When and how is compensation determined for elected and appointed city officers?
KRS 83A.070 requires that the compensation of elected city officers be set by ordinance by the first Monday in May in the year that the officer is first elected and must remain the same during the officer’s term in office. Compensation to be paid to all appointed (nonelected) city officers must be set forth in an ordinance, whether it is the ordinance creating the office, the annual budget ordinance, or some other ordinance. Pursuant to KRS 83A.080, appointed (nonelected) city officers include the city clerk, city manager, city administrator, chief of police, and fire chief. Compensation issues are fully discussed in Chapter 7 of the City Officials Legal Handbook.
