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AN ORDINANCE FIXIiIG THE LEVIES AiID RATES OF TA.tATI011 0 I1 ALL
PROPERTY IN' THE CITY. OF PADUCAII, I03HTUCKY, SUBJECT TO nXA`I'IOL
FOR ;11UI,ICIPAL PURPOSES A -14D FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1961,
'3I H THE PURPOSES OF SAID TAXES TIEREUNDER DEFIHIED
BE IT ORDAINED BY TIG BOARD OF COI-9-IISSIOIIERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, I,t:IdTUCKY:
SECTION 1. There is hereby levied for the year 1961, upon
all ta:zable property within the City of Paducah, Kentucky, real and
personal, subject to taxation for municipal purposes, an ad valorem
tax of one dollar and thirty-nine cents (1.39) upon each One Hundre
Dollars (,,100.00) assessed valuation of said property, pursuant
to Section 157 of the State Constitution, to defray the cost of
maintaining and administering the Government of the City of Paducah
for the year 1961, and to cover the estimated cost of maintaining and
operating the departments and aEencies of said Government pursuant
to the 1961 budget prepared and submitted to the Board of Commissioners
and the 1961 apportionment ordinance adopted by the Board of Com-
missioners, eyclusive of the levies hereinafter mentioned and defined,
and the proceeds of said tax levy shall be paid into the General Fund
of the City.
SECTION 2. There is hereby levied for the year 1961 an ad
valorem ta:: of Twenty Cents (.20) upon each One Hundred Dollars
(.,100.00) of the fair cash value of the shares of stock of State Banks
and Trust Companies incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth
and doing business in the City of Paducah, and the same tax is also
hereby levied upon the shares of stock of National wanks doing, business
,within the city.
'.There is also levied for the year 1961 an ad valorem tax of Five
Cents (.05) upon each One Hundred Dollars (•,?100.00) of the fair cash
value of unmanufactured tobacco, and Fifteen Cents (.15) upon each One
Hundred Dollars (1),100.00) of all other unmanufactured agricultural
products within said city subject to taxation for general municipal
purposes.
SECTIOH 3. All taxes levied by Sections 1 and 2 of this
ordinanceare necessary and required in order to provide revenut to
meet the requirements of the 1961 apportionment ordinance adopted by
the Board of Commissioners, and the proceeds of such -tai: levies and
all other revenue of the city not specifically allocated to other
purposes shall be deposited into the General Fund of the City to be
expended as provided in the 1961 apportionment ordinance.
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SECTIOAI 4. There is also hereby levied for the year 1961 upon
each One Hundred Dollars (;0'100.00) assessed valuation of said taxable
property a special ad valorem tax of Three Cents (.03) to be paid into
and to become a part of the Appointive Employees Pension Fund, which
fund shall be segregated and set apart for the purposes defined in KRS
90.400 and the City Civil Service Ordinance adopted on December 2, 1947,
as amended.
There is also hereby levied for the year 1961 upon each One
Hundred Dollars (•.100.00) assessed valuation of said taxable property
an ad valorem 'tax of Ten Cents (.10) to be deposited into a
sinking -fund for the purpose of paying and retiring outstanding
bonds which have been voted by the people of the City of Paducah, and
there is likewise levied for the year 1961 upon each One Hundred
Dollars (•,100.00) assessed valuation of said taxable property an ad
valorem tax of Eight Cents (.0$) to pay the interest on said outstanding
unpaid voted bonds.
SECTION 5. There is also hereby levied for the year 1961 upon
each One Hundred Dollars (•.?100.00) assessed valuation of all real and
personal property *.within the city, subject to taxation for general
municipal purposes, an ad valorem tax of Eight Cents (.0$) for the
purpose of maintainir_S and operating the Public Library, pursuant
to the provisions of KRS 173.360, and the proceeds of said tax
levy shall be paid to the Board of Trustees of the Public Library.
