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HomeMy WebLinkAbout03/16/04347 MARCH 16, 2004 At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held on Tuesday, March 16, 2004, at 5:00 p.m., Mayor Paxton presided, and upon call of the roll by the City Clerk, the following answered to their names: Commissioners Coleman, Guess, Smith and Mayor Paxton (4). Commissioner Montgomery was absent (1). Tom Barnett, was Acting City Manager while the City Manager was out of town. Mayor Paxton gave an update on the following topics. Fire Department— Response to Fire on Ingram Fire Barge Mayor had meeting with the owners of the barge that caught on fire regarding the Fire Department's response to the emergency. The Fire Department will be getting back to the Board with a recommendation for solutions so this does not happen again in the future. The Mayor thinks quarterly drills should be conducted between 911, Fire Department, etc. for fire response for barges on the river. Foreclosure of 1909 Guthrie Avenue Due to a request being made to purchase property at 1909 Guthrie Avenue, Mr. Joel Scarbrough, Chief Building Inspector was directed by the Board to proceed with foreclosure. Unpaid property taxes and liens are in the total amount of $6,814.91. The requestor has offered $500 and Mr. Scarbrough was uncomfortable in settling for this amount because it will not cover the costs of liens, tax amounts and foreclosure fees. He was also instructed to try to get the state law changed reqarding the current process for getting properties transferred for properties with liens that far exceed the value of the property. Mr. Scarbrough was asked to get some properties in Littleville and one property on Bloom Avenue in line with the City's property code. WORKSHOP: 'I w TV MARKETING OPPORTUNITY Tom Barnett, Planning Director, shared an opportunity for the City to partner with Paducah Bank in marketing the City of Paducah. Mr. Dennis Wholey produces a half hour television show called "This is America." He has proposed coming to Paducah to do 2 — %2 hour television programs. He would be interviewing some folks visiting our area around the Quilt Show time. These programs would be shown in the spring and repeated in the fall. In the program byline each week for a year it would say "Supported by City of Paducah and Paducah Bank." The cost for this production is $75,000. Paducah Bank's Board has already committed $50,000 toward this project. Also included would be some interviews of people who will be entertaining at the Luther F. Carson Four Rivers Center. The Board agreed to partner with Paducah Bank and go forward with this proj ect. FLEET PLAN UPDATE (Copy of plan is in minute file.) Mr. Freudenthal was unable to attend the meeting. Next year fire trucks will be included in the plan. Commission agreed to put money in a trust fund for future years to purchase fire trucks. There is approximately $1.5 to $2 million in current fund. UNIFORM WORK HOURS (Copy of memorandum is in minute file.) The Board discussed the memorandum that was distributed in the agenda packet from the City Manager. Mr. Herschel Dungey represented the City Manager since he was out of town and answered questions. The issue is employees who are on a 37-%2 hour workweek going to a 40 -hour workweek. The Mayor read the 3 options the City Manager recommended in his memo. The cost to the City for the extra pay for the 2-%2 hours for 53 non-exempt employees would be approximately $120,000. At this time, Comm. Smith is for Option 2; Comm. Coleman would like more data and see what other community's do, and Comm. Guess wants to see the Pay and Classification Study results. 348 MARCH 16, 2004 Pat Flowers, 37-%2 hour workweek employee, provided information to the Board that she had emailed the Kentucky Department of Labor and their response was that Option 1 is not legal. Rick Murphy, Director of Engineering, requested that Option 1 be removed as an option. PERFORMANCE REVIEW — MERIT PAY SYSTEM (Copy of memorandum is in minute file.) Discussion was brief on this issue. Mark Thompson, Herschel Dungey and Bob Freudenthal, will be working with the City Manager to gather more information and will, be bringing the issue back to the Board. CITY MANAGER REPORT Tom Barnett, Acting City Manager, relayed the following information. The Bogenriefs were in town again with 6 of their employees and are hoping to encourage them to move here with them so they can move their stain -glass business to this area. Mr. Barnett asked Comm. Guess to give a committee report from the marketing group for the Columbia and Arcade Theaters. Comm. Guess reported that the Committee decided that Phase I of advertising will be in Los Angeles, Chicago and New York. Also, the Committee agreed to do a publication. Cost would be around $2,500. Comm. Guess reminded the Board that the City is receiving rental fees from the theater buildings and possibly can be used for the $2,500. The Board authorized $2,500 to be given to the Committee from the general fund or the rental fund to market the two theaters. Upon motion the meeting adjourned. ADOPTED: March Z3 '2004 xf 7A�k City Clerk i Mayor