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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes Book 24, Page 128, March 8, 1960No 12$ Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Pedm h March 8, 1960 Water tonne tion N side Buckner Ln K.H.Clymer Sell grqves Rushing Add Ben Paxton Financial Rp & Budget Paducah Juni College -1960 Bond -Gilbert Plumbing & Heating Co. order Judge Shelbourne, KU case appointing H.Clyde Ree File Parking Meter bids , At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners held in the Commission Chamber of the City Hall, Paducah, Kentucky, at 7:30 P.M. on March 8, 1960, Mayor Cherry presided and upon call of the Roll the following answered to their names: Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Mayor Cherry offered motion that the reading of the Minutes for February 23, 29 and March 3, 1960 be waived and that the Minutes of said meeting as prepared by the City Clerk be approved as written. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Mayor Cherry offered motion that the petition of Kenneth H. Clymer and his wife Edith F. Clymer, for permission to make one 3/4 -inch connection to the existing 8 -inch water main owned by the Paducah Water Works located on Buckner Lane, for the purpose of furnishing water to one residence only to be constructed upon a lot fronting 100 feet on the north side of Buckner Lane in McCracken County, Kentucky, and outside the corporate limits of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be received and filed and that the request in said petition be granted in accordance with the terms and conditions in said petition. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). / Commissioner Davis offered motion that the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah to Ben Paxton of the north west and north east corners of Lot No. 8 in Block No. B of the Rushing Addition to Oak Grove Cemetery, and that the City Clerk be authorized to execute a deed of conveyance to said cemetery graves. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). / Commissioner Davis offered motion that the financial report of Paducah r Junior College fpr the year 1959, together with the proposed budget for the calendar year 1960, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Fendley offered motion that the bond executed by Gilbert's Plumbing & Heating Company, Inc, in the amount of $$4,000.00, dated February 25, 1960, be received, approved and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Fendley offered motion that a certified copy of an Order entered by Roy M. Shelbourne, Presiding Judge, United States District Court, Western s District of Kentucky, on December 23, 1959, appointing H. Clyde Reeves of Louisville, Kentucky as the third member of the Board of Appraisers established under the Kentucky Utilities Company's franchise, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Fendley offered motion that the following bids on parking meters be received and filed: Duncan Parking Meter Division of Motor Products Corp. Mico Meter Sales Company of Kentucky Magne-Hale Park -O -Meter Company The Dual Parking Pieter Company Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). No 129 Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Paducah March $, 1960 Police repor Commissioner Gholson offered motion that the report of the police department for Feb. 1960 the month of February, 1960, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Liability In urance Commissioner Gholson offered motion that the Certificate of Insurance issued by Harold Jones'; d/b/a blest New Amsterdam Casualty Company covering work done by Harold Jones d/b/a West Kentucky Ky Asphalt Paving Co ` Asphalt Baviung Company for a period of one year from March 16, 1960, be received, approved and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, I Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Rescind motion, Commissioner Hook offered motion that the motion adopted by this Board on February transferringl, Bennie Smith, 2, 1960 transferring Bennie Smith from the position of temporary laborer in the Street i Division to permanent laborer in the Refuse Division, be:, and the same is hereby rescinde Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fendley, :Davis, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). File bids on Commissioner Hook offered motion that the following bids for furnishing the City Limestone its requirement of Limestone for the year 1960, be received and filed: Reed Crushed Stone Company, Inc. III Charles E. Jenkins Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Employ Carl Commissioner Hook offered motion that Carl E. Torian be employed as a fireman E. Torian Fireman in the fire department of the City of Paducah at the beginning salary of y270.00 per month, effective March 16, 1960, provided that by such time he furnishes, at his expense, the City I -Tanager with a satisfactory medical report as to his physical con- dition, including an electrocardigram. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gho�son, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). File Board Mayor Cherry offered motion as follows: In connection with the Board of of Education,, Budget, etc.11 Education tax rate for 1960, I move that the following be received and filed: 1960 -tax rate request 1. Copy of the Minutes of the Board of Education of March 4, 1960 relative to the Special School Tax Rate of 46¢. 2. 6opy of a Resolution of the Board of Education of March 4, 1960 relative to the Regular School Tax Rate and Poll Tax. 3. Copy of the General Budget for 1960 of the Paducah Independent School District. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Letter I� Mayor Cherry offered motion that the letter from Paducah Printing Company commending " St. Dept, commending the Street Department on the way they "tackled" the snow in downtowm business district on March 2, 1960, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). Request bids Commissioner Gholson offered motion that a Resolution entitled: "A RESOLUTION Asphalt % REQUESTING THE MAYOR TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE CITY'S REQUIREMENT OF ASPHALT (EITHER LIQUID OR EMULSIFIED, OR BOTH) FOR THE YEAR 1960 (AN AMOUNT EQUAL i TO APPROXIMATELY 150,000 - 200,000 GALLONS )_ TO BE USED IN STREET CONSTRUCTION ADD REPAIR WORK", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). N. 130 Proceedings of Board of Commissioners city of Paducah_ March $, 1960 Amend Secti n 7 Civil( V Commissioner Davis offered motion that an ordinance entitled; "AN ORDINANCE Servide Ord.' AMENDING SECTION 7 OF THE TAPPOINTIVE EMPLOYEES' CIVIL SERVICE ORDINANCE+, WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ON DECEMBER 2, 1947, AND AMENDED ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1959", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Fendley, Gholsoh, Hook and Mayor Cherry (5). On motion the meeting adjourned. ADOPTED March 22///^//� 1960 ityL;Jeric APPROVED mayor �//