Allen v. McClendon

While I agree that the increased compensation which the Appellees voted to pay themselves cannot be justified as a “rubber dollar” adjustment, I disagree with that portion of the majority opinion which holds that the maximum “rubber dollar” adjustment allowable in any particular year must correlate with the increase in the consumer price index during the preceding year. Neither the language of KRS 64.527 nor the holdings of our previous cases support that conclusion.

Section 246 of the Constitution of Kentucky, as amended in 1949, provides:

No public officer ... shall receive as compensation…