KRS 74.040: Chief executive officer -- Employees -- Expenses -- Salary.

The commission may employ a person to serve as the chief executive officer of the water

district. This person shall not be one (1) of the water district's commissioners. The person

may be designated the general manager, superintendent, or chief executive o fficer of the

district or by any other similar title. The chief executive officer shall perform such

additional duties as the commission may require of him or her and shall be subject to the

orders of the commission. The chief executive officer shall emplo y all necessary labor

and assistance in the performance of his or her duties, and he or she shall report to the

commission all expenses incurred. The salary of the chief executive officer shall be fixed

by the commission.