HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Book 24, Page 133, March 21, 1960Mae Mathis
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Judgment in
Robert E. J
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Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Paducah March 21, 1960
At a Called Meeting of the Board of Commissioners held in the Commission
Chamber of the City Hall, Paducah, Kentucky, at 5:30 P.M. on I -larch 21, 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).
The meeting was called for the purpose of hearing charges preferred
against Robert E. Jones a member of the fire department.
Mayor Cherry offered the following motion: I move that Mae Mathis,
McCracken Circuit Court Reporter, be designated as official reporter in the proceeding
before this Board on the hearing of Statement of Charges of Ed Turner, Chief of the
Fire Department, City of Paducah, as Complainant, against Robert E. Jones, a member
of such department, as defendant. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners
Davis, Fendley, Gholson,Hook and Mayor Cherry (5).
After hearing all of the evidence, Commissioner Davis offered the
following motion: I move that the Board of Commissioners adopt the following and
attached findings of fact and judgment upon charges preferred by Ed Turner, Chief
of the Fire Department of the City of Paducah, against Robert E. Jones:
The Mayor and Board of Commissioners having heard the evidence upon charges
preferred against the defendant, Robert E. Jones, a member of the fire department of
the City of Paducah by Ed Turner, Chief of such Fire department, and being sufficiently
advised adjudges that said defendant has been guilty of violating Rule No. 11 of an
ordinance adopting the rules :governing the conduct of the members of the fire
department. adopted on June 16, 1937, and amended on April 8, 1952 and on February
14, 1956, which rule reads as follows:
(11) Any immoral habits, lascivious or improper conduct not
herein enumerated which would render him an unfit or im-
proper person for employment in the fire department, or
which would in any way tend to bring discredit or criticism
to the fire department, the city government or any of its
employees.
It is therefore the judgment of the Board of Commissioners that the
defendant, Robert E. Jones, be, and he is hereby, dismissed as a member of the
fire department of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, effective immediately. Adopted
on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Davis, Gholson, Hook and Mayor Cherry (4).
Commissioner Fendley "Passed".
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ADOPTED March 22 1960 APPROVED