Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 7, Page 393, No Ordinance NumberOrdinance No.. AN ORDIIANCE AZiMINDING SUBSECTIONS 7, 8, 10 AND 11 OF SECTION 3 OF AN ORDINA1110E ENTITLED, "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE APPOII?TI.ENT OR RETENTION, BY THE BOARD OF COM1.1ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, OF CERTAIN CITY OFFICERS, AGENTS AND EISPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, IENTTUCKY, AND FLYING THEIR SALARIES, PO'IIERS AND DUTIES," PASSED BY THE BOARD OF COTUAISSIONERS JANUARY 29, 1918. Be it ordained by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, Kentucky - Sec. 1. That subsection 7 of section 3 of an ordinance entitled, "An ordinance providing for the appointment or retention, by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, of certain city officers, agents and employees of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and fixing their sales - ries, pourers and. duties," passed by the Board of Commissioners January 29, 1918, be and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the word -s and figures: "and shall receive a salary of Ninoty (yp90) Dollars, . each, per month," and inserting in lieu thereof the follovdng: "and who shall be paid, respectively, a salary of One Hundred- and Twenty-five (5'125) Dollars a month for the day Captain and One Hundred (;;100) Dollars a month for the night Captain," so that said subsection 7 when s,o amended- shall read as folloi-.�s, to -wit; "CAPTAINS OF POLICE- There shell 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- vino shall be paid, respectively, a salary of One Hundred and Twenty-five (,'125) Dollars a month for the '' day Captain ed One Hundred C, 100) Dollars a. month for the /1 ` night Captain, and shall perform such duties as ore required of them by the Chief of Police or the Commissioner of Public Safety." Sec, 2. That subsection 8 of section 3 of said ordinance be, and the same is hereby emended by striking out the words and figures: ,Seventy-five (,75) Dollars easch, per month," and inserting in lieu thereof the folloti�jng; "Eighty (�80) Dollars each, per month," so that said subsection 8 when so amended shall read as follo�,S, to -wit: "PATROL DRIVLRS. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners two Patrol Drivers, with police powers, who shall draw a salary of Eighty (,`8O) Dollars each, per month. Such Patrol Drivers shall be assigned to their, duties, and the hours fixed twrhen they shall be upon duty, by the Com- missioner of Public Safety, who shall have the authority to change such hours or such duties, from time to time, as he q shall see fit;, and they shall perform such duties as may be required of them, from time to time, by any ranking officer or the Board of Commissioners." Sec. 3. That subsection 10 of section 3 of said ordinance be, and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the words and figures; "Nine Hundred and Sixty (,,)'960) Dollars per year," and inserting in lieu thereof, the following: "One Thousand and Twonty (5?1020) Dollars per year," so that said subsection when so amended shall read as follows, to -wit: No.2'5'�Z— Ordinance No. - "CITY J-IILER. The Board of Commissioners -shall appoint a City Jailer, who shall perform sucim duties as are non re- quired of him by laws e the State of Kentucky or ordinances of the City of Paducah, and such other duties as nay be required of him, from time to time, by the Commissioner of Public Safety, or the Chief of Police and who shall receive a salary of One Thousand and Twenty (1020) Dollars per year." Sec. 4. That subsection 11 of section 3 of said ordinance be, and the same is hereby amended by striking therefrom the wards and- figures: ndfigures: "twenty-six (26) Patrolmen, who shall receive a salary of Eighty (,,ip'80) Dollars, each, per month," and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "twenty-tvio (22) Patrolmen, who shall receive a salary of Eighty-five (,85) Dollars, each, per month," so that said subsection 11 when so amended shall read as follows, to -frit: "PATROLIZMT. There shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners twenty -t1110 (22) Patrolmen, who shall receive a Salary of Eighty-five (I.85)Dollars, each, per month. It shall be the duty of said Patrolmen to act as police officers of the ¢ity of Paducah, and in that respect to Perform -such duties in connection tirith 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. if 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 created, which may be, Prescribed- by him, " He shall further have the authority to assign as many of said patrolmen to plain -clothes duty as he may see fit, from time to time. It 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. IT The Commissioner of Public Safety shall further have the authority to prescribe, from time to time, the character and design of uniform to be torn by the uniform menof saidce eDepart- menta, and require each member of said Fire or who are placed in uniform, to wear the character and design of uniform adopted by him. He shall further have the po%�nr to adopt such rules and regulations, and make such orders, from time to time, in the general mma'iagement and government of the Police and Fire Department, and to prescaibe the penalties Or punishment" to be imposed for disobedience of said ordors, rules or -regulations." Sec. 5. All ordinances or parts of ordinances that conflict herewith, in so far as same conflict with this ordinance, are hereby re_oealed. Sec. 6. This ordin^.nce shall take effect and be in force from i and after its passage and record. Passed by Board of Commissioners July 1, 1918. , ?recorded by Henry Bailoy, Clerk, July 2, 1918. Published in official neWspaper July 2, 1919. pRS�iv =Cp?? _.