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All ORDIMITICE PROVIDIIIG FOR THE APPOIIITI'.H3IIT OR RETEi'ITIOII, BY THE
• BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCnH, OF CEF.T.aI1I CITY OFFICERS,
AGEIITS A11D M.IPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PADUC..H, XF.IITUCKY, IdID FIXING THEIR
SALARIES, P0I7ERS A11D DUTIES.
BE IT ORDAIIIED BY THE BOARD OF C01.II,1ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
Section 1. DEPART1,1E11T OF C01;111ISSIO11FER OF PUBLICF-FAIRS.
CITY SOLICITOR. There shall be elected by the Board of
Commissioners a City Solicitor, who shall be sworn to faithfully dis-
charge his duties, and who shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred
(ti:1200.00) Dollars per year.
Said City Solicitor shall have an assistant, who shall receive
a salary of Five Hundred ()7500.00) Dollars per year, and who shall'be
the acting City Prosecuting attorney, under the general supervision and
direction of.the City Solicitor, and rho shall perform such duties as
are required of him by the City Solicitor and the Board of Commission -
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ers.
Sub -Section I.
SECRETARY IIID STENOGRAPHER TO THE I,IAYOR, COLIMISSIOI:ER OF
PUBLIC PROPE TY, CITY SOLICITOR, IIID C01,MISSIONER OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners a
Secretary and Stenographer to the Mayor, the Commissioner of Public
Property, City Solicitor, and the Commissioner of Public Safety, wID
shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the Mayor, C8m-
missioner of Public Property, City Solicitor, and the Commissioner of
Public. Safety. He shall receive a salary of Sixty -Two and 50100
N'62.50) Dollars per month, and shall be required to
q perform such
additional duties as may be required of him, from time to time, by the
Board of Commissioners.
Sub -Section II.
I,IE ;T IIID LIILh IIISPEC^OR. There shall be appointed by the
Board of Commissioners a heat and 1:Iilk Inspector, who shall perform
such duties as are now required of him by ordinance of the City of
Paducah, and rho shall be paid a salary of Seven Hundred and Twenty
(020.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. He shall,
.at all times, look after and give medical attention to all live stock
of the @ity, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of
him by the Board of Commissioners, from time to time.
Sub -Section III.
CITY PHYSICIAN. There shall be appointed by the Board of
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Commissioners one City Physician and one :_ssistant City Physician, both
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of whom shall be regular practicing physicians of the City of
Paducah, Kentucky, and who shall be paid, respectively, a salary
of Fight Hundred 0800.00) Dollars a year for,the City Physician,
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and a salary of Four Hundred (:;400.00) Dollars a year for the
Assistant Physician, payable in monthly installments. The Ls6ist-
ant Physician shall be a colored doctor, and it shall primarily
be his duty to attend to the colored charity patients of the'Eity_
but who shall , in addition thereto, perform such other .duties as
may be required of him by the City Physician. The City Physician
shall attend to, and have supervision over, and give medical aid _
to, all indigent or pauper patients of the City of Paducah, and
when called upon or directed by the head of his Department, he shall'
perform such duties, from time to time, as may be required of him
in giving medical aid to, or attending to the paupers and.•charity
patients of the City. Said City Physician and assistant City
Physician_ shall perform such other duties as may be required of
them, respectively, from time to time, by the Board of Commis-
sioners.
He shall attend such meetings of the Hospital Board
as he may be required to by said Board, and shall give such advice
and aid to said Board, and perform such duties in connection with
the maintenance, management and operation of Riverside Hospital as
required of him by said Hospital Board.
Sub -Section IV,
S,M T.0Y OFFICER OR OFFICERS. +here shall be ap-
pointed by the Board of Commissioners one Sanitary Officer, who
shall receive a salary of Sixty (b,60.00) pollars per month. Such
Sanitary Officer shall be the inspecting Sanitary Officer of the
Board of Health, work under the supervision and direction of the
Board of Health and the head of'the Department of Public lffairs,
and perform such duties as are required of hint by,the said Board
of Health and the Department of Public Affairs, from time to time,
and such other duties as may be required of him by -the Board of
Commissioners.
In the event any additional Sanitary officers are
appointed by the Board of Commissioners, such additional officers
shall perform the same duties as hereinbefore required of the
regular Sanitary Officer.
