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The park board must keep books of receipts and expenditures, let the books be examined by the mayor or an authorized legislative committee, send an annual January report to the mayor and legislative body, and comply with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.
Cities of the home rule class may levy an annual tax of up to 10 mills for a band or orchestra fund, but only after a petition and voter approval process.
This section lets a similar petition be presented later asking voters to repeal the power to levy the tax for maintaining or employing a band or orchestra.
This section sets rules for war memorial commissions in certain Kentucky cities, including commission size, member qualifications, appointments, vacancies, terms, and no-compensation service with travel expenses allowed.
Commission members in specified city classes must annually elect a chairman. The commission may also choose a non-member secretary-treasurer and set compensation for officers or employees, subject to a $2,500 yearly cap for the secretary-treasurer in first-class cities.
The commission may manage the memorial, make rules, enter contracts, sue or be sued, and use a corporate seal.
The commission’s chairman, secretary, and treasurer must each give bond with approved surety, and the commission must pay the bond premiums.
The memorial must honor specified soldiers and sailors and be permanent; the commission may keep certain war-related items in it.
The commission may acquire property for the memorial by gift, purchase, lease, or condemnation.
For work, supplies, or materials costing $500 or more, the commission must award the contract to the lowest and best bidder, but it may reject bids and may use day labor or another noncontract method when it thinks that is best.
City legislative bodies must fund the memorial each year, and home-rule cities may instead levy a limited property tax.
The commission may not incur or allow maintenance expenses for the memorial above the available yearly funds unless the city legislative body approves.
The commission must prepare an annual May statement, get mayor approval for certain fund handling, and comply with KRS 65A.010 to 65A.090.
The commission must file an annual report with the mayor, maintain proper accounting records, and the mayor may have the accounts examined.
The commission may let the memorial be used for events and may charge reasonable fees, except for certain civic or public-benefit uses where a fee is not desirable.
The commission may accept gifts of property, if the donor provides a suitable instrument stating the gift’s purpose, and it must use the gift or sale proceeds only for that purpose.
The commission controls the bond sale process and the use of bond proceeds and premiums.
After the bonds are paid, the commission may set aside memorial income with the mayor’s approval, invest or deposit it, and must send the rest to the city treasury.
The city attorney and assistants must provide legal services or advice the commission requires, and they do so without extra compensation.
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