{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-76.060","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 76.060","heading":"Officers and employees -- Legal services -- Effect of compact.","body":"(1) The board shall, in July of each year, elect from its members a chairman and a vice\nchairman, who shall be of different political party affiliation. It shall employ a\nsecretary-treasurer and a chief engineer, neither of whom is a member of the board.\nThe s ecretary-treasurer and the chief engineer may be removed by the board for\ncause, after hearing by it and after at least ten (10) days' notice in writing has been\ngiven to the secretary -treasurer or chief engineer, as the case may be, which notice\nshall embrace the charges preferred against him or her. At the hearing he or she may\nbe represented by counsel. The finding of the board is final. The secretary -treasurer\nand the chief engineer shall each devote his or her entire time and attention\nexclusively to t he services of the board. The board may employ, and remove at\npleasure, professional and technical advisers, experts, and other employees, skilled\nor unskilled, as it deems requisite for the performance of its duties.\n(2) The board shall require the secret ary-treasurer and the chief engineer each to\nexecute a bond and may exact from such of its other officers and employees bonds\nas it deems expedient. All bonds shall be payable to the district in the sums as the\nboard may fix, with approved corporate surety, and premiums therefor shall be paid\nby the district. The bonds shall obligate the makers thereof to faithfully perform the\nduties of their respective offices and positions and to fully account for and pay over\nall money, property, or other thing of value  of the district, which may come to their\nhands, respectively. The board shall fix the salaries and compensation of the\nofficers and employees it engages, which salaries and compensation, however, shall\nbe in line with that paid by the city and county for similar services.\n(3) Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, when a city of the first class and a\ncounty containing such city have in effect a compact under KRS 79.310 to 79.330,\nthe executive director, secretary -treasurer, and chief engineer sh all be appointed by\nand serve at the joint pleasure of the mayor, and the county judge/executive with the\napproval of the fiscal court pursuant to KRS 67.040. Upon the establishment of a\nconsolidated local government in a county where a city of the first c lass and a\ncounty containing such city have had in effect a cooperative compact pursuant to\nKRS 79.310 to 79.330, the executive director, secretary -treasurer, and chief\nengineer shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the mayor.","path":["KRS Chapter 76"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=24478","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:35Z","sha256":"f69129fb99f1b32b6aa0344879d6623327854c92f72ad877c693b7ef22e45c22","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-76.050","next":"us-ky/krs-76.070"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}