Sub -Section V.
IIEALTH OFFIC]R. The Health Officer of the City of
i Paducah shall receive a salary of Seven Hundred and Twenty (9"720,00)
Dollars per year, and he shall perform such duties as are required
of him by law, and such other duties as may be required of him by
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the Board of Health and the Board of Commissioners of the City of
Paducah.
• Section 2. DEPjMT1AE1dT OF COIa,IISSIODER OF PUBLIC FIN,,110E.
Dl-,TIIIQUEIIT TAX COLLECTOR. The Board of Commissioners shall
'!.appoint a Delinquent Tax Collector, who shall have charge of, and the
/ collection of, all delinquent tax bills, and shall perform such duties,
and have such power and rights as are now conferred on him by the general
` laws of the State of Kentucky and ordinances of the City of Paducah, and
shall receive as compensation such commissions as are provided for by
ordinance of the City of Paducah now in existence, or as may be here-
after amended..
Sub -Section I.
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DELINQUENT TAX ASSESSOR. The Delinquent.Tax Collector
appointed by the Board of Commissioners shall be, and he is hereby con-
stituted the Back Tax assessor of the City of Paducah, and as such, and
when not inconsistent with the rights, duties and powers of the Commis-
sioner of Finance, he shall have the right and authority to retrospect-
ively assess all omitted property -both personal and real- for taxation.
Sub -Section II.
CLERK. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commis-
sioners one Clerk to the.Board, who shall also be Clerk to, and under
the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Public Finance, and
who shall receive a salary of iline Hundred and Sixty (•;'960.00) Dollars
per year. He shall.perform such duties as are required of him by the
Commissioner of Public Finance, and such other duties as may be required
of him by the Board of Commissioners. from time to time.
Sub -Section III.
TREASURER AND AUDITOR. There shall be appointed by the
Board of -Commissioners a Treasurer and Auditor, who shall receive a
salary of Sixteen Hundred 01600.00) Dollars per year, and who shall
perform such duties as are required of him by the Commissioner of Public
Finance and the Board of Commissioners, from time to time.
Sub -Section IV.
CLERK :u1D STENOGRAPHER. There shall be appointed by the
Board of Commissioners a Clerk and Stenographer, who shall be under the
direction and supervision of the work in the office of the Commissioner
of Public Finance,.and shall perform such duties as are required of him
by the Commissioner of Public Finance and the Board of Commissioners, and
shall be paid a salary of Seven Hundred and Fifty ("750.00) Dollars per
year.
Sub -Section V.
LICE14SE AND WEIGHTS & I,iEaSURES INSPECTOR. There shall be
appointed by the Board of Commissioners a License and Weights &Measures
Inspector, who shall receive a salary of dine Hundred (}900.00) Dollars
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per ,year, and who shall be under the direction and supervision of, and
perform such duties as may be required of him'by the Commissioner of
Public Finance and the Board of Commissioners.
Section 3. DEPARTMEET OF COIl1SISSIOITER OF PUBLIC S1.FETY.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have charge of
and be the head, respectively, of the Police and Fire Departments of
the City, and all employees, officers, or agents working in connection
with, or under, said Department, shall be under the orders and direction
of said Commissioner of Public Safety.
Sub -Section I.
CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTI.IGIIT. The Board of Commissioners
shall appoint a Chief of the Fire Department, who shall receive a
salary of Twelve Hundred ('1200.00) Dollars per year, payable in
monthly installments, and as such, he shall be the executive head of
the Fire Departmient of the City, subject to the orders and directions
of the Commissioner of Public Safety . He shall also be the Building
Inspector of the City, and perform such duties as are required of a
building inspector by ordinance of the City of Paducah.
Sub -Section II.
C.zl.`T-INS OF FIRE DEP-RTIM,14T. The Board of Commis-
sioners shall appoint five Captains of the five fire departments of
the City, at a salary of Mine Hundred and Sixty ('960.00) Dollars a
year, each, payable in monthly installments. Said Captains shall be
assigned, respectively, by the Commissioner of Public Safety to the
various departments of the City.
Sub -Section III.
