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p AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1, 7, 8, 9 and 33 OF AN ORDINANCE
ENTITLED: "AN ORDIRWVCE PLACING OFFICES AND POSITIONS OF TRUST OR
I 04-2 LO270VT IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, =1TUCKY, UNDER CIVIL
SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO 77-IE PROVISIONS OF FRs 90.300
TO 90.990; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOIRTi1EA✓T OF A BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE
COitidISSIONERS, FIXING AND PRESCRIBING THE QUALIFICATIONS, TERAS OF OFFICE.
POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID C0191ISSI0NERS; PRESCRIBING THE RULES BY WHICH
THE BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE C0111:IS3IOIVERS SHALL BE GOVERNED IN TFL' GIVING
OP EXAIIINATIOIVS TO APPLICANTS FOR EI�PLOY'IENT; I'IXIiVG TFL NUIiBER, CLASSI
FICATIOAr AND SALARIES OF ALL EITPLOYEES IN EACH DLPARTI ENT WHO SHALL BE
AFFECTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AIVD REGULATIONS PROVIDED FIEREII✓,
AND PRESCRIBING THF, RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERjTjVG TIL' CONDUCT OF ALL
,&'TLOYEES AFFECTED THEREBY AND THE CAUSES FOR WHICH AivY EIzPLOYEE ✓;AY
BE REPRETiMKOED, SUSPENDED, DISI ISSED OR R01JOVED FR011 aIPLOY iVT BY THE
CITY, PROVIDING FOR AAD ESTABLISHING A RETIR&IENT SYSTEI• AND 773E CREATION
AND 11AINTEIMANCE OF A PENSION FUJ D FOP. APPOIIJTIVE EJLPLOYEES OF 773E CITY OF
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PADUCAH, ARD AUTtIORIZING TFL' LEVY OF A TAX AND THE ASSESSMENT OF E1;PLOYEES
FOR THE CREATION AND ILUNTENANCE OF SAID FUXD; PROVIDING FOR TFC APPOINT-
i1ENT OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES; PRESCRIBING THE RULES AIID REGULATIONS BY
WHIM SAID BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND ALL APPOINTIVE EMPLOYEES sHALL BE
GOVERNED WITH REFERENCE TO TFL' GRANTING AND ALLOWANCE OP PEiVSIONS AND OTFIER
BEIVEFITS; AND PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE
BOARD OF COI?IISSIONERS ON DECE12SR 2, 1947, AND A.7,VUZDED ON OCTOBER 21, 1952, +
OCTOBER 28, `1952, NOVEMBER 18, 1952 AND DECE,•=R 30, 1952.E
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COI•E✓ISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY.*
SECTION 1. That Sections 1, 7, 8, 9 and 33 of an ordinance containing
the title quoted above, which was adopted by the Board of Commissioners
on December 2, 1947, and amended on October 21, 1952, October 28, 1952,
November 18, 1952 and December 30, 1952, be, and the same are hereby
repealed, amended and reordained so that said sections as amended and i
11111 reordained shall read as ,follows:
"SECTION 1. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in
this ordinance, unless a different meaning is plainly shown by the context,
shall have the following meaning:
(a) "A-mployee" means any person employed in the conduct of municipal
affairs, including the head of a department and each administrative
employee appointed by the City Manager, with the exception of the
Corporation Counsel, any Assistant Corporation Counsel, the Director of
Public Works, the City Alcoholic Beverage Administrator, the Delinquent
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Tax Attorney, the City Physician (white) the City Physician (colored), the
Dump 1/atchman, the Dog Catcher, the Janitor, the t/eighmaster, the Field -
office Helper, and the term shall also no include the Rayor, a member of the
Board of Commissioners, the City Manager, a member of the Police or Fire
Department, a member, of the Board of Trustees of hte Policemen and Firemen's
Pension Rand, with the exception of the City Treasurer who serves as ex -
officio member, the City Planning and Zoning Board, the Board of Adjustment,
City Planning and Zoning, the City of Paducah Municipal Housing Commission,
the City of Paducah Aunicipal Hospital Commission, the Commissioners of the
Paducah Water !forks, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, or any
employee of said boards of commissions,, or the trustees, members or
corresponding officer of any similar boards or commissions of a city of
the second class now or hereafter created, or any employee of such boards
or commissions, or to any person employed on temporary and special projects,
or to any person whose regular employment with the city is seasonal and
is less than nine months in any one ye r, or to any other posttion heretofore
or hereafter created which is specifically declared exempt from Civil
Service.
