(1) In KRS § 67A.210 to KRS § 67A.350, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) “Administrative or directorial position” means the head of a department or other executive unit other than those excluded under KRS § 67A.220.
(b) “Appointing authority” means the officer, commission, board or body having the power of appointment or removal in any office, department, commission, board or institution, under law, ordinance or comprehensive plan, and does not include any ratifying authority entitled to approve or disapprove an appointment.
(c) “Civil service” means the offices and positions of trust or employment in the service of the urban-county government not specifically excluded by KRS
67A.220 to 67A.340.
(d) “Commission” means the civil service commission as established under KRS
67A.230.
(e) “Comprehensive plan” means the plan for merger of local governments provided in this chapter.
(f) “Competitive examination” means the examination or evaluation described in
KRS § 67A.230 and KRS § 67A.240.
(g) “Dismissal” means the discharge of an employee.
(h) “Employee” means any person employed in the conduct of municipal affairs including an administrative or directorial position, but the term shall not include:
1. Officers elected by the voters, and persons appointed to fill vacancies in elective offices;
2. Members of all boards, commission and authorities established under the provisions of the comprehensive plan or by ordinance pursuant thereto;
3. The chief administrative officer as denominated in the comprehensive plan;
4. Department commissioners of all executive departments created by the comprehensive plan or by ordinance pursuant thereto;
5. All administrative assistants appointed by the mayor or highest elective executive officer under the provisions of the comprehensive plan and all secretaries excluded by the provisions of the comprehensive plan;
6. Temporary or part-time employees and all persons employed to conduct special inquiries, investigations or studies for the urban-county government;
7. Constitutional officers and their appointees.
(i) “Pension fund” means the moneys derived from the employees or the levy of a special tax, or any other sum derived from any other source, to be used for the retirement of employees after the prescribed years of service and for the
benefit of disabled employees, and widows and dependent children in the case of death of an employee within the scope of his employment according to the terms of KRS § 67A.320 through 67A.340, the comprehensive plan, or the ordinances of the urban-county government, including retirement systems adopted pursuant to law.
(j) “Seniority” for purposes of KRS § 67A.240, 67A.250, and 67A.270 refers to length of service as defined in the comprehensive plan or ordinance, but shall in each case include such service under cities, counties or other municipalities which have been merged into the urban-county government. Seniority and length of service for purposes of KRS § 67A.320 and KRS § 67A.330 shall be in accordance with rules established by the comprehensive plan or ordinance, but shall in each case include service or seniority obtained under pension plans described in such sections existing in municipalities prior to the adoption of urban-county government, and shall in no case give credit to any service or seniority except in respect to such prior service in municipalities having such pension plans, or under urban-county governments, except that the urban- county government may purchase credits in lieu of seniority, the cost thereof being determined by the trustees of the pension fund, in accordance with sound actuarial principles, for employees whose seniority or length of service was under municipalities other than those described herein.
(2) The provisions of KRS § 67A.230 to KRS § 67A.340 are independent of and do not affect the laws governing the police and fire departments, nor their pension funds.
Effective: June 21, 1974
History: Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 1, effective June 21, 1974.