FIRE A.IARIS OPERATORS. The Board of Commissioners
shall appoint two operators for the fire alarm system, of the City, at
a salary of Six Hundred (3600,00) Dollars a year, each, payable in
monthly installments. It shall be the duty of said Operators to
attend to the operation of the fire alarm system, during such hours as
the Commissioner of Public Safety may direct, and perform such other
duties as may be required of them by the Commissioner of Public Safety
or the Board of Commissioners.
Sub -Section IV.
FIREi:tEN. There shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners twenty-four (24) Firemen, who shall receive a salary of
Seventy-five (ti75.00) Dollars, each, per month, and who shall be
assigned to the various Fire Departments of the City of Paducah by the
Commissioner of Public Safety. It shall be the duty of said Firemen
to attend and be at their post of duty during such hours as may be
prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Safety, or by any of their
superior officers -with the concurrence of said Commissioner of Public
Safety, and to obey such orders, with respect to attending fires and
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attention to any other duties, as may be given to them by their superior
officers.
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The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to
change said firemen from one department to another, as he may see fit,
and to change the hours in which said Firemen are required to be on duty,
from time to time, as he shall see fit.
Sub -Section V.
CHIEF OF POLICE. There shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners one Chief of Police, who shall have charge of the Police
Department, under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of
Public Safety, and who shall be the ranking officer in said Department
next to the Commissioner of Public Safety, and he shall perforin the
duties of the Chief of Police, in said Department, under the general
direction and supervision of the Commissioner of Public Safety. He
shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred (y12CO.00) Dollars per year,
payable in monthly installments.
Sub -Section VI.
C,iPTAIHS OF POLICE. There shall be appointed by the Board
of Commissioners two Captains of Police, who shall be the ranking offi-
cers in the Police Department next to the Chief of Police, and shall
receive a salary of Eighty (.80.00) Dollars, each, per month, and shall
perform such duties as'are required of them btr the Chief of Police or
the Commissioner of Public Safety.
Sub -Section VII.
PxTROL DRIVERS. There shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners two Patrol Drivers, with police powers, rho shall draw a
salary of Sixty (w60.00) Dollars each, per month. Such Patrol Drivers
dhall be,assigned to their duties, and the hours fixed when they shall
be upon duty, by the Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall have the
authority to change such hours or such duties, from time to time, as he
shall see fit, and they shall perform such duties as may be regmired of
them, from time to time, by any ranking officer or the Board of Commis-
sioners.
Sub -Section VIII.
CITY JAILER. The Board of Coimniss� hers shall appoint a
City Jailer, who shall perforin such duties as are now required of him by
I laws of the State of Isentucky or ordinances of the City of Paducah, and
such other duties as may be required of him, from time to tire, by the
. ` Commissioner of Public Safety, or the Chief of Police, and who shall
receive a salary of Nine Hundred and Sixty ('9"960.00) Dollars per year.
` Sub -Section IX.
P-TROIJAMI. There shall be appointed by the Board of Com-
missioners twenty-eight (28) Patrolmen, who shall receive a salary of
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Seventy-five (.;775.00) Dollars each, per month. It shall be the duty
of said patrolmen to act as police officers of the City of Paducah,
and in that respect to perform such duties in connection with the
Police Department as may be assigned to them, from time to time, by
any of their ranking officers, and to be on duty during such hours as
may be hereafter established by the Commissioner of Public Safety, and
the Commissioner of Public Safety shall have the authority to change
such hours or such duties, from time to time, as he may see fit.
He shall further have the authority to create the office
of Lieutenant of Police and Sergeant of Police, and such other subor-
dinate offices of the police force as he may see fit, and assign any
of the said patrolmen to the performance of the duty of Sergeant or
Lieutenant, or to other subordinate offices as may be created, which
may be prescribed by him.
He shall further have the authority to assign as many of z
said patrolmen to plain -clothes duty as he may see fit, from time to
time.
Said Commissioner of Public Safety shall further have
the authority to reduce in rank any of the officers of the Police or
Fire Department of the City -provided, however, that his action in
reducing any of said officers in rank shall be reported to the Board
of Commissioners, for their concurrence or rejection, at the next
regular meeting thereof.
The Commissioner of Public Safety shall further have the
authority to prescribe, from time to time, the character and design of
uniform to be worn by the uniform -men of said Departments, and require
each member of said Fire or Police Department, who are placed in
uniform, to wear the character and design of uniform adopted by him.
