HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 14, Page 687, No Resolution Number6f'7 i
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, PROTESTING AGAINST THE PASSAGE OF LEGISLATION AT
THE 1962 SESSION OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF
KENTUCKY, INCREASING THE MINIMUM SALARY OF MAYORS AND COMMISSIONERS
OF CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS
WHEREAS it has appeared in newspapers that there is now pending
before the Legislature at Frankfort, Kentucky, a Bill proposing
raising the minimum salary of mayors of cities of the second class
to $7,200.00 per year, and raising the minimum salary of each
commissioner of such cities to $6,000.00 per year, and
WHEREAS efforts to obtain a copy of said Bill have been un-
successful, but the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah
desires to make its position clear in regard to any such proposed
legislation which would force upon the City unwarranted increases in
expenditure.
HOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COI,IMISSIONERS OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah,
Kentucky, go on record vigorously opposing the passage of any legis-
lation at the 1962 Session of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth
of Kentucky raising the minimum salary of mayors of cities of the
second class to $7,200.00, and the raining the minimum salary, of each
of the commissioners of such cities to $6,000.00 per year.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager be, and he is hereby, directed
to send copies of this Resolution to Hon. Julian Carroll and Hon. Fred H.
Morgan, Representatives from McCracken County; to Hon. Tom Garrett,
Senator from McCracken County and to Hon. Bert Combs, Governor of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky.
SECTION 3. This Resolution shall be in full force and effect
from and after its adoption.
I•Iayor
Massed by the Board of Commissioners Barth 6, 1962
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, March 6, 1962.