HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-12-8605ORDINANCE NO. 2019-12-8605
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE PADUCAH CREATIVE AND CULTURAL
COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah developed and adopted a Strategic Plan with the key
performance area of Enhancing Arts and Culture in Paducah; and
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah recognizes that arts and culture has a measurable
impact on local economy, health and wellbeing, society and education; and
WHEREAS, it is the intent of the City of Paducah to establish and empower a Creative
and Cultural Council to preserve, support and grow arts and culture in Paducah.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the City of Paducah, Kentucky hereby creates the Paducah Creative
and Cultural Council by adding the following sections to Chapter 2 of the Paducah Code of
Ordinances:
See. 2-581. — Establishment.
There is hereby created a board to be known as the Paducah Creative and Cultural
Council.
Sec. 2-582. - Composition; appointment of members.
The Mayor with the consent of a majority of the City Commission, shall appoint the
members of the Council to be called the Paducah Creative & Cultural Council. The board shall
consist of five (5) citizens of the City of Paducah, the Paducah Director of Planning, the Paducah
Neighborhood Project Planner and the Paducah Grants Administrator. Citizen members initially
designated shall serve terms of three (3) years or until their successors are appointed and
confirmed; provided, however, that initially, two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of
one (1) ye= two (2) members shall be appointed for terms of two (2) years; and one (1) member
shall be appointed for terms of three (3) years. Each term, except for initial appointments, shall
be for three (3) years each, and/or until their successors are appointed and qualified. No member
may serve more than two (2) full three-year terms. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner
as in the original appointments and for the unexpired term of the vacancy. Board members shall
be appointed based in part on their professional competence of arts and culture and may include
creative entrepreneurs, arts advocates and concerned members of the public.
Sec. 2-583. — Role & Function.
The duties of the Creative and Cultural Council shall be as follows:
(1) Act as a resource for local artists and organizations.
(2) Undertake initiatives that support the creative economy and the arts and culture
ecosystem of Paducah.
(3) Unite and connect local partners to address community needs and make the
community more healthy, vibrant and equitable.
(4) Recognize, promote and encourage creative industry growth.
(5) Identify funding and grant opportunities for local artists and arts & cultural
organizations and assist with the acquisition of said funding and grants.
(6) Coordinate efforts between agencies and individual artists and educate the public
regarding community arts opportunities.
(7) Assist with the installation of public art in neighborhoods, public places and
commercial corridors.
(8) Perform assessments on the state of arts and culture in Paducah.
(9) Select its own Chairperson and Secretary.
(10) Meet no less than quarterly.
Sec. 2-584. — Compensation and Debts.
Council members shall serve without compensation and shall not incur any indebtedness
to be paid by the Citv.
SECTION 2. The provisions of this ordinance are severable. If any provision, section,
paragraph, sentence or part thereof shall be held unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall
not affect or impair the remainder of this ordinance, it being the legislative intent to ordain and
enact each provision, section, paragraph, sentence and part thereof separately and independent of
each other.
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall be read on two separate days and become effective
upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
Brandi Harless, Mayor
AT EST:
Lindsay Parish ty Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, December 10, 2019
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, December 17, 2019
Recorded by the City Clerk, December 17, 2019
Published by The Paducah Sun, December 25, 2019
Reviewed by KKHB
Ord\2-581 Establish Creative and Cultural Council