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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 357, Ordinance Number 132No.3 f1 --- Ordinance No. -3 ,?- - . AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE IPyoINTMENT Oil RETM:TION, BY Thi BOARD OF CO1,iMISSIO14ERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, OF CERTAIi{ CITY OFFICERS, ' AGENTS ARD 2,iPLOYEES OF THE CITY Or PADuc.LjH, KENTUCKY, A11D FIXIi,G THEIR SALARIES, PM ERS AND DUTIES. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF C012'ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OI' PADUCi�E, K211TUCKY: Section 1. DEPARTI.INTT OF PUBLIC i Fb'AI s CITY SOLICITOR. There shall be elected by the Board of Commission- ers a City Solicitor, r,ho shall be sworn to faithfully discharge his duties, and who shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred (,""1200.00) Dollars per year. The office of Assistant City Solicitor and acting prosecuting attorney heretofore created shall be abolished as of ldarch 1, 1918. Subsection 1. SECRETARY il,D STENOGRAPHER TO THE ","AYOR, C01,11ISSIONE'R Or PUBLIC PROPERTY, CITY SOLICITOR, ,diD C01;21ISSIODER OF PUBLIC SAF` -TY. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners a Secretary and Stenographer to the I,iayor, the Commissioner of Public Property, City Solicitor, and the Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the 1,ayor, Commissioner of Public Property, City Solicitor, and the Commissioner of Public Safety. ile shall receive a salary of FiFhty-five (;885.00) Dollars Ter month, and shall be required to perform such additional duties as may be required of him, from time to time, by the Hoard of Commissioners. Subsection 2. Ls. T AiJD i,"ILK Ii1SPrECTOR. , There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners a ".;eat and ",:ilk Inspector, who shall perform such duties as are now required of him by ordinance of the City of Paducah, and r:ho shall be paid a salary of Eight Hundred and Forty (1-840.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. He shall at all times look after and Five medical attention to all live stock of the City, and shall perform such other duties as may be required of him by the Board of Commissioners, from time to time. Subsection 3. CITY PHYSICIAN. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commis- sioners one City Physician and one Assistant City Physician, both of whom shall be regular practicing physicians of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and who shall be paid, respectively, a salary of Eight Hundred (9800.00) ►� Dollars a year for the City Physician, and a salary of Five Hundred (j500.00) Dollars a year for the Assistant City Physician, payable in monthly installments. The Assistant City Physician shall be a colored doctor, and it shall primarily be his duty to attend to the colored charity Patients of the City, but who shall, in addition thereto, perform such No.�✓�� Ordinance No. ____ _ __ 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 Commissioners. 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. Subsection 4. Sn1ITARY OFFICER. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners one Sanitary Officer, who shall receive a salary of Sixty (,x60.00) Dollars per month. Such Sanitary Officeb shall be the inspecting Sanitary Officer of the Board of health, work under the super- vision and direction of the Board of Health and the head of the Lepartment of Public affairs, and perform such duties as are required of him 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. The additional Sanitary Officer herein provided for shall. perform the duties of I.:otorcycle Officer, Fly Trap Tender, and Dog Catcher, and any other duties that may be required of him by the Commis- sioner of Public Affairs, Commissioner of Public Safety, or the Board of Commissioners. Subsection 5. HEaLTH OFFICER.. The Health Officer of the City of Paducah shall receive a salary of Seven hundred and Twenty (9720.00) Dollars per year, and he shall perform such duties as are required of him by lav,, and such other duties as may be required of hire by the Board of ;wealth and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah. Section 2. DEPanTI,:i;iJT OF PUBLIC FIIIallCE. DMUQUM T TAX COLLECTOR. ^he 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 pourers and rights as are now conferred on him by the general laws of the State of Kentucky and ordinances of the City of i Nn1�—Cf— Ordinance No... Paducah, and shall receive as compensation such commissions as are pro- vidod for by ordinance of the City of Paducah now in existence, or as may be hereafter amended. Subsection 1. DELINQUENT Tr,X ASSESSUR. The Delinquent Tax Collector appointed by the Board of Commissioners shall be, and he is hereby constituted the; Back Tax Assessor of the City of Paducah, and as such, and when not in- consistent with the rights, duties and powers of the Commissioner of ,Finance, he shall have the right and authority to retrospectively assess all omitted property -both personal and real- for taxation. Subsection 2. CLERK TO C0MUISSIONER OF FINANCE. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners one Clerk to the Commissioner of Finance, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Public Finance, and who shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred (.,;1200.00) Dollars per year. He shall perform such duties as are required. of him by the Commissioner of Finance, and such other duties as may be required of him by the Board of Commissioners from time to time. i Section 3, D3P�',M,;Ei�T OF PUBLIC SrLFETY. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have charge of and be the f 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 Commis- sioner of Public Safety. Subsection 1. CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTP:ialT. The Board of Commissioners shall i appoint a Chief of the Fire Department, who shall receive a salary of Fifteen Hundred (;?1500.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly iiistall- j nent:s, and as such, he shall be the executive head of the Fire Department i 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. Subsection 2. CAPTAINS OF FIRE DEP.&EM:EIdT. The Board of Commissioners shall II / appoint five Captains of the five Fire Departments of the city, at a salary of Nine Hundred and Sixty (4960.00) 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. Subsection 3. FIRE ALAMI OPERATORS. