Caldwell County Fiscal Court v. Paris

OPINION

WILHOIT, Chief Judge.

This appeal is from the order of the Caldwell Circuit Court determining that the health insurance benefits provided by the appellants to the appellee constituted “compensation” for purposes of Section 161 of the Kentucky Constitution and concluding that the Caldwell County Fiscal Court (Fiscal Court) could not provide or deny those health benefits during the term of the appellee’s office.

The appellee was appointed to the position of Caldwell County Surveyor in 1977 and has served consecutive four-year terms of office by election since that time. When the appel-lee…