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HomeMy WebLinkAboutKET TV transmitter374 A RESOLUTION TO THE HONORABLE JULIAN CARROLL EXPRESSING A DESIRE THAT THE ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD A KEN'I'LTCKY EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION TRANSMITTER IN PADUCAH; KENTUCKY, BE IMPLEMENTED 'AS SOON AS POSSIBLE WHEREAS , in response to recommendations by the Kentucky Educational Television Study Commission and the' Kentucky Authority for Educational Television the Honorable Julian Carroll prepared, as part of the 'current executive budget, that capital construction funds be provided for the building of an `Educational Television Transmitter in Paducah and Owensboro, Kentucky, which would im- prove the reception o£ educational television programs in both cities, and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and theFiscal Court of McCracken County, Kentucky, are jointly of the opinion that the location of an educational television transmitter in their com- munity will improve the currently poor reception conditions and thereby greatly enhance the cultural and educational opportunities for many citizens of Western Kentucky, and WHEREAS , it has now come to the attention of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and of the Fiscal Court of McCracken County, Kentucky, that an effort is now being made to establish "priorities" between Owensboro and Paducah for the building of a single transmitter, and WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, and the Fiscal Court of McCracken County, are jointly of the opinion that the Honorable Julian Carroll and the members of the State Legislature of the Commonwealth of Kentucky intended that educational television transmitters be built equally at both Paducah and Owensboro, without any consideration of priorities NOW THEREFORE, BE IT JOINTLY RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AND THE FISCAL COURT OF McCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and the Fiscal Court of McCracken County, jointly express a desire that an educational television transmitter be built as originally planned and in accordance with the approved funding included in Governor Julian Carroll's executive budget . SECTION 2. That the Kentucky Authority of Educational Television is hereby urged to proceed immediately with plans to construct transmitters at both Paducah and Owensboro . 375 -- SECTION 3. That the Honorable Julian Carroll, Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is also hereby urged to' use his good office to do whatever is necessary to see that an educational television transmitter is constructed equally in both the .cities of Paducah and Owensboro ~ as intended by ~ the members of the- -Legislature: of the Commonwealth of Kentucky SECTION 4. This-resolution shall be in full. force and effect from and after its adoption . CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY r - By~> - ~%~.% Hon. William S. Murphy, Mayor McCRACKEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY By . . Hon . Raymond 'C . Schultz, Judge Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 11, 1977 Recorded by Louise. McKinney, City Clerk, January 11, 1977.