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint' two operators for the .fire alarm system of the City, at a salary of Seven Hundred and Eighty (,;780.00) Dollars a year, each, payable in monthly U. _r _ i Nn1�—Cf— Ordinance No... Paducah, and shall receive as compensation such commissions as are pro- vidod for by ordinance of the City of Paducah now in existence, or as may be hereafter amended. Subsection 1. DELINQUENT Tr,X ASSESSUR. The Delinquent Tax Collector appointed by the Board of Commissioners shall be, and he is hereby constituted the; Back Tax Assessor of the City of Paducah, and as such, and when not in- consistent with the rights, duties and powers of the Commissioner of ,Finance, he shall have the right and authority to retrospectively assess all omitted property -both personal and real- for taxation. Subsection 2. CLERK TO C0MUISSIONER OF FINANCE. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners one Clerk to the Commissioner of Finance, who shall be under the supervision and direction of the Commissioner of Public Finance, and who shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred (.,;1200.00) Dollars per year. He shall perform such duties as are required. of him by the Commissioner of Finance, and such other duties as may be required of him by the Board of Commissioners from time to time. i Section 3, D3P�',M,;Ei�T OF PUBLIC SrLFETY. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall have charge of and be the f 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 Commis- sioner of Public Safety. Subsection 1. CHIEF OF FIRE DEPARTP:ialT. The Board of Commissioners shall i appoint a Chief of the Fire Department, who shall receive a salary of Fifteen Hundred (;?1500.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly iiistall- j nent:s, and as such, he shall be the executive head of the Fire Department i 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. Subsection 2. CAPTAINS OF FIRE DEP.&EM:EIdT. The Board of Commissioners shall II / appoint five Captains of the five Fire Departments of the city, at a salary of Nine Hundred and Sixty (4960.00) 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. Subsection 3. FIRE ALAMI OPERATORS. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint' two operators for the .fire alarm system of the City, at a salary of Seven Hundred and Eighty (,;780.00) Dollars a year, each, payable in monthly Ordinance 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. Subsection 4. FIRM EN. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commis- sioners twenty-six (26) Firemen, who shall receive a salary of Seventy- qC five (.75.00) 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 Commis- sioner 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 attention to any other duties, as may be given to them by their superior officers. 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. Subsection 5. MOTOR i.iECHANIC. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners one expert Motor Mechanic, who shall- be under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner of Public Safety, and who shall look after and keep in Food running order all the motors of the City of Paducah, in the several departments thereof, and shall perforin such other duties as may be required of him by the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Board of Commissioners, from time to time. He shall receive a salary of One Hundred (ti 100.00) Dollars per month. ` Subsection 6. 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. He shall perform 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 Fifteen Hundred (N1500.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. Subsection 7. C.&PTaINS OF POLICE. There shall be appointed by the board ,,.of Commissioners two Captains of police, who shall be the ranking officers -in the Police Department next to the Chief of Police, and shall receive a �i � Ordinance salary of Eighty (5p80.00) Dollars, each, per month, and shall perform such duties as are required of them by the Chief of Police or the Commissioner of Public Safety, Subsection 8. PATROL DRIVERS. There shall be appointed by the Board of Com- missioners two Patrol Drivers, with police powers, who shall draw a salary of Seventy (97.0.00) Dollars each, per month. Such Patrol Drivers shall 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 r, 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 required of them, from time to time, by any ranking officer of the Board of Commis- sioners. Subsection 9. CLERK TO C01,1.1ISSIOVER Or S"FETY. There shall also be appointed by the Board of Commissioners one Clerk to the Commissioner of Public Safety, who shall perform such duties as may be required of him by the Commissioner of Public Safety or the Board of Commissioners, from time to time. Fie shall receive a salary of 14ine Hundred (000.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. Subsection 10. CITY JaILE-R. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint a City Jailer, who shall perform such duties as are.now required of him by laws of the State of gontucky or ordinances of the City of Paducah, and such other duties as may be required of him, from time to time, by the Com- missioner of Public Safety, or the Chief of Police, and who shall receive a salary of Nine Hundred and Sixty (0960.00) Dollars per year. Subsection ll. PATROLiIEN. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners twenty-six (26) Patrolmen, who shall receive a salary of Seventy-five (05.00) Dollars, each, per month. It shall be the duty of said i Patrolmen to act as police officers of the City of Paducah, and in that respect to perform such duties in connection with the Police Departraient as may be assigned to them, from time to time, by any of their ranking t; officers, and to be on duty during such hours as may be hereafter estab- lished by the Commissioner of Public Safety- rtnd 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 subordinate 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 croated, which may be prescribed by him. Ordinance No.---- . He shall further have, the authority to assign asr..z:nyof 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 o P the Police or Fire Department of the city -provided, however, that his action in reducirg any of said officers in rank shall -be reported to the Board of Commis- sioners, for their concurrence or rejection, at the next regular meeting thereof. The Commissioner of Public Safety shall further have the authorityto 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 Pire or Police Departrant, 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 pun- ishment to be imposed for disobedience of said orders, rules or regulations. Subsection 12. LICENSE AND WEIGHTS & I.7_?ASURES INSPECTOR. