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Certain small cities may create a civil service commission and adopt listed employment or retirement systems, but they are limited in when and how they may do so.
The section requires qualification exams for police and fire applicants, bars politically based appointments or discipline, gives qualifying members tenure during good behavior, lets the city legislative body adjust staffing, and allows probationary initial appointments up to 12 months.
The mayor, with legislative approval, must appoint three city citizens to the civil service commission, and commissioners must meet age, residency/voter, term, and oath requirements.
The civil service commission must hold examinations for police and fire vacancies, the mayor must notify the commissioners of vacancies, and the commissioners must certify the top three names to the legislative body.
This section sets rules for complaints, hearings, suspensions, and punishment for police and fire department members.
Certain police or fire department members may take their discipline challenge to circuit court, and the clerk must file the record on request.
KRS 95.767 to 95.784 applies only to certain cities meeting the stated historical classification or pension-program conditions.
This section sets how the pension fund board is made up, names the treasurer, and lets the fund offer a one-time option to convert pension benefits to annuity benefits if the membership is small enough.
This section sets rules for a police and firefighters’ pension fund, including contributions, trustee investment powers, and transition to the County Employees Retirement System after August 1, 1988.
The pension fund board controls the fund and may require police and fire department members to have up to 3.5% of salary deducted for the fund.
This section was renumbered as KRS 95.786.
The board of trustees must make needed rules, decide pension-relief applications, and keep records of its meetings and proceedings.
The pension fund board may draw the fund from the treasury and invest it in certain permitted investments.
The board of trustees must pay disability and death benefits from the pension fund to eligible police or fire department members and their families, with set limits and conditions.
If the pension fund does not have enough money to pay full monthly benefits, each beneficiary gets an equal percentage of the monthly payment until the fund is replenished.
Certain police and fire department members who have at least 20 years of service, are at least 51, and whose relief application is granted must be paid a monthly pension equal to half their salary.
If an active or retired policeman or firefighter dies, the board of trustees must pay up to $100 from the pension fund to the widow or family for funeral expenses.
Only certain listed family members and members of the police or fire department may receive a pension from the fund.
The treasurer must safeguard the pension fund, keep prescribed books and accounts, post a bond within 10 days after appointment, and turn over fund property to a successor at the end of the term.
City officers designated by law must draw warrants on the city treasurer or chief financial officer when the board of trustees makes a written request.
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