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AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE LEVIES AND RATES OF TAXATION ON ALL
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR
MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR THE YEAR 1966, WITH THE
PURPOSES OF SAID TAXES THEREUNDER DEFINED
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. There is hereby levied for the year 1966, upon
all taxable property within the City of Paducah, Kentucky, real and per-
sonal,'subject to taxation for municipal purposes, an ad valorem tax of
one dollar and thirty-nine cents ($1.39) upon each One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) assessed valuation -of said property, pursuant to Section 157
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of the State Constitution, to defray the cost of maintaining and
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administering_ the Government -of the City of Paducah for the year 1966,
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exclusive 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 1966 an ad
valorem tax 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 National Banks doing business within the City.
•There is also levied for the year 1966 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 ($100.00) of all other ummnaufactured agricultural
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products within said city subject to taxation for general municipal
purposes.
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SECTION 3. All taxes levied by Sections 1 and 2 of this
ji ordinance are necessary and required in order to'provide revenue to meet
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the requirements of the 1966 apportionment ordinance adopted by the
Board of Commissioners, and the proceeds of such tax levies and all other
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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 1966 apportionment ordinance.
SECTION 4; There is also hereby levied for the year 1966
upon each One Hundred Dollars ($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 1966 upon each One
Hundred Dollars ($100.00) assessed valuation of said taxable property an
ad valorem tax of Four Cents (.04) 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 1966 upon each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) assessed
valuation of said taxable property an ad valorem tax of Two Cents (.02)
to pay the interest on said outstanding unpaid yoted bonds.
SECTION 5. There is also hereby levied for the year 1966
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
purpos6 of maintaining 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. Pursuant to said resolution and budget there is
hereby levied the following taxes for the year 1966; an ad valorem tax
of One Dollar & Sixty-five Cents ($1.65) on each One Hundred Dollars
($100.00) assessed valuation of all real and personal property subject
to taxation for school purposes in the City of Paducah for the support
and maintenance of the public schools of said city, and an ad valorem
tax of Forty Cents (.40) on each One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) of the
fair cash value of all shares of stock of State Banks and Trust
Companies incorporated under the laws of this Commonwealth, and engaging
in business in said city, and the same tax is also levied on the shares
of stock of National Banks and Trust Companies doing business in said
city, which taxes so levied shall be for the support and maintenance
of the public schools of said city.
The aforesaid resolution and budget adopted by the Board of
Education of the City of Paducah, Kentucky 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 1966
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.
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Said resolution pertaining to the aforesaid ad valorem tax of
$1.65 per $100.00 of assessed valuation is in words and figures as
follows:
"BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the Paducah
Independent School District, Paducah, Kentucky, that there
be imposed and levied by the tax -levying authority of the
City of Paducah, the ad valorem tax of one dollar and sikty-
five cents ($1.65) on each $100.00 of real and personal pro-
perty and all franchises in the Paducah Independent School
District, subject to taxation for the year 1966, the same
being necessary to be raised in addition to all other funds
to be received by the Paducah Independent School District to
support and maintain the public schools of the Paducah Inde-
pendent School District. Included in the total rate of $1.65
for each $100.00 of assessed valuation is 15� for each $100.00
of assessed valuation as authorized by KRS Chapter 106. as
amended'by the 1965 First Extra Session effective December 15,
1965."
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 ($100.00) 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 1966
for the purpose of providing for the purchase or lease of school sites
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and buildings, for the erection and complete equipping of new school
buildings, for the major alterations, enlargement and complete equip-
ping 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 such purposes.
SECTION 8. There is hereby further levied an ad valorem tax
of Fourteen Cents (.14) 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 1966 for the purpose of aiding,
assisting and maintaining the Paducah Junior College, which tax shall
be and the same is hereby declared to be a tax for school purposes.
SECTION 9. The taxes levied under this ordinance are summarized
as follows:
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PURPOSE RATE PER $100.00
General Fund of the City $1.39
Other Municipal Purposes
Public Library .0$
Appointive Employees' Pension Fund .03
Voted Bonds
Sinking Fund for Retirement
.04 '
Interest
.02
SCHOOL PURPOSES
Public'Schools-Operating Fund
1.65
Public Schools -Special School Building Tax
.50
Paducah Junior College
.14
Total Tax Rate per $100 on property subject to
full tax rate
$3.85
Special Levies for General Fund
Stocks of Banks and Trust Companies
X20
Unmanufactured tobacco products
.05
Other ummanufactured agricultural products
.15
Special Levy for Public Schools Operating Fund
Stock of Banks and Trust Companies
.40
Poll Tax for Schools: $2,00 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 or enact each provision, section, paragraph, sentence and part
thereof, separately and independent of each other.
SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and
effect
from and after its adoption.
Mayor
Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 12, 1966
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 12, 1966.