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners e License and '�leiehts & Measures Inspector, who shall receive a salary of !,line Hundred ("900.00) qDollars 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 a of Public Safety and the Board of Commissioners. Section 4. DEPARTIZ: NT OF PUBLIC P:tOPER'iY. JITY NEIGEER. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners a City 1eigher, who shill receive a salary of Sixty-five 065.00) Dollars per month, and whose duty it shall be to attend at the City Scales and to weigh 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 him by the Commissioner of Public Property or the Board of Commissioners. Subsection 1. SEXTON OF OAK GROVE CEI.2TERY. There shall be appointed 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 Tline Hundred (tis900.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments, and shall do all necessary hauling for the cemetery, at his own 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. K No. -.5 _/9 Ordinance No.----.-- - __ Subsection 2. 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 Fifty (';;50,00) Dollars per month, whose duty it shall be to attend to the operation of said elevator during such hours as may be pre scribed 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. Subsection 3. WHARFMASTER. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commis- sioners a Yiharfmaster, at a salary,of Eight & 33 1/3 (y8.33 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 to time. JANITOR. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint a Janitor for the City Hall, who shall be paid a salary of Sig: Hundred Q5600.00) 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. Subsection 5. 1a=ET LUSTER. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commis- sioners a T.iarket I.Taster, who shall receive" a salary of Seventy-five (.;f75.00).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,&RT1.1ENT OF PUBLIC WORKS. STREET INSPECTOR. There shall be appointed by the Board of Com- missioners one Street Inspector, who shall receive a salary of Twelve Hundred (N1200.00) 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 17orks and the Board of Commissioners. Subsection 1. ASSISTA1dT 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 Nine Hundred (0900.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. He shall perform such duties as are required of him by the Street Inspector, Commissioner of Public forks, and the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, from time to tir-,e. Subsection 2. SEVER INSPECTOR. 1 a be appointed by the Board of Ordinance No. Commissioners a Sewer Inspector, at a salary of Ten Hundred and Eighty (11080.00) Dollars per year, and he shall perform such duties as are required of him by the Commissioner of Public Storks, and as are required of the Sewer Inspector by lams of the State of Kentucky and ordinances of the City of Paducah, 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 Storks or the Board of Commissioners. CLERK. There shall be appointed by the Board. of Commissioners one Clerk :for the Commissioner of Public Works office, at a salary of Ten Hundred and Eighty (y1080.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments, and who shall perform such duties as are required of him, from time to time, by the Commissioner of Public Storks and the Board of Commissioners. Subsection 4. The Commissioner of Public Clo rks is further authorized and em- powered 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 (2;,75.00) Dollars per month during the time of such employment. Subsection 5. CHAIP!-G24G 70HE1,1il. The Board of Commissioners shall appoint one Chain -gang Foreman, who shall have charas 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 s salary of night Hundred and Forty (9"840.00) Dollars per year, payable in monthly installments. Subsection 6. OFFICE=S Or LIGHT PLAT. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners the following officers of the Light Plant; One Superintendent, at a salary of One Hundred and Twenty-five (:125.00) Dollars per month, and whose duty it shall be to superintend the management 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 Twelve Hundred (tiP1200.00) 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 required of him by the Superintendent and the Commissioner of Public Works, from time to time. One Fireman, at a salary of Eight Hundred and Forty (9"840.00) No. g Ordinance No. Dollars per year, who shall be the Fireman of said Light Plant, and per- form such duties as may be required of him by the Superintendent and the Commissioner of Public Works, from tifne to time. One Lamp Trimmer and Lineman, at a salary of Ten Hundred and Twenty (:1020.00) Dollars per year, who shall perform such duties as may be re- quired of him by the Superintendent of said Light Plant •and the Commissioner of Public Works. One Repair man, at a salary of Seven Hundred and Eighty (Y'780.00) Dollars per year, who shall perform such duties as may be assigned to him by the Superintendent of said Plant and the Commissioner of Public Vrorks. The Commissioner of Public Vrorks 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 manaeement 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 Works or the Board of Commissioners. Section G, Except as otherwise provided by laW or ordinance, the Commissioner of each Department shall be authorized, temporarily, to fill such vacancies as may occur in such Department, to be by him reported at the next regular meeting of the Board of Commissioners, subject to their approval. Section 7. The Commissioner of each Departmient shall make and enforce such rules and regulations, not inconsistent vrith the law; or ordinances or rules or regulations otherv;ise adopted by tl}e Board of ComTlissioners, 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 8. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that conflict here- with are hereby repealed. Section 9. This ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage and record. Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 29, 1918, Recorded by Henry Bailey, Clerk, January 31, 1918.