Kentucky Revised Statutes

Ky. Rev. Stat. § 89.560 (2026)

Repealed, 1980

✓ current as of May 2026
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Catchline at repeal: City manager -- Appointment -- Qualifications -- Terms -- Compensation -- Removal. History: Repealed 1980 Ky. Acts ch. 235, sec. 20, effective July 15, 1980; amended ch. 188, sec. 75. -- Amended 1970 Ky. Acts ch. 285, sec. 12. -- Amended 1956 Ky. Acts ch. 246, sec. 3, effective May 18, 1956. -- Amended 1948 Ky. Acts ch. 200, sec. 1. -- Recodified 1942 Ky. Acts ch. 208, sec. 1, effective October 1, 1942, from Ky. Stat. secs. 3235dd-32, 3235dd-33, 3480c-33, 3480c-34, 3606c-17, 3606-18. Legislative Research Commission Note. This section was amended in Acts 1980, ch. 188, § 75 and repealed in Acts 1980, ch. 235, § 20. The repeal prevails as it was the later enactment.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases, 1948–1970 · leading case: Fee v. Bornhorn, 251 S.W.2d 230 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952).
Fee v. Bornhorn, 251 S.W.2d 230 (Ky. Ct. App. 1952). “disability of the City Manager, the City Solicitor shall perform the duties of said office” see KRS 89.560, or by virtue of a 1950 ordinance which provided that “Stanley Chrisman, City Solicitor be and he is hereby appointed Acting City Manager without additional compensation”.”
Kereiakes v. Graham, 458 S.W.2d 162 (Ky. Ct. App. 1970). “A City Manager employed pursuant to KRS 89.560 cannot be a Mayor or Chief Executive officer as he is not an elected official.”
Mooney v. Moore, 208 S.W.2d 966 (Ky. Ct. App. 1948). · cites it 2× “The question presented is whether or not three of the five members of the Board of Commissioners of ,a city of the second class, having a City Manager form of government, may, under KRS 89.560, remove at will an incumbent City Manager who has served for less than six months.”
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