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Pam Spencer, Public Information Officer
City of Paducah P.O. Box 2267 Paducah, Kentucky 42002
270/444-8669 Office 270/443-5058 Fax
Website: http://paducahky.gov Email: pspencer@paducahky.gov
City Commission Meeting Highlights
Tuesday, January 8, 2019, at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall
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Note: Mayor Brandi Harless was unable to attend this meeting.
Naming of Greenway Trail Bridge
The Paducah Board of Commissioners approved a
municipal order to name the pedestrian bridge that will
be constructed linking the City of Paducah’s Greenway
Trail with the McCracken County bike and pedestrian
trail system adjacent to the soccer complex. The bridge
will be known as the Bob Leeper Bridge.
The City of Paducah, McCracken County, and Four
Rivers Nuclear Partnership (FRNP) collaborated to
develop this bridge. This partnership was arranged by
former McCracken County Judge-Executive Bob
Leeper. The bridge is being named in his honor for his
three decades of community service as Judge-Executive,
Kentucky State Senator, and City Commissioner.
This proposed bridge would be approximately 110 feet
long and 10 feet wide and would cross Perkins Creek
just northwest of the Stuart Nelson ball fields. The
proposed bridge and approach would follow an old, abandoned rail bed of the Chicago, St. Louis, and New Orleans Railroad
Company. The bridge is planned to look similar to the bridge currently on the Greenway Trail near the disk golf course at
Stuart Nelson Park.
A grant application through the Kentucky Department of Local Government for a federally-funded Recreation Trails grant
was submitted in April 2018. The City has been notified that the grant request of $100,000 will be funded pending
environmental approval by the Federal Highway Administration.
In addition to the grant funds, the City and County propose to provide an additional $30,000 each. Furthermore, FRNP has
committed to donating $40,000 toward the bridge project. Of that $40,000, two of FRNP’s subcontractors, Veolia and
Geosyntec, are providing a total of $5,000 each.
Veterans Day Parade Resolution
Mayor Pro Tem Richard Abraham discussed the resolution adopted May 16, 2017, by the Paducah Board of Commissioners
regarding the Veterans Day Parade. Mayor Pro Tem Abraham says, “I am of the mind that we don’t need this resolution
anymore.” He says that after discussions with the city’s attorney regarding the resolution, he believes that it may be a
violation of First Amendment rights. He asked the Commissioners to consider the resolution at their January 22 meeting.
Commissioner Sandra Wilson asked that the item be placed on the agenda for discussion and for members of the Veterans
Day Parade Committee be present at the meeting. Commissioner Wilson also asked that staff get a legal opinion regarding the
validity of the resolution. The 2017 resolution affirmed and accepted the position of the Paducah Veterans Day Committee
that participants in the Veterans Day Parade be limited to those that represent the flag of the United States and the Veterans
of the United States Armed Forces.
Quick Highlights
Boards and Commissions:
o Commissioner Sandra Wilson reappointed to Paducah Riverfront Development Advisory Board.
o Commissioner Sandra Wilson reappointed to Electric Plant Board.
Pam Spencer, Public Information Officer
City of Paducah P.O. Box 2267 Paducah, Kentucky 42002
270/444-8669 Office 270/443-5058 Fax
Website: http://paducahky.gov Email: pspencer@paducahky.gov
o Commissioner Gerald Watkins appointed to Commissioners of Water Works.
o Commissioner Brenda McElroy appointed to Paducah-McCracken County Joint Sewer Agency.
Municipal Order approved to award vacation days to staff members chosen at random who participated in the food
collection during the 2018 Employee Christmas Luncheon held December 14. For every 10 cans of food or non-
perishable items brought to the luncheon, the employee had an opportunity to participate in a drawing to receive one
of ten vacation days.
A reception was held after the meeting. Visit the City of Paducah, Kentucky Government Facebook page to see photos from the event.
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