SECTION 6. The Board of Education of the City of Paducah,
pursuant to the authority vested in it under its charter and under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, has adopted a resolution and
budget requesting that the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah
levy an ad valorem tax on all property in said city subject to taxation
for school purposes. Pursutnt to said resolution_ and budget there is
hereby levied the following taxes for the year 1961; an ad valorem
tax of One Dollar and Fifty Cents (.x1.50) on each One Hundred
Dollars (,f100.00) assessed valuation of all real and personal property
subject to taxation for school purposes in the City ofPaducah for the
support and maintenance of the Public schools in said city, and an
ad valorem tar, of Forty Cents (.L0) on each One Hundred Dollars (,;100.00)
of the fair cash value of all shares of stock of State '.3anks and Trust
Companies incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth, and en-
gaSing in business in said city, and tine same to>, is also levied on
the shares of stock of clational Lanks and Trust Companies doing business
in said city, which ta:.es so levied small be for the support and
maintenance of the public schools of said city.
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The aforesaid resolution and budget adopted by the Board of
Education of the City of Paducah, I{entucky requested the levy of a poll
tax of ;-2.00 on all male citizens in its district twenty-one years of
age and over not to exceed sixty-five years of age. Pursuant to such
request there is hereby levied for the use and benefit of the Board
of Education of the Paducah Independent School district for the year
1961 a poll tax of •,-2.00 on each male inhabitant within the City of
Paducah over twenty-one years of age who is not exempt by law from
the payment of poll tax.
SECTION 7. The Board of Education of the City of Paducah
having also adopted a resolution and budget requesting the levy of a
Special School Building Tax of Fifty Cents (.50) on each One Hundred
Dollars (3100.00) of property subject to local taxation in the City of
Paducah, there is hereby further levied a special school building
tax of Fifty Cents (.50) on each One -Hundred Dollars (,;100.00) of
property subject to taxation for school purposes in said city for the
year 1961 for the purpose of providing for the purchase or lease of
school sites and buildings, for the erection and complete equipping of
new school buildings, for the magor alterations, enlargement and complete
equipping of existing buildings, for the purpose of retiring, directly
or through rental payments, school revenue bonds issued for such
school building improvements and for the purpose of financing any
program for the acquisition, improvement or building of schools and
to accomplish any or all of said purposes.
SECTION 8. There is hereby further levied an ad valorem tax
of Seven Cents (.07) on each One Hundred Dollars ((100.00) of assessed
valuation of all real and personal property subject to taxation
for school purposes in said city for the year 1961, for the purpose of
aiding, assisting and maintaining the Paducah Junior College, whibh
tax shall be and the same is herby declared to be a tax for school
purposes.
SECTION 9. The taxes levied under this ordinance are summarized
as follows:
PURPOSE RATE PER ;`100
General Fund of the City ?1.39
Other IiIunicipal Purposes
Public Library .08
Appointive Employees Pension Fund ,03
Voted Bonds
Sinking Fund for Retirement .10
Interest .Os
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SCHOOL PURPOSES
Public Schools -Operating Fund •.x1.50
Public Schools -Special School Building Tax .50
Paducah Junior College .07
Total Tax Rate per ;100 on property
subject to full tax rate .;;3.75
Special Levies for General Fund
Stock of Banks and Trust Companies .20
Unmanufactured tobacco products .05
Other unmanufactured agricultural products .15
Special Levy for Public Schools -Operating Fund
Stock of Banks and Trust Companies .40
Poll Tax for Schools: P2.00 for each male resident
over 21 and under 65 years of age.
SECTION 10. The provisions of this ordinance are severable.
If any provision, section, paragraph, sentence or part thereof shall
be held unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect
or impair the remainder of this ordinance, it being the legislative
intent to ordain and enact each provision, section, paragraph, sentence
and part thereof, separately and independently of each other.
SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
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Mayor 01
Passed by the Board of Commissioners February 28, 1961
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, February 28, 1961.