KRS 90.140: Personnel director -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Removal -- Duties --

Employment of chief examiner -- Certification of payroll changes.

(1) The board shall employ a personnel director who shall be the administrative officer

of the board. The pers onnel director shall be, at the time of appointment, a person

familiar, and in sympathy, with the principles, and experienced in the methods and

technique, of personnel administration on the merit basis and a person of recognized

character and ability.

(2) Beginning January 1, 1973, the personnel director shall be appointed for a term of

one (1) year and shall serve thereafter on a year to year basis unless notified in

writing thirty (30) days before the year expires that he will not be reappointed;

provided however that the personnel director may be removed at any time only for

cause and after public hearing by the board and after at least ten (10) days' notice

shall have been given to the said director, which notice shall contain a copy of the

charges preferred against him, and the decision of the board thereon shall be final.

At such hearing the personnel director may be represented by counsel.

(3) The personnel director shall be the secretary -treasurer of the board and shall attend

all the meetings thereo f; shall set up and direct the actual work of the board;

supervise and direct the work of the employees thereof; make such investigations as

may be deemed desirable and report thereon to the board. The personnel director

shall submit to the board not later than the first day of November of each year an

annual report on the operations of the board for the preceding fiscal year, and shall

discharge all such other duties as the board may require.

(4) The board shall employ a chief examiner who shall be profess ionally qualified and

experienced in the art of testing, and who shall formulate, give, grade, and retain

control of, all written tests as required by the board, and said chief examiner shall

report to the board the results of all tests given and he shall be solely responsible to

the board. The job of personnel director may not be combined with the job of chief

examiner. The chief examiner shall be responsible only to the civil service board

and shall perform such other duties as the board may require.

(5) The director of finance of the city shall immediately certify to the personnel director

the name of any person in the classified service added to or removed from the

payroll.