KRS 95.764: Conduct of examinations - Notice -- Certification of eligible list --

Appointment from list -- Rules and regulations -- Compensation of

commissioners.

The civil service commission shall conduct an examination of persons for appointment as

members of th e police and fire departments each time a vacancy shall occur in said

departments. The mayor shall notify the commissioners each time a vacancy occurs in

either of said departments and the commissioners shall within the two (2) weeks

following the receipt of such notice hold an examination for persons seeking appointment

to such vacancy after giving notice by publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424. Within

one (1) week following the holding of said examination, said commissioners shall certify

to the legisl ative body the names of the three (3) persons receiving the highest grades.

The legislative body may appoint any one (1) of said three (3) persons to said department.

In the event a vacancy thereafter occurs in said department, or additions thereto of regular

or substitute policemen or firefighters are made, within one (1) year following the

certification of said names, the legislative body shall fill said vacancy or make such

additions from the list of names certified. The commissioners shall make all rule s and

regulations for the proper conduct of their office. The civil service commissioners shall

receive a salary each of one dollar ($1) per annum, paid out of the city's general fund, and

for their services and the expense of holding any one (1) examinati on by the

commissioners after due notice by the mayor has been given to the chairman of the said

commission that a vacancy occurs in either of said departments and after the eligible list

has been exhausted, shall be paid by the legislative body out of the city's general fund, not

to exceed ten dollars ($10).