HomeMy WebLinkAbout12-10-2024December 10, 2024
At a Regular Meeting of the Paducah Board of Commissioners held on Tuesday, December 10,
2024, at 5:00 p.m., in the Commission Chambers of City Hall located at 300 South 5th Street,
Mayor George Bray presided. Upon call of the roll by City Clerk, Lindsay Parish, the following
the following answered to their names: Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Smith, Wilson, and
Mayor Bray (5).
INVOCATION
Commissioner Henderson led the Invocation.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Mayor Bray led the pledge.
PROCLAMATION
Mayor Bray presented a Proclamation to representatives of Paducah Cooperative Ministry,
Washington Street Baptist Church and Community Kitchen, declaring December 21 Homeless
Persons' Memorial Day.
NEW EMPLOYEE INTRODUCTION — Taylor Morsching, Assistant Director of Recreation,
introduced Ashley Kearney, Recreation Supervisor, Parks and Recreation Department.
PRESENTATIONS
Christmas Parade Award Winners:
Taylor Morsching, Assistant Director of Recreation, and Ashley Kearney, Recreation Supervisor,
presented the first -place award winners for the 2024 Christmas Parade. The theme of this year's
parade was "Christmas in Toyland." There were over 100 entries.
Themed Float: Dippin' Dots/J & J Snack Foods
Religious Float — The Church of Jesus Christ
Non -Float — Goodwin Farms
School Float — McCracken County Schools
Drill Team — Xplosive Dance Force
Band — McCracken County High School
Recognition of Commissioner David Guess
Mayor Bray, on behalf of the Paducah City Board of Commissioners, presented a plaque of
appreciation to Commissioner David Guess, for his years of service on the Commission. He
served terms from 2003 through 2006, and 2021 through 2024.
MAYOR COMMENT
Mayor Bray related that he has received notification from U.S.A. Hospitality that the agreement
has been signed with Marriott for the construction of a Marriott Aloft hotel at 519 North 3`d
Street.
CONSENT AGENDA
Mayor Bray asked if the Board wanted any items on the Consent Agenda removed for
separate consideration. No items were removed. Mayor Bray asked the City Clerk to read
the items on the Consent Agenda.
I(A)
Approve Minutes for the November 27, 2024, Board of Commissioners Meeting
I(B)
Receive and File Documents:
Minute File:
1. Notice of Special Called Meeting — November 27, 2024 and cancellation of
November 26, 2024, Regular Meeting
December 10, 2024
Commissioner Guess offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Henderson, that the items
on the consent agenda be adopted as presented.
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Wilson, Smith and
Mayor Bray (5).
MUNICIPAL ORDER
CREATIVE AND CUTURAL COUNCIL'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A
PUBLIC ART PROJECT IN THE WALTER JETTON/SOUTHSIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD
Contract File:
1. Interlocal Participation Agreement for Cooperative Purchasing with Buy Board
MO #2912
2. Termination of Subdivision Performance and Warranty Surety Bond Agreement
— Walker Properties — Trails End Development— MO 42944
3. Subdivision Performance and Warranty Surety Bond — Trails End Development
LLC — MO 92945
4. Amended Tyler Technologies CAD Contract (Ord 2018-4-8524) for Flow MSP
addition — MO #2978
5. Grant Assistance Agreement — Paducah Water — MO #2980
6. Subordination Agreement with Independence Bank — Musselman - 3141
Broadway - MO #2981
7. Contract with Vermeer Midwest — Horizontal Grinder and conveyer/stacker —
MO #2987
8. Employment Agreement - Gregory Guebert — City Engineer — MO #2992
9. Agreement To Establish Paducah/McCracken County Geographic Information
System (GIS) — Ord. 2024-10-8825
10. Agreement For Provision of Emergency 911 Services — Ord. 2024-10-8827
Financials:
1. Paducah Water Works —Month Ended 10-31-2024
2. 2023-2024 Annual Report— WKCTC Television Department
Bids and Proposals File
1. Robert Coleman Sprayground Project
All bids and proposals rejected — MO 42983
I(C)
Appointment of Kay Cochran to the Civic Beautification Board. Said term shall expire
JuIv 1 2028.
I(D)
Appointment of Lame Fearon to the Barkley Regional Airport Authority, to
replace Jay Matheny, who resigned. Said term shall expire December 31, 2025.
I(E)
Appointment of James "Jason" Coltharp to the Paducah -McCracken County Joint 911
Parcel Fee App eals Board. Said term shall expire November 27, 2026.
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Personnel Actions
I(F)
A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN
AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES TO
REMOVE TIM UNUSED MODULE, CAPITAL PROJECTS EXPLORER, AND
IMPLEMENT THE CAPITAL BUDