Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XII. Conservation and State Development § 147.640.Area council; membership; relation to commission

(1) In order to provide more effective representation of the various governmental units participating in the creation of the area planning commission, an area council shall be created.

(2) The area council shall be composed of one (1) representative and one (1) alternate from each municipality and county within the area planning territory. Each such representative and alternate shall be appointed annually in the manner prescribed by law respecting appointments by such city or county.

(3) Only elected officials of each respective jurisdiction shall be eligible for appointment to the area planning council.

(4) At its first regular meeting in each year, the council shall elect from its membership a president and vice president. The vice president shall have the authority to act as president of the council during the absence or disability of the president.

(5) The council may appoint from within or without its own membership a secretary, prescribe his duties and fix his compensation.

(6) The council shall act in a supervisory and advisory capacity with the area planning commission created hereunder. All actions taken by the council must receive the affirmative vote of the following, if in attendance: two (2) counties or two (2) cities with a population equal to or greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census or one (1) county and one (1) city with a population equal to or greater than fifteen thousand (15,000) based upon the most recent federal decennial census and a majority of the remaining membership in attendance for passage.

(7) The area council may budget in each year for the payment of a per diem for each member of the area planning commission not to exceed in any one (1) year the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each member.

(8) A quorum of the area council shall consist of a majority of its membership.