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MUNICIPAL ORDER NO. 1786
A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A PETITION WITH
THE McCRACKEN CIRCUIT COURT TO TERMINATE THE OAK GROVE
CEMETERY PERPETUAL CARE AND MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND
WHEREAS, KRS 367.952 requires any seller of grave spaces and/or crypts to establish a
perpetual care and maintenance fund for such grave spaces and/or crypts and to contribute a
specified percentage of the sales proceeds from such grave spaces and/or crypts to such fund.
WHEREAS, municipalities such as the City of Paducah were subject to KRS 367.952 as
originally enacted.
WHEREAS, as required by KRS 367.952, the City of Paducah entered into Perpetual
Care and Maintenance Trust Fund Agreement with Peoples First National Bank & Trust
Company of Paducah, Kentucky, dated August 29, 1985 (the "Trust");
WHEREAS, the Community Foundation of West Kentucky, Inc. is successor Trustee
under the Trust;
WHEREAS, as amended in 2008, KRS 367.952 now exempts municipalities, such as the
City of Paducah, from complying with its requirements;
WHEREAS, KRS 367.952 allows a municipality, such as the City of Paducah, that
established a perpetual care and maintenance fund, such as the Trust, to petition the Circuit Court
for termination of such fund and distribution of its assets to the municipality for use solely for the
general care, maintenance and embellishment of the cemetery;
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah desires to terminate the Trust in accordance with KRS
--- 367.952; and
WHEREAS, the Successor Trustee is agreeable to the termination of the Trust and
distribution of the Trust assets to the City of Paducah for use solely for the general care,
maintenance and embellishment of the cemetery.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED as follows:
Section 1. The law firm of Denton & Keuler, LLP is authorized, on behalf of the
City of Paducah, to file a petition in the McCracken Circuit Court to terminate the Perpetual
Care and Maintenance Trust Fund Agreement with Peoples First National Bank & Trust
Company of Paducah, Kentucky, dated August 29, 1985, of which the Community
Foundation of West Kentucky, Inc. is successor trustee.
Section 2. This Order shall be in full force and effect on and after the date as approved by
the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky.
ATTEST:
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Tammara S. Sanderson, City Clerk
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, August 12, 2014
Recorded by Tammara S. Sanderson, City Clerk, August 12, 2014
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