evaluation of courses.

(1) Any city may elect, by adopt ing an ordinance meeting the requirements of this

section, to establish an incentive program for city officers to obtain educational

training related to their duties and responsibilities as city officers and the functions

of city governments.

(2) The ordinance shall apply to all elected city officers within the city, and the city

may allow any nonelected city officer holding an office existing or created under

KRS 83A.080 to participate in the incentive program.

(3) The ordinance shall establish a base ince ntive amount that shall be awarded to the

city officer for the completion of a training unit during service as a city officer

within the city. The city may establish a different base incentive amount for each

type of city officer covered under the ordinanc e. The base incentive amount

established in the ordinance shall not be adjusted by any index reporting changes to

consumer prices or any other method to account for inflation.

(4) The ordinance shall require city officers to complete a number of continuing

education hours equal to at least one (1) training unit during each calendar year in

order to receive a training incentive payment.

(5) The ordinance shall state that the city shall award the training incentive payment to

the city officer for the completi on of a training unit during the calendar year. The

training incentive payment awarded shall be the base incentive amount multiplied

by the training incentive multiplier earned by the city officer. The city officer shall

accumulate no more than one (1) tra ining incentive multiplier per calendar year of

continuous service, for a maximum of four (4) training incentive multipliers.

(6) The ordinance shall provide that a city officer who fails to earn at least one (1)

training unit in any calendar year shall re ceive no training incentive payment for

that calendar year and shall have his or her training incentive multiplier reset to one

(1) for the following year.

(7) The ordinance may permit the city officer to carry forward no more than fifteen

(15) hours of ex cess credit hours earned in one (1) calendar year to apply to the

minimum fifteen (15) hours training unit required in the next calendar year.

(8) The ordinance shall require the city officer to present proof of his or her completion

of the annual training unit and shall establish the time that the city officers shall

receive their training incentive payments.

(9) Each city shall, in the ordinance establishing the city officers training program,

establish a policy regarding the reimbursement to the city off icer, or payment to the

provider for the city officer's attendance of an event hosting a course where the

officer seeks to earn credit.

(10) The ordinance shall specify criteria for the presentation of proof of attendance by

city officers and the criteria for the evaluation of a course's relevance to the duties

and functions of city officers and the functions of city governments. In addition to

other courses that may be deemed relevant by the city, courses that provide

instruction on statutory powers and du ties of cities and city officers,

intergovernmental relationships, municipal finance and budgeting, municipal

taxation, ethics, open records, open meetings, economic development, or municipal

police powers shall satisfy the criteria established in the ordinance.