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164.655 Extension board, powers and duties.

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164.655 Extension board, powers and duties. The extension board of each extension district shall have the following powers and <br>duties: <br>(1) To serve as an agency of the Commonwealth and to manage and transact all of the business and affairs of its district and have authority to acquire property necessary <br>for the conduct of the business of the district for the purposes of KRS 164.605 to <br>164.675; (2) To enter into an annual memorandum of agreement with the extension service and the extension district. This memorandum of agreement shall set forth the policy <br>pertaining to (a) appointment of personnel to serve in the district, (b) financing of <br>extension work in the district, and (c) responsibilities of the cooperating parties in <br>planning and executing the program; (3) To, and shall as soon as possible following the first meeting in which the officers are elected and annually thereafter, file in the office of the county clerk a certificate <br>signed by its chairman and secretary, certifying the names, addresses and terms of <br>office of each member and the names and addresses of the officers of the extension <br>board with the signatures of the officers affixed thereto, and said certificate shall be <br>conclusive as to the organization of the extension district, its extension board and as <br>to its members and its officers; (4) With the advice of the extension council, to make and adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with the law as it may deem necessary for its own <br>government in the transaction of the business of the extension district; (5) To cooperate with the extension service and the extension council in conducting an extension program in agriculture, home economics, youth work and related subjects <br>in the extension district. Said program shall be planned and executed upon the <br>advice, recommendations and assistance of the extension council with the board to <br>make final decisions; (6) To cooperate with other extension districts in the employment of personnel, conduct of programs and sponsorship of activities for the mutual benefit of each; (7) To cooperate with all extension organizations, farm organizations, state and federal agencies, civic clubs and any other organizations who may be interested in and <br>willing to cooperate in conducting the extension programs in the extension district; (8) To prepare annually not later than April 15 of each year in cooperation with the director of extension an extension district budget for the ensuing year. This budget <br>shall be prepared with consideration being given to the advice and <br>recommendations of the extension council, must be consistent with financing <br>policies of the extension service and shall reflect the agricultural, home economics, <br>youth and related subject matter needs of people in the extension district; (9) To deposit all district extension education funds in a bank or banks approved by it in the name of the extension district. These receipts shall constitute a fund known as <br>the district cooperative extension education fund which shall be disbursed by the <br>treasurer of the extension board in accordance with the annual budget and the <br>annual memorandum of agreement between the board and the extension service; (10) To, from time to time when necessary and on approval of the fiscal court, borrow such funds as may be required to meet the financial obligations of the extension <br>district; provided, however, that the extension board cannot in any fiscal year incur <br>indebtedness in an amount which would be in excess of the anticipated revenue of <br>said district for the fiscal year. The amount of the anticipated revenue shall be <br>certified to said board by the fiscal court of the county in which the district is <br>located; (11) To expand the district cooperative extension education fund for salaries and travel expense of extension personnel, rental, office supplies, equipment, communications, <br>office facilities, services and property acquisition and in payment of such other <br>items as may be necessary to carry out the extension district program; (12) To carry over unexpended district cooperative extension education funds into the next fiscal year so that funds will be available to carry on the program; provided, <br>however, that such anticipated carry-over funds shall be taken into consideration in <br>the formulation of the extension district budget for the ensuing year; (13) To file with the county fiscal court or board of commissioners and directors of extension and to publish in one (1) newspaper of general circulation in the county <br>before October 1 of each year a report under oath of all receipts and expenditures of <br>such district cooperative extension education funds showing from whom received, <br>to whom paid and for what purpose for the last fiscal year; (14) To be remunerated from the district cooperative extension education fund for actual expenses incurred in the performance of services for the extension district; <br>provided, however, that payments for expenses must be approved by the extension <br>board; (15) To accept contributions from fiscal courts and boards of education for use in conducting extension work in the extension district as provided for under KRS <br>247.080; (16) To accept private funds for use in conducting extension work in the extension district; provided, however, that the acceptance of all such contributions must be <br>approved by the director of extension; and (17) To collect reasonable fees for specific services which require special equipment or personnel such as soil testing services, seed testing services or other services in <br>support of the educational program of the extension district. History: Created 1962 Ky. Acts ch. 275, sec. 11.