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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07/28/70No. 84 Proceedings of . Board of CommissionersCiEy of Paducah July 28, 1970 Employ Morris A W Floodwall Resignatio Cemetery/ emetery / Shields, ✓ S Harrifoxd, Harris ✓✓and Jackson, Reapportion Planning & Zoning funds At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners held in the Commission Chamber in the City Hall, Paducah, Kentucky, at 7:30 P.M. on July 28, 1970, Mayor Protem Harvey presided in the absence of Mayor Cherry, and upon call of the Roll the following answere to their names: Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Mayor Protem Harvey offered motion that the reading of the Minutes for July 14, 1970 be waived and that the Minutes of said meeting prepared by the City Clerk be approved as written. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher,- Horn Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Fisher offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that upon recommendation of the City Manager the following personnel changes be made: / 1. Morris A. Wood be employed as Maintenance Operator in the Floodwall Department, cks, retroactive to July 16, 1970, at a salary of $472.00 per month. 3. The resignation of the following seasonal employees in the Cemetery Department be accepted: Michael D. Shields Michael L. Starks Richard L. Harriford John Winston Harris Sylvester Jackson Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Hornsby offered the following motion, which was seconded by Commissioner Puryear: WHEREAS the Board of Commissioners on June 3, 1970 appropriated $23,800.00 for Planning and Zoning, and apportioned therein $10,000 for Item 6300 - Salaries; $5,000 for Item 6333 - Planning Commission and $7,800 for Item 6334 - 701 Water & Sewer Study, WHEREAS the said amounts are inadequate for some items and excessive for other items'and are iri- need-- of reapportionment, and WHEREAS this Board will make only one reapportionment for city revenue at the end of thi fiscal year but desires to reassure the City Manager of its approval for expenditures over and under those amounts previously authorized for Planning & Zoning. Now therefore, I move that the City Manager be authorized to spend up to and including the total sum of $23,800.00 for Planning & Zoning apportioned accordingly for the following items: 6300 Salaries $5,000.00 6333 Planning Commission 14,900.00 6334 701 Water & Sewer Study 3,900.00 and I further move that this approval is the assurance of this Board's intention to reapportion the planning and zoning accounts as set out herein. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). and Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of File Amendment No. 3 U. R. Project Ky R-30 City Employee Picnic Sell graves in Rushing Add V Mrs. Ozean W. Harris Letter Board of Education re collect back to Settlement Sew & refuse for July 1970 File contract V Belmont Equip. C Refuse vehicles 99 July -28, 1970 Commissioner Hornsby offered the following motion, seconded by Commissioner Pu3qyear I move that a copy of Amendment No. 3, Part I Application for Loan and Grant, together with supporting maps for the Downtown Civic Center Area Project Ky. R-30, be received and filed, and I further move that said documents be filed with the Resolution adopted July 14, 1970 approving said amendment. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protean Harvey (4). Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear as follows: WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah desires to instill in th city employees a sense of belonging, to promote good will among employees, to improve enployer-employee relations, and to reward and recognize its employees, NOW THEREFORE, I move that the City Manager be directed to organize and arrange for the first annual city employees summer picnic to be held prior to September 1, in Noble Park, and to provide for free amusement rides, free swimming privileges and refreshments, and I further move that he be authorized to spend up to $1000.00 from city funds for such purposes. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby as follows: I move that the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah to Mrs. Ozean W. Harris of the east one-half of Lot No. 62 in Block No. 6 of the Rushing Addition to Oak Grove Cemetery for the sum of $200.00. I further move that the City Clerk be authorized to execute a deed of conveyance to said cemetery property. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4) . Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that as the letter from Peggy Tripp, Secretary, Paducah Board of Education, dated July 20, 1970, to City Manager Larry E. Thomas, setting forth the agreement by the said board of Education for cost sharing with the City of Paducah on the collection of back taxes, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Fisher, that the reports of the Paducah Water Works for the month of July, 1970, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4)-. Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby-, that the executed copy of the contract between the City and Belmont Equipment Company, Inc., for sale to the City of two Ciis hman refuse vehicles be received and filed. Adopted on cal of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). No. 86 Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Paducah July 28, 1970 _ Contract ,Housing Stud Request bids on tires Transportatin Study Sell lot to A .F .Warren Clements St Sell lot to, Homer Barnes & wife - North 11th Hearing of Grievances Mayor Protem Harvey offered motion that the executed copy of the contract, dated July 15, 1970 between the City and Kentucky Program Development Office for a housing study be received, approved and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioner! Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Fisher offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF PADUCAH WITH ITS REQUIREMENT OF NEW AUTOMOBILE AND TRUCK TIRES F THE PERIOD OF TIME FROM AUGUST 1, 1970 TO JULY 31, 1971", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDER- STANDING AMONG THE CITY OF PADUCAH, COUNTY OF McCRACKEN AND THE KENTUCKY DEPARTMENT OF HIGHWAYS FOR A PADUCAH URBAN AREA TRANSPORTATION STUDY", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF A. F. WARRED' TO PURCHASE THE INTEREST OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH IN PROPERTY ON CLEMENTS STREET FOR THE SUM OF $400.00, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A QUITCLAIM DEED", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4) . Mayor Protem Harvey offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Fisher, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF HOMER BARNES AND WIFE, ANNIE BARNES, TO PURCHASE THE INTEREST OF THE CITY IN CERTAIN PROPERTY ON NORTH 11TH STREET FOR THE SUM OF $250.00, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE A QUITCLAIM DEED", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Protem Harvey (4). Mayor Protem Harvey announced that two grievances had been filed and set for hearing at this meeting. Whereupon,the Board heard the complaint and arguments by and for the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,AFL-CIO Local 1586 alleging the violation of. the contract dated May 10, 1970 between the City of Paducah and the Union in that employees in the refuse department using uniforms provided by the City were required to pay the sum of $4.00per month. After hearing the -arguments and being sufficiently advised, Mayor Protem Harvey announced the findings.of the Board to be as follows: The intention of the contracting parties when,providing Item 15. in Article XII of said contract was that the City would provide uniforms on an individua non -mandatory basis for employees in the refuse department, and that the City and the employee would share equally in the cost. It was further found that the approximate monthly cost for such uniform service was $6.50, and the City Manager was instructed by Mayor Protem Harvey with the unanimous consent of the Board, to withhold only the E:3 Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of paducA. -.-- July 28, 19 sum of $3.25 per month per employee using the uniforms, and to adjust with each such employee any overpayments made for uniforms from and after the period covered by the contract. i A second grievance filed by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO Local 1586 alleging a violation of Article II of the contract dated May 10, 1970 between the City and said Union was heard by the Board, and after being sufficiently advised and deliberating, Mayor Protem Harvey announced the following findings by the Board: The union bargaining committee knew before execution of the contract of the City' intention to make various wage adjustments for certain classifications of city employee over and above the uniformly agreed wage increase; that Item is of Article II of said contract provides that the city recognize the union as the exclusive bargaining unit for purposes of collective bargaining in the settlement of disputes which may arise concerning wage rates, but that no dispute was involved concerning the action taken by the Board; and that the Board considered the adjustment necessary and overdue; and the Board further found and among its rights and duties to manage the affairs of the City that its action in making the wage adjustments complained of was proper and that it came within the authority of the City excluded under Article XV of the contract. Mayor Protem Harvey further advised that it was the unanimous consensus of the Board that such future actions would be presented to the union for consideration prior to final action, although the Board would not consider itself bound by any disapproval of such matters which the union might have. r There being no further business to come before the Board, the meeting was adjourned. ADOPTED 1970 APPROVED City Clerk