KRS 67.120: Clerk, deputy clerk, and stenographer of fiscal court and of the legislative

council of a consolidated local government.

(1) Except in counties containing a city of the first class or a consolidated local

government, the county clerk, at his option, sh all be clerk of the fiscal court. He

shall attend its sessions and keep a full and complete record of all its proceedings,

with a proper index. For his services as clerk of the fiscal court, he shall receive an

annual salary fixed at a reasonable amount by the fiscal court and paid in monthly

installments out of the county treasury. The salary must be fixed not later than the

first Monday in May in the year in which county clerks are elected. If the county

clerk chooses not to be the clerk of the fiscal cou rt, the fiscal court may select a

clerk according to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Except in a consolidated local government, the fiscal court of each county in this

Commonwealth in which there is located a city of the first class s hall have a clerk,

and may have a deputy clerk and may employ a stenographer, all of whom shall

attend its sessions and keep a full and correct record of all the proceedings of the

court, together with a complete index, and who in addition shall perform such duties

as may be required of them by the court. The fiscal court shall appoint a clerk who

shall serve at the pleasure of the fiscal court. The clerk shall execute bond to be

approved by the fiscal court. He shall receive an annual salary which shall be fixed

by the court and paid in monthly installments out of the county levy. The court may

appoint a deputy clerk and a stenographer who shall qualify by taking the

constitutional oath and who shall serve at the will of the court. The salary of the

deputy clerk and the stenographer shall be fixed by the court and paid in monthly

installments out of the county levy.

(3) The legislative council of a consolidated local government shall have a clerk, and

may have a deputy clerk and may employ a stenographer, al l of whom shall attend

its sessions and keep a full and correct record of all the proceedings of the council,

together with a complete index, and who in addition shall perform such duties as

may be required of them by the council. The legislative council shall appoint a clerk

who shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The clerk shall execute bond to be

approved by the council. He or she shall receive an annual salary which shall be

fixed by the council. The council may appoint a deputy clerk and a sten ographer, to

assist in the official duties of the clerk, who shall qualify by taking the

constitutional oath and who shall serve at the will of the council. The salaries of the

deputy clerk and the stenographer shall be fixed by the council.