65.668 Management of multicounty emergency services board -- Board appointments -- Terms of board members -- Residency requirement -- Removal -- Vacancies. - Kentucky Statutes

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Page 1 of 1 65.668 Management of multicounty emergency services board -- Board appointments -- Terms of board members -- Residency requirement --
Removal -- Vacancies. (1) The affairs of the emergency services board composed of more than one (1) county shall be controlled and managed by a board of directors consisting of no more than
eleven (11) members, with the number of members to be determined jointly by the
county judges/executive of the member counties. (2) The county judge/executive of each member county shall be entitled to appoint a proportionate share of the board relative to the population of the county according
to the most recent federal census estimates of the year in which appointments are to
be made with the approval of their respective fiscal courts. With the exception of
the expiration of the initial appointment at the creation of the emergency services
board, each year an appointment term expires the county judges/executive shall
determine which county judge/executive, according to the adjusted population
count, shall be allowed to make an additional appointment with the approval of his
or her fiscal court. Each member county shall be allowed at least one (1) appointee.
In no instance shall the emergency services board encompass more than eleven (11)
counties. (3) (a) One-fourth (1/4) of the board members' initial terms shall be one (1) year; (b) One-fourth (1/4) of the board members' initial terms shall be two (2) years;
(c) One-fourth (1/4) of the board members' initial terms shall be three (3) years; and (d) One-fourth (1/4) of the board members' initial terms shall be four (4) years. (4) After the initial appointment, terms of the board members shall be for four (4) years. (5) Board members may be reappointed, and they may succeed themselves.
(6) Each board member shall reside in the county he or she represents.
(7) A majority of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum.
(8) A member of the board of directors may be removed from office as provided in KRS 65.007. (9) The county judge/executive of each county shall serve as an ex officio member of the board. (10) No elected official shall serve as a member of the board.
(11) The board shall be appointed within thirty (30) days after the creation of the emergency services board. (12) Vacancies in unexpired terms shall be filled by the appointing authority for the remainder of the unexpired term. No reapportionment, in accordance with the
provisions of subsection (2) of this section, shall be executed in the instance of a
vacancy in an unexpired term. Effective: July 14, 2000
History: Created 2000 Ky. Acts ch. 429, sec. 6, effective July 14, 2000.