He shall further have the power to adopt such rules and regulations,
and make such orders, from time to time, in the general management and
government of the Police and Fire Department, and to prescribe the
penalties or punishment to be imposed for disobedience of said orders,
rules or regulations.
Section 4. DEPI�RT;.1EI]T OF COI.?1:ISSIONER Ole' PUBLIC PROPERTY.
CITY 17EIGHEP. There shall be appointed by the Board
dif Commissioners a City �ieigher, who shall receive a salary of Sixty
(y60.00) Dollars per month, and whose duty it shall be to attend at the
City Scales and toweigb such wagons and commodities as may be presented
thereto, and charge therefor at the rates now fixed by ordinance of the
City of Paducah. He shall be on duty at such hours, and perform such
duties in connection with said scales as may be required of hii., by the
Commissioner of Public Property or the Board of Commissioners.
Sub -Section I.
SEXTOII OF Mu{ GROVE C1,1IETE11ZY. There shall be appointed
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by the Board of Commissioners a Sexton of Oak Grove Cemetery, who shall
reside in the house provided for such Sexton now in Oak Grove Cemetery,
and who shall receive a salary of Nine Hundred (5p900.00) Dollars per
year, payable in monthly installments, and shall do all necessary hauling
for the cemetery, at his ovm expense. He shall perform such duties as
may be required of him, from time to time, by the Commissioner of Public
Property and the Board of Commissioners.
Sub -Section II.
/ ELEVATOR OPERATOR. There shall be appointed by the Board
of Commissioners one Elevator Operator for the elevator in the City Hall,
at a salary of Forty NAO.00) Dollars per month, whose duty it shall be
to attend to the operation of said elevator during such hours as may be
prescribed by the Commissioner of Public Property, and to perform such
other duties as may be required of him by the Commissioner of Public
-Property and the Board of Commissioners.
Sub -Section III.
WHARFIDMER. There shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners a Wharfmaster, at a salary of Eight 33 1/3 ($8.33 1/3)
Dollars per month, and who shall perform such duties as are required of
him as such Wharfmaster by ordinance, now in existence, of the City of
Paducah, and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Commissioner
of Public Property or the Board of Commissioners, from time tib time.
Sub -Section IV.
OFFICERS OF LIGHT PLAUT. There shall be appointed by the
Board of .Commissioners the following officers of the Light Plant;
One Superintendent, at a salary of One Hundred (y100.00)
Dollars per month, and whose duty it shall be to superintend the manage-
ment and operation of the Light Plant of the City of Paducah; to
inspect all of the electrical wiring or work of any character placed in,
on or around any building of the City of Paducah, and to perform the
duties now required of the Electrical Inspector.
One Engineer, at a salary of Eight Hundred and Forty (•x840.00)
Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments, and who shall be the
Engineer of the City Light Plant, and perform such duties as may be re-
quired or him by the Superintendent and the Commissioner of Public
Property, from time to time.
One Fireman, at a salary of Six Hundred (ti600.00) Dollars per
year, and who shall be the Fireman of said Light Plant, and perform such
. duties as may be required of him by the Superintendent and the Commission-
er of Public Property, from time to time.
One Lamp 'Primmer, at a salary of Seven Hundred and Twenty
(>j720.00) Dollars per year, who shall perform such duties as may be re-
quired of him by the Superintendent of said Light Plant and the Commis-
sioner of Public Property.
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One Repair man, at a salary of Five Hundred and Forty
($540.00) Dollars per year, and who shall perform such duties as may
be assigned to hii.% by the Superintendent of said Plant and the Com-
missioner of Public Property.
The Commissioner of Public Property shall have the
power to fix the hours during which the employees of said Light Plant
shall be on duty., and make such rules and regulations in the management
and government thereof as he may see :fit, from time to time, and to
prescribe the duties of each employee of said Department, and all of
said employees shall be required to perform such duties as may be
required by such,Commissioner of Public Property or the Board of Com-
missioners.
Sub -Section V.
JhLUITOR. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint
a Janitor for the City Hall and the I.1arhet House, and who shall be
paid a salary of FourLHundred and Eighty 0480.00) Dollars per year,
in monthly installments, and who shall perform such duties as are
required of him by the Commissioner of Public Property and the Board
of Commissioners.
