KRS 80.450: Quorum -- Officers and employees -- Legal services -- Effect of compact --

Appointment of secretary upon establishment of consolidated local

government.

(1) The members shall constitute the housing authority. A majority of the members

shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising

powers and for all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote

of a majority of the members present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority

require a larger number. An authority shall select from among its members a

chairman and a vice chairman, and it may employ a secretary (who shall be

executive director), technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and other

employees, permanent and temporary, as it may r equire, and shall determine their

qualifications, duties, and compensation. For such legal services as it may require,

an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the city or a county for which it

is created, or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate

to one (1) or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it deems

proper.

(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) of this section, when a city of the first class and a

county containing such city have in effect a compact under KRS 79.310 to 79.330,

the secretary, who shall be the executive director, shall be appointed by and serve at

the pleasure of the county judge/executive with the approval of the fiscal court

pursuant to KRS 67.040. Upon the establishment of a consolidated local

government in a county where a city of the first class and a county containing such

city have had in effect a cooperative compact pursuant to KRS 79.310 to 79.330, the

secretary, who shall be the executive director, shall be appointed by and shall serve

at the pleasure of the mayor.