<br><br> <br>Page 1 of 1 <br>67C.305 Membership of merit board -- Appointment -- Removal -- Oath -- Election <br>of police officers. <br>(1) The mayor, subject to the approval of the legislative council of the consolidated <br>local government, shall appoint five (5) persons, who shall constitute the <br>consolidated local government police force merit board of the consolidated local <br>government. The members of the board shall serve without compensation. Each <br>board appointee shall be at least thirty (30) years of age, a resident of the <br>consolidated local government, and not related by either blood or marriage to either <br>the mayor or any member of the legislative council of the consolidated local <br>government. The first members of the board shall be appointed within thirty (30) <br>days of the effective date of the ordinance creating a consolidated local government <br>police force merit system and merit board. One (1) member of the board shall be <br>appointed for a term of one (1) year, one (1) for a term of two (2) years, two (2) for <br>a term of three (3) years, and one (1) for a term of four (4) years. Thereafter, all <br>appointments shall be for four (4) years except that an appointment to fill a vacancy <br>on the board shall be made only for the unexpired term of the vacated position. Any <br>board member may be removed by resolution of the legislative council of the <br>consolidated local government for neglect, incapacity, misfeasance, or malfeasance <br>on the part of a board member. No appointed board member shall hold any other <br>public office, elective or appointive, during his or her term as a member of the <br>board, and shall not receive any money, gift, or consideration of any type from any <br>person, directly or indirectly, for or on account of any recommendation, proposal, or <br>suggestion bearing upon the business of the board or the consolidated local <br>government police force. Not more than three (3) members shall be members of the <br>same political party. <br>(2) Each appointee, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, shall qualify <br>by subscribing, taking, and filling an oath of office as required by law. <br>(3) The officers of the consolidated local government police forces shall elect, for a two <br>(2) year term, two (2) police officers of the consolidated police forces with a <br>minimum of five (5) or more years' service who shall serve as members of the board <br>for the purpose of deciding discipline cases only, and who may vote in these cases. <br>In case of a vacancy in a position held by a police officer, a new election shall be <br>held within sixty (60) days of the date the vacancy occurs and the person elected <br>shall fill the remainder of the original unexpired term. <br>Effective: March 18, 2003 <br>History: Amended 2003 Ky. Acts ch. 118, sec. 2, effective March 18, 2003. -- Created <br>2002 Ky. Acts ch. 339, sec. 3, effective July 15, 2002. <br><br>