96.760 Term of board members -- Vacancies -- Removals.

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96.760 Term of board members -- Vacancies -- Removals. (1) The original appointees shall serve for one (1), two (2), three (3) and four (4) years respectively, from the date of appointment, as the said mayor or chief executive <br>officer shall designate. Successors to retiring members so appointed shall be <br>appointed for a term of four (4) years in the same manner, prior to the expiration of <br>the term of office of the retiring members. In addition to the members so appointed, <br>the said mayor or chief executive officer shall also, with the approval of the <br>governing body, designate a member of such governing body, or in his discretion <br>the city manager, to serve as a fifth member of the board. The term of such member <br>shall be for such time as the appointing officer may fix, but not beyond such <br>appointee's term of office in such governing body, or his employment as city <br>manager. Appointments to complete unexpired terms of office shall be made in the <br>same manner as original appointments. (2) Any member of the board may be removed from office upon a vote of a majority of the members of the governing body of the municipality for inefficiency, neglect of <br>duty, misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office. History: Created 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 18, secs. 17 and 19.