KRS 64.5279: Repeal of training incentive program for city officers -- Designation of

incentive payments relative to retirement and compensation -- Alternate

incentives for continuing education and training.

(1) A city may, by ordinance, elect to repeal the training incentive program.

(2) The training incentive payments provided under KRS 64.5278 shall not be included

in the calculation for a retirement allowance for any city officer participating in the

County Employees Retirement System set out in KRS 78.510 to 78.852.

(3) Training incentive payments provided under KRS 64.5278 shall not be considered

compensation and shall not be required to be included in the ordinance establishing

the compensation of elected city officers under KRS 67C.129, 67C.131, 83A.070,

or when applicable, KRS 64.610.

(4) Training incentive payments provided under KRS 64.5278 shall not be a factor in

setting elected city officers' maximum compensation under KRS 83A.075(2).

(5) Nothing in KRS 64.5277 to 64.5279 shall be construed to prohibit a city from

enacting or establishing alternative incentives for the continuing education and

training of its elected officers or employees.