{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-83.570","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 83.570","heading":"Executive departments and directors.","body":"The board of aldermen may establish such executive departments by ordinance as it\ndeems necessary and proper for the efficient administration of governmental matters of\nthe city. The board of aldermen shall designate the duties and powers of departments so\nestablished by ordinance and may transfer to any such department duties and powers\nwhich it may have previously assigned to another department. Each department shall be\nunder the supervision and direction of a director appointed by the mayor and said\ndirectors of any departments so appointed shall be removable at any time at the pleasure\nof the mayor so appointing them, or any of his successors in office, but not by any officer\nwho may merely for the time be filling the office of mayor in the absence or du ring the\ntemporary disability of the regularly elected or appointed mayor. The directors of said\ndepartments shall have the same qualifications as members of the legislative body of the\ncity and shall be selected for their special fitness for the work of t he departments, and\nshall devote their entire time to the discharge of their duties and shall receive adequate\ncompensation fixed by ordinance. No member of the legislative body shall be eligible to\nappointment as director of any department. Directors shal l hold office until they resign or\nare removed as herein provided.","path":["KRS Chapter 83"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=25149","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:44Z","sha256":"0c59687d4b085f5e9af30c5f995c132135721f0baa20e910c6d6c20a37716814","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-83.560","next":"us-ky/krs-83.580"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}