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A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute the 2021 General Term Orders for the Fayette County Clerk and the Fayette County Sheriff, establishing the number of deputies and assistants allowed to each and their respective compensation, subject to the limits for each category as specified in the General Term Orders and the requirements established by law. [Dept. of Finance, Hensley]
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Request Council authorization to execute the 2021 General Term Orders for the Fayette County Clerk and the Fayette County Sheriff, establishing the number of deputies and assistants allowed to each and their respective compensations, subject to the limits for each category as specified in the General Term Orders and the requirements established by law. [Dept. of Finance, Hensley]
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WHEREAS, KRS 64.350(1) provides that in counties having a population of seventy thousand (70,000) or more, the salaries of the county clerks and sheriffs and of their deputies and all necessary office expenses, including the equipping, furnishing, maintaining, and operation of the offices, shall be paid out of the State Treasury in amounts not to exceed seventy-five percent (75%) of the fees collected by the officers respectively; and
WHEREAS, KRS 64.345(2) and (5) provide that the amount allowed for the necessary office expenses of the County Clerk and Sheriff, respectively, and the number of deputies and assistants allowed to each officer and the compensation allowed to each deputy and assistant, subject to the limits established in KRS 64.350(1), shall be approved by the legislative body and signed by the executive authority in counties containing an urban-county form of government; and
WHEREAS, the County Clerk and the Sheriff have presented to this Council orders (the "General Term Orders") which would authorize these expenditures and set the number of deputies and assistants, subject to the limits for each category as specified in the General Term Orders, for calendar year 2021.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That the Mayor, on behalf of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, be and hereby is authorized to execute the 2021 General Term Orders for the County Clerk and Sheriff, which are attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, to establish the number of deputies and assistants allowed to each officer and the compensation allowed to each deputy and assistant, subject to the limits for each category as specified in the General Term Orders and the requirements of KRS 64.350(1).
Section 2 - That this Resolution shall become effective on the date of its passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL
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