2014 Kentucky Revised Statutes CHAPTER 96 - UTILITIES IN CITIES 96.780 Board to control plant -- Superintendent -- Public filing of rates and regulations -- Employees -- Contracts -- Records.
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96.780 Board to control plant -- Superintendent -- Public filing of rates and
regulations -- Employees -- Contracts -- Records.
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After a board has been appointed and qualified, it shall have charge of the
general supervision and control of the acquisition, improvement, operation and
maintenance of the electric plant of the municipality. The board shall employ an
electric plant superintendent (herein called "superintendent"), who shall be
qualified by training and experience for the general superintendence of the
acquisition, improvement and operation of the electric plant. His salary shall be
fixed by the board. The superintendent shall be removable by the board for
inefficiency, neglect of duty, misfeasance, or malfeasance in office. He shall be
required to execute a bond, in a sum to be determined and approved by the
board, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his official duties. The cost
of the bond may be charged as an expense of the operation of the electric
plant.
Within the limits of the funds available therefor, all powers of a municipality to
acquire, improve, operate and maintain, and to furnish electric service, and all
powers necessary or convenient thereto, conferred by KRS 96.550 to 96.900,
shall be exercised on behalf of the municipality by the board and the
superintendent, respectively. Subject to the provisions of applicable bonds or
contracts, the board shall determine programs and make all plans for the
acquisition of the electric plant, shall make all determinations as to
improvements, rates and financial practices, may establish such rules and
regulations as it deems necessary or appropriate to govern the furnishing of
electric service, and may disburse all moneys available in the electric plant
fund hereinafter established for the acquisition, improvement, operation and
maintenance of the electric plant and the furnishing of electric service.
A copy of the schedule of the current rates and charges in effect from time to
time and a copy of all rules and regulations of the board relating to electric
service shall be kept on public file at the main and all branch offices of the
electric plant and also in the office of the municipal clerk or recorder. The
superintendent shall have charge of all actual construction, the immediate
management and operation of the electric plant and the enforcement and
execution of all rules, regulations, programs, plans and decisions made or
adopted by the board.
The superintendent shall appoint all employees and fix their duties and
compensation subject to and with the approval of the board. Subject to the
limitations and provisions of KRS 96.550 to 96.900, the superintendent, with
the approval of the board, may acquire and dispose of all property, real and
personal, necessary to effectuate the purposes of KRS 96.550 to 96.900. The
title to all property purchased or acquired shall be taken in the corporate name
of the board.
The superintendent shall let all contracts, subject to the approval of the board,
but may, without such approval, obligate the electric plant on purchase orders
up to an amount to be fixed by the board, not to exceed twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000). All contracts shall be in the corporate name of the board and
shall be signed by the superintendent and attested by the secretary-treasurer
or chairman of the board. The superintendent shall make and keep or cause to
be made and kept full and proper books and records, subject to the supervision
and direction of the board, and the provisions of applicable contracts.
Effective:June 21, 2001
History: Amended 2001 Ky. Acts ch. 127, sec. 1, effective June 21, 2001. -Amended 1978 Ky. Acts ch. 352, sec. 1, effective June 17, 1978. -- Created
1942 Ky. Acts ch. 18, sec. 20.
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