HomeMy WebLinkAbout01/19/10JANUARY 19, 2010
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held on Tuesday, January 19, 2010, at
5:30 p.m., Mayor Paxton presided, and upon call of the roll by the City Clerk, the following
answered to their names: Commissioners Abraham, Gault, Kaler, Watkins and Mayor Paxton
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WORKSHOP
REPORT FROM MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT CLASS
Eric Stuber and Jeff Montgomery gave an overview of the Management Development Class
and its activities for the last year. Everyone was involved in an individual project and group
project. The group project was revamping the `Orientation Program for New Employees".
The new class will begin with a retreat on January 30, 2010. Adrianne Gleeson, member of
the Class explained the changes to the orientation program.
PAVILION PROJECT: STATUS REPORT AND TIMELINE
Mark Thompson, Parks Services Director, went over the timeline for the completion of the
pavilion. Bids will be opened this Friday for site development with April 2nd being the
deadline date for completion of Phase III.
EXECUTIVE INN PROPERTY STATUS REPORT AND TIMELINE
Executive Director of Paducah Renaissance Alliance, Steve Doolittle, gave a report on the
Executive Inn. The post purchase preparatory work such as the boarding up of windows,
winterizing the sprinkler system, setting up security, etc has been completed. He discussed
the next four processes will be the liquidation of the interior property, demolition of the hotel,
master planning a/k/a the RAMP (Renaissance Area Master Plan), and the
recruitment/redevelopment of the hotel site. The advertisement for bids for the liquidation
will be on February 1St. Once the liquidation is complete bids will be advertised for the
demolition on April 1St. The approximate date for Notice to Proceed for demolition will be
May 1" with an expected completion date of mid-November.
GREAT AMERICAN MAIN STREET AWARD
Monica Bilak, Development Manager, showed the video that PRA is submitting for the Great
American Main Street Award. In order to submit a video you have to be in the top 10
nationwide finalists.
BRIEFING ON 2010 BOND ISSUE
The City Manager gave a report over the bond issues for the sports park, pavilion, the
purchase of the Executive Inn and Executive Inn maintenance. The estimated costs for the
projects are $6.3 million. The estimated costs may vary due to several unknowns. He
described a complicated fix and a simple fix for funding the above projects. The way the
bond issue has been structured it will be totally tax exempt eligible. However, to be eligible
for Build America Bonds (BABS) the issue must be used for a public purpose.
FUTURE INVESTMENT FUND PRIORITIES
The City Manager asked the Board of Commissioners to review the Investment Fund
priorities in preparation for the discussion on next year's budget process.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
• City Manager introduced Chris Williams. He is the City Manager's intern from
January through May. It is a volunteer position.
• Personnel actions — no discussion
• City Manager asked the Commission how they wanted to handle funding requests
from not-for-profit organizations. Commission agreed they wanted to have one
meeting for all organizations to attend and make their presentation.
Greyhound Bus Issue — Mayor Paxton comments
Mayor Paxton commented on the issue of the Greyhound Bus Line not being able to reside in
the Paducah Area Transit facility. He does not want Paducah to lose Greyhound to another
city. He believes that Greyhound is very important to Paducah and wished that some of the
residents in Lowertown had been more supportive of Greyhound's move to the PATS facility.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
Kathleen Cockrel, resident of Lowertown, gave comments on the Greyhound situation along
with crime statistics from the Greyhound Bus pickup/dropoff location on Fourth Street.
Upon motion the meeting adjourned.
ADOPTED: January 26, 2010