(b) "Appointing authority" means the officer, commission, board or
body having the power of appointment or removal in any office, department,
commission, board or institution.
(c) "Civil Service" means the offices and positions of trust not
specifically excluded by IfRS 90.310 or 90.410 or by ordinance of the city.
(d) "Commission" means the board of Civil Service Commissioners as
established under ?RS 90.310.
(e) "Board of Trustees" shall mean the Board of Trustees of the
Appointive EYnployees' Pension Fund created under the provisions of this
ordinance.
(f) "Pension ,fund" means the moneys derived from. the employees and the
levy of a special tax, either or both, or by any other sumcbrived from any
other source, to be used for the retirement of employees after the prescribed
years of service and for the benefit of disabled employees, and widows and
dependent children in the case of death of an employee within the scope of
his employment according to the terms of nS 90.310 to 90.410 and the ordinances
of the city.
(g) "Widow" as used in this ordinance shall mean any woman legally
married to an employee where there has been no decree of divorce dissolving
the marriage and where the wife has not, at the time of the death of the
employee, voluntarily abandoned him.
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"SECTION 7. There is hereby created and authorized
the following posi-
tions in
the Department of Finance, and the salary of each
position,
provided
the amount of such salary is not changed under any apportionment
ordinance
hereafter adopted shall be as follows:
Position
No. Position Salary Per Month
Z
Finance Director, Head of Department
:;385.00
(To be known also as City Treasurer)
2
Chief Assessor
310.00
3
Assistant Treasurer
300.00
4
Assessor
300.00
5
Auditor
296.00
6
Bookkeeping Machine Operator
240.00
(formerly Bookkeeper)
7
Senior Clerk
235.00
(formerly Deputy Assessor)
8
Senior Clerk
230.00
(formerly Deputy Treasurer)
9
Clerk Stenographer
220.00
20
Clerk -typist (3 positions)
210.00
"SECTI011 8-1. There is hereby authorized and created
the following
positions
in the Engineering Department, and the salary of
each position,
provided
the amount of such salary is not changed under any apportionment
ordinance
hereafter adopted shall be as follows:
Position No. Position Salary Per Month
1
City Engineer (Head of Department)
X400.00
2
Assistant City Engineer
340.00
3.
Instrument Man
272.00
4
Draftsman -Rodman
240.00
(formerly Rodman)
5
Rodman
225.00
(formerly Chainman)
6
Clerk Stenographer
220.00
7
Chainman
210.00
(formerly Clerk)
"SECTIO11 8-B There is hereby authorized and created
the following
positions
in the Public :forks Department, heretofore known
as the Street
Department, and the salary of each posttion, provided the amount of such
salary is
not changed under any apportionment ordinance hereafter adopted
shall be as follows:
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Position No. Position Salary Per Month
1 This department shall be under the direction
and supervision of the Public Works Director,
a non -civil service position, which has heretofore
been created by a separate ordinance and which
is not included in this ordinance.
2 Assistant Public :forks Director 1340.00
(formerly Assistant Street Superintendent)
3 Foreman (3 Positions) 280.00
4 Clerk Stenographer 220.00
Hourly rate
5
Watchman
x1.10
6
Watchman
1.10
7
Sewer i;aintenance mien (6 positions)
1.50
8
Equipment Operator (4 positions)
1.57
9
Street Repairmen (7 positions)
1.38
10
Truck Driver (9 positions)
1.32
11
Laborer (12 positions)
1.25
Present
employees occupying the positions of laborer shall
be paid
-rI.25 per hour, persons employed hereafter
shall be
paid at
the rate of Z.17 per hour for the first 6
months and
't 1.25 per hour thereafter.