Sub -Section VI.
HUARIET II&STER. There shall be appointed by the
Board of Commissioners a Parket Luster, who shall receive a salary of
Seventy-five (�;p75.00) Dollars per month, and who shall perform such
duties as may be required of him by the Commissioner of Public
Property and the Board of Commissioners.
Section 5. DEP LRTI.TE,I4T OF COEIMISSIONER OF PUBLIC CORES.
' STREET INSPECTOR. There shall be appointed by the
Board of Commissioners one Street Inspector, who shall receive a
salary of Nine Hundred (N900.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly
installments, and who shall perform such duties, with reference to the
maintenance, upkeep, repair and supervision of the streets of the City,
as are now required by law and ordinance of the City, and as may be
prescribed, from time to time, by the Commissioner Of Public Florks and
the Board of Commissioners.
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Sub -Section I.
ASSISTji.NT STREET INSPECTOR. There shall be appointed
by the Board of Commissioners an Assistant Street Inspector, who shall
be the Engineer for the steam roller, at a salary of Seven Hundred and -.
Twenty (,y720.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. He
shall perform such duties as are required of him by the Street Inspector,
Commissioner of Public Works, and the Board of Commissioners of the City
of Paducah, from time to time.
Sub -Section II.
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SM71ER IIISPECTOR. There shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners a Sewer Inspector, at a salary of Seven Hundred and Eighty
('w780.00) Dollars per year, and who shall perform such duties as are
required of him by the Commissioner of Public Works, and as are required
of the Sewer Inspector by pmts of the State of Kentucky and ordinances
of the City of Paducgh, and he shall do all plumbing work for the City
of Paducah, without charge therefor, and shall perform such other duties
as may be required of him by the Commissioner of Public''orks or the
Board of Commissioners.
Sub -Section III.
CLERK. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commission-
ers one Clerk for the Commissioner of Public Works' office, at a salary
o£ -Nine Hundred (;900.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly install-
ments, and who shall perform such duties as are required of him, from
time to time, by the Commissioner of Public Works and the Board of
Commissioners.
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STENOGRAPHER. There shall be appointed by the Board of
Commissioners one Stenographer for the office of the Commissioner of
Public 1�orks, at a salary of Six Hundred (tip800.00) Dollars per year,
payable in monthly installments, who shall perform such duties as may
be required of him, from time to time, by the Commissioner of Public
Works and the Board of Commissioners.
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The Commissioner of Public Works is further authorized and
empowered to employ, from time to time, during the progress of any
street cork, or other work coming under his supervision, Inspectors,
who shall receive.a salary at the rate of Seventy -Five (075.00) Dollars
per month during the time of such employment.
Sub -Section III.
MiIN-G ANG FORELUUT. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint
one Chain -gang Foreman, who shall have charge of the chain gang, and shall
perform such duties as are required of him by the Commissioner of Public
Works and the Board of Commissioners, and who shall receive a salary of
Seven. Hundred and 1rwenty (4p720.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly
installments.
Section 6. Except as otherwise provided by law or ordinance, the Commis-
sioner of each Department shall be authorized, temporarily, to fill such
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vacancies as may occur in such Department, to be by him reported at the
next regular meeting of the Board of Con-aissioners, subject to their
1 approval.
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Section 7. Lach of the above named employees of the respective
departments of the City of Paducah shall be, and they are hereby
constituted employees only, and shall have no tenure of office, and
shall be removed at the pleasure of the Board of Commissioners,
and each of whom shall, when required to do so, perform such
duties in any department of the City other than the one in which
they are regularly employed, but the taking off of an employee from
one department to another for work shall only be done with the con-
currence of the Commissioner in charge of the department in which
such employee is regularly employed, except upon orders of the
Board of Commissioners.
Section S. The Commissioner of each department shall make and
enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the late
or ordinance or rules or regulations otherwise adopted by the
Board of Commissioners, as may be necessary to secure efficient
conduct of the service of employees in his department, or the
business in charge of said department.
Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its
passage.
PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COM.IISSIOP]ERS JaIN.T3Y 3, 1916.
RECORDED BY H. K. HAZELIP, CLERK TO THE BW RD, J_M,d RY 3, 1916.