95.764 Conduct of examinations - Notice -- Certification of eligible list -- Appointment from list -- Rules and regulations -- Compensation of commissioners. - Kentucky Statutes

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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 the 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 legislative 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 rules 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) examination 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). Effective: June 17, 1978
History: Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 164, sec. 35, effective June 17, 1978. -- Amended 1966 Ky. Acts ch. 239, sec. 88. -- Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 9, sec. 5.