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Learn about the annual salaries of certain county officials in Kentucky, including judges, clerks, jailers, and sheriffs. Explore the minimum compensation for coroners based on county population, as well as additional compensation for deputy coroners. Understand the training requirements for coroners and deputy coroners, and the compensation for deputy coroners who assume the office of coroner.
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Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 1 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • KRS 64.535 • Annual salaries of certain county officers • The county judge/executive, clerk, jailer who operates a full service jail, and sheriff shall each receive a monthly salary of one-twelfth (1/12) of the amount indicated by the salary schedule in KRS 64.5275. April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 2 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • KRS 64.185 • Coroners shall receive out of the county, consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local government treasury, whichever is appropriate, the monthly compensation the fiscal court of each county shall fix, subject to the following minimums: • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 3 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • County Monthly Minimum • Population Compensation • (a) 10,000 or less $200 • (b) 10,001 to 20,000 $300 • (c) 20,001 to 40,000 $350 • (d) 40,001 to 60,000 $400 • (e) 60,001 to 100,000 $450 • (f) 100,001 to 150,000 $800 • (g) 150,001 or more $1,000 • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 4 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • Coroners who hold a current certificate of continuing education, issued jointly by the Department of Criminal Justice Training, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, and the Office of the Kentucky State Medical Examiner, Justice and Public Safety Cabinet, shall be paid the following minimum monthly compensation set forth in this subsection in recognition of the training: • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 5 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • County Monthly Minimum • Population Compensation • (a) 10,000 or less $400 • (b) 10,001 to 20,000 $500 • (c) 20,001 to 40,000 $650 • (d) 40,001 to 60,000 $750 • (e) 60,001 to 100,000 $850 • (f) 100,001 to 150,000 $1,100 • (g) 150,001 or more $1,300 • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 6 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • Deputy coroners who hold a current certificate of continuing education, as described in subsection (1) of this section, shall receive out of the county, consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local government treasury, whichever is appropriate, the monthly compensation the fiscal court of each county shall fix, subject to the following minimums: • Deputy • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 7 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • County Monthly Minimum • Population Compensation • (a) 10,000 or less $200 • (b) 10,001 to 20,000 $250 • (c) 20,001 to 40,000 $275 • (d) 40,001 to 60,000 $300 • (e) 60,001 to 100,000 $400 • (f) 100,001 to 150,000 $900 • (g) 150,001 or more $1,100 • Deputy • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 8 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • The fiscal court of any county, or the legislative body of a consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local government may compensate coroners and deputy coroners an additional amount of up to three hundred dollars ($300) per month as an expense allowance. • Coroners • And • Deputy • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 9 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • The initial course of continuing education required under subsection (1) of this section shall consist of a basic training course prescribed by the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet. Annually thereafter the coroner shall attend and successfully complete at least eighteen (18) hours of approved training in order to be compensated in accordance with subsection (1) of this section. • Coroners • And • Deputy • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 10 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • If a deputy coroner assumes the office of coroner after receiving the training stipulated in this section, the deputy coroner shall be compensated in accordance with the compensation schedule set forth in subsection (1) of this section. • Coroners • And • Deputy • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 11 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • The number of deputy coroners in a county shall not exceed one (1) for each twenty-five thousand (25,000) inhabitants, or fraction thereof, according to the most recent federal census, but every coroner may, subject to the approval of the legislative body of the county, consolidated local government, charter county government, urban-county government, or unified local government, appoint additional deputy coroners, regardless of population. • Coroners • And • Deputy • Coroners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 12 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • Justices of the peace serving on a fiscal court in any county, and county commissioners serving on a fiscal court in any county other than one containing a city of the first, second, third, or fourth class, shall be paid for their services, out of the county treasury, not to exceed the maximum compensation allowable under KRS 64.527. • 64.530 (6) • Magistrates • and • Commissioners • ( cont. ) April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 13 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • 64.530 (6) • Magistrates • and • Commissioners • The fiscal court shall fix the amount to be received within the above limit, but no change of compensation shall be effective as to any member of a fiscal court during his term of office. • ( cont. ) April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 14 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • The compensation of county commissioners serving on fiscal courts in counties containing a city of the first class shall not exceed nine thousand six hundred dollars ($9,600) per year; in counties containing cities of the second class it shall not exceed nine thousand dollars ($9,000) per year; and in counties containing cities of the third or fourth class it shall not exceed twenty percent (20%) more than the annual compensation paid in the county for the calendar year immediately preceding 1974; and all of said annual salaries shall be payable monthly. • 64.530 (6) • Magistrates • and • Commissioners • ( cont. ) April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 15 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • Justices of the peace and county commissioners shall not receive any compensation for their services on the fiscal court, other than as provided by this section; provided, however, justices of the peace and county commissioners may receive no more than three thousand six hundred dollars ($3,600) annually or three hundred dollars ($300) per month as an expense allowance for serving on committees of the fiscal court. • 64.530 (6) • Magistrates • and • Commissioners • ( cont. ) April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 16 of 18
Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries • The fiscal court shall fix the amount to be received within the above limit, but no change of compensation except as provided in KRS 64.285 shall be effective as to any member of a fiscal court during his term of office. • 64.530 (6) • Magistrates • and • Commissioners April 23, 2015 http://www.kactfo.com Slide 17 of 18
This is to certify that, on this day, Thursday, April 23, 2015 FIRST LAST Has successfully completed the Kentucky County Treasurer’s Fundamentals Course Elected Officials Salaries Tammy Robertson K.A.C.T.F.O. President http://www.kactfo.com