HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance Book 18, Page 532, Ordinance Number 74-4-960ORDINANCE NO. 74-4-960
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 1974, 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 1974, upon all taxable
property within the City of Paducah, Kentucky, real and personal, subject to taxation
for municipal purposes, an ad valorem tax of Forty-seven and 4/10 Cents ($0.474) upon
each one hundred 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 1974, exclusive of the levies herein-
after 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 1974 an ad valorem tax
of Nineteen Cents ($0.19) 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 Banks doing business
within the City.
There is also levied for the year 1974 an ad valorem tax of One and 5/10 Cents
($0.015) upon each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of the fair cash value of unmanufactured
tobacco, and Four and 5/10 Cents ($0.045) upon each one hundred dollars ($100.00) of
all other unmanufactured agricultural products within said city subject to taxation for
general municipal purposes.
SECTION 3. All taxes levied by Sections 1 and 2 of this ordinance are
necessary and required in order to provide revenue to meet the requirements of the
1974 apportionment ordinance adopted by the Board of Commissioners, and the proceeds
of such tax 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 1974 apportionment ordinance.
SECTION 4. There is also hereby levied for the year 1974 upon each one
hundred dollars ($100.00) assessed valuation of said taxable property a special ad
valorem tax of Two Cents ($0.02) 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
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defined in KRS 90.400 and the City Civil Service Ordinance adopted on December 2, 1947,
as amended. I,
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There is also hereby levied for the year 1974 upon each one hundred dollars
($100.00) assessed valuation of said taxable property an ad valorem tax of Three and 4/10
Cents ($0.034) 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 1974 upon each one hundred dollars ($100.00) assessed
valuation of said taxable property an ad valorem tax of Four and 2/10 Cents ($0.042)
to pay the interest on said outstanding unpaid voted bonds.
SECTION 5. There is also hereby levied for the year 1974 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
Five and 2/10 Cents ($0.052) for the purpose 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 1974; an ad valorem tax of Sixty-five and 8/10 Cents ($0.658)
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 Thirty-eight Cents
($0.38) 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 a 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 1974
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 Sixty-five and
8/10 Cents ($0.658) per one hundred dollars ($100.00) of assessed valuation is in words
and figures as follows:
"BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Education of the Paducah
Independent School District, Paducah, Kentucky, that there be
imposed and levied by the tax -levying authority of the City of
Paducah, the ad valorem tax of sixty-five and eight tenth cents
($.658) on each $100 of assessment at fair cash value of real and
personal property and all franchises in the Paducah Independent
School District, subject to taxation for the year 1974, 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 Independent School District."
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 Eighteen and 4/10 Cents ($0.184) 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 Eighteen and 4/10 Cents ($0.184) on each one hundred dollars
($100.00) of property subject to taxation for school purposes in said city for the year 1974
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 major 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 such purposes.
SECTION 8. There is hereby further levied an ad valorem tax of Three and
7/10 Cents ($0.037) 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 1974 for the purpose of aiding, assisting and maintaining the Paducah Community
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:
PURPOSE RATE. PER $100.00
General Fund of the City 'MI. 474 $0.474
Other 'Municipal Purposes
Public Library .052
Appointive Employees' Pension Fund •02
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Voted Bonds
Sinking Fund for Retirement
.034
Interest
,042
SCHOOL PURPOSES
Public Schools - Operating Fund
.658
Public Schools - Special School Building Tax
.184
Paducah Community College
.037
Total Tax Rate per $100 on property subject to full tax rate $1.501
Special Levies for General Fund
Stocks of Banks and Trust Companies .19
Unmanufactured tobacco products .015
Other unmanufactured agricultural products .095•
Special Levy for Public Schools - Operating Fund
Stocks of Banks and Trust Companies .38
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 and enact each provision, section, I
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paragraph, sentence and part thereof, separately and independent of each other.
SECTION 11. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from
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Passed by the Board of Commissioners April 16, 1974
Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, April 16, 1974.