2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 64 - FEES AND COMPENSATION OF PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 64.5278 Ordinance establishing incentive program for city officers to obtain educational training -- Training incentive payments -- Continuing education hours required -- Proof of attendance and evaluation of courses.
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64.5278 Ordinance establishing incentive program for city officers to obtain
educational training -- Training incentive payments -- Continuing
education hours required -- Proof of attendance and evaluation of
courses.
(1)
Any city may elect, by adopting an ordinance meeting the requirements of this
section, to establish an incentive program for city officers to obtain educational
training related to their duties and responsibilities as city officers and the
functions of city governments.
(2) The ordinance shall apply to all elected city officers within the city, and the city
may allow any nonelected city officer holding an office existing or created
under KRS 83A.080 to participate in the incentive program.
(3) The ordinance shall designate a base training incentive payment amount that
shall be awarded to the city officer for the completion of a training unit during
service as a city officer within the city. This base incentive payment amount
shall be no less than one hundred dollars ($100) and no more than five
hundred dollars ($500). The training incentive payment amount established in
the ordinance shall not be adjusted by any index reporting changes to
consumer prices or any other method to account for inflation.
(4) The ordinance shall require city officers to complete a number of continuing
education hours equal to at least one (1) training unit during each calendar
year in order to receive a training incentive payment.
(5) The ordinance shall state that the city shall award the training incentive
payment to the city officer for the completion of a training unit during the
calendar year. The training incentive payment awarded shall be the base
training incentive payment multiplied by the training incentive multiplier earned
by the city officer. The city officer shall accumulate no more than one (1)
training incentive multiplier per calendar year of continuous service, for a
maximum of four (4) training incentive multipliers.
(6) The ordinance shall provide that a city officer who fails to earn at least one (1)
training unit in any calendar year shall receive no training incentive payment for
that calendar year and shall have his or her training incentive multiplier reset to
one (1) for the following year.
(7) The ordinance may permit the city officer to carry forward no more than fifteen
(15) hours of excess credit hours earned in one (1) calendar year to apply to
the minimum fifteen (15) hours training unit required in the next calendar year.
"Excess hours" means credit hours earned beyond fifteen (15) during a single
calendar year.
(8) The ordinance shall require the city officer to present proof of his or her
completion of the annual training unit and shall establish the time that the city
officers shall receive their training incentive payments.
(9) Each city shall, in the ordinance establishing the city officers training program,
establish a policy regarding the reimbursement to the city officer, or payment to
the provider for the city officer's attendance of an event hosting a course where
the officer seeks to earn credit.
(10) The ordinance shall specify criteria for the presentation of proof of attendance
by city officers and the criteria for the evaluation of a course's relevance to the
duties and functions of city officers and the functions of city governments. In
addition to other courses that may be deemed relevant by the city, courses that
provide instruction on statutory powers and duties of cities and city officers,
intergovernmental relationships, municipal finance and budgeting, municipal
taxation, ethics, open records, open meetings, economic development, or
municipal police powers shall satisfy the criteria established in the ordinance.
Effective:June 8, 2011
History: Created 2011 Ky. Acts ch. 44, sec. 2, effective June 8, 2011.
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