KRS 66.537: Employment of staff by board -- Administrative expenses.

(1) The fiscal court of a county having a board may annually appropriate to the board

funds for the board's administrative expenses; such an appropriation shall be distinct

from appropriations to the board in accordance with its plan.

(2) Subject to funds made available under subsection (1), the board may employ a staff.

Board members may be paid not more than five hundred dollars ($500) per year as

salary. In addition, they may be allowed expenses they incur incident to the board's

business.

(3) Any income r eceived by the board from investments, any revenue received by the

board from the operation of facilities or improvements, any appropriations for

operations, any grants and subventions, and any other property or money received

by the board from its operati ons under its plan shall be used strictly in furtherance

of the plan rather than for the board's administrative expense.