Service
Division
Ft�a1 ve-yens-Bese�t�aen t
Position No.
Position
Salary
per ilonth
1
Service Superintendent
;;325.00
2
Neter Repairman
275.00
(formerly General Maintenan.ceman)
3
Meter 2faintenance helper
240.00
(formerly lfaintenanceman)
4
ifaarfmaster
167.00
(formerly under Section 9 of
this ordinance)
5
Building 1aintenance lfan
240.00
(formerly l arketmaster under
section 9 of this ordinance)
Hourly Rate
6
Chief i-echani,c
(formerly Mechanic 1st_Cla&§
X1.64
in street dept.)
7
Auto Repairman
1.57
(formerly Mechanic & General
Repairman in Street Dept.
8
Auto Repairman
1.57
(formerly Pfechanic 2nd class
in street dept.)
9
Aechanic F1elper
1.44
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"SECTION 8-C ere is hereby authorized and created the following positionsV
in the Cemetery Department, and the salary of each position, provided the amount
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of such salary is not charged under any apportionment ordinance hereafter
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adopted shall be as follows:
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Position No. Position Salary Per Month
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Z Cemetery Superintendent (Plead of Dept) ;',`270.00
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Hourly Rate I!
2 Laborers (3 positions) .;1.25
Present employees occupying the positions of laborer shall be paid
:111 25 hour,
per persons employed hereafter shall be aid at the
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� rate of ,.Z.11 per hour for the first 6 months and ;;31.25 per hour
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thereafter.
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"SECTIO -'I 8-D. There is hereby authorized and created the following
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positions in the FZoodwall Department, and the salary of each position,
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i provided the amount of such salary is notchanged under any apportionment
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ordinance adopted hereafter shall be as
J° P • follows:
Position 110. Position Salary Per Month
Z FZoodwall Superintendent X385.00
(head of Department)
2 FZoodwall Foreman 296.00 i
3 FZoodwall liaintenance Iden (3 Positions) ;;265.00
(formerly Maintenance Operators)
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�w�v; SECTIOil 9. There is hereby authorized and created the following
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positions not assigned to any department of the City of Paducah, but directly
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under the supervision of the City 11¢n¢ger, and the salary of each position,
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provided the amount of such salary is not changed under any apportionment
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hereafter
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ordinance adopted shall be as follows:
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Position No. Position Salary Per I-onth
Z City Clerk 3296.00
2 Secretary to City 11anager 11280.00
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3 Clerk -typist ;;200.00
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4 Social Worker ;.`120.00
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Z Chief Inspector 365.00
2 Building Inspector ;1355.00
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3 Clerk -typist ;;`200.00
The person occupying the position of Clerk -typist under this
section for the first six months shall be paid a salary of �t180.00
s190.00
per month, , per month for the neat six months and ;,.200.00
per month thereafter upon recommendation of the City Manager.
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"SECTION 33. This ordinance shall be known and referred to under a
short title as "Appointive Employees? Civil Service Ordinance", and any
amendments or changes hereafter shall refer to said ordinance by its short
title aforesaid. If any section of this ordinance shall be held to be
invalid or unconstitutional,% such fact shall not affect any other section
of this ordinance, it being the intention of the Board of Commissioners in
enacting this ordinance to enact each section separately."
SECTIOTJ 2. The payment of salaries as herein provided including
increases, shall be considered Current Departmental Expenses and shall be
chargable to the accounts of each of said departments or divisions thereof
as directed by the City Tianager, and payment therefor shall be provided for
in the annual apportionment ordinance for the current year upon its adoption.
All of the increases in salaries herein provided shall be retroactively effect
andpayable from January 1, 1953.
SECTION 3. All ordinances and parts of ordinances in conflict herewith
are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and
after its adoption.
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners January 30, 1953
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, January 30, 1953.