(1) An air pollution control board operating under KRS 77.070 shall, in July of each year, elect from its members a chairman and a vice chairman who shall be of different political party affiliation. The board shall employ a competent secretary- treasurer and an air pollution control officer, neither of whom shall be a member of the board. The secretary-treasurer and the air pollution control officer shall devote their entire time and attention exclusively to the services of the board.
(2) The air pollution control officer shall be an engineer by profession and shall be a graduate of a recognized university or college, shall be thoroughly familiar with the theory and practice of the prevention and control of air pollution, and shall meet the qualifications for a nonelective peace officer stated in KRS 61.300.
(3) The secretary-treasurer and the air pollution control officer may be removed by the board, for cause, after hearing by it and after at least ten (10) days notice in writing shall have been given to the secretary-treasurer or the air pollution control officer, as the case may be, which notice shall embrace the charges preferred against the person. At the hearing the person may be represented by counsel. The finding of the board shall be final.
(4) The board may provide for assistants, deputies, clerks, attaches, and other persons to be employed by the secretary-treasurer and the air pollution control officer, and the times at which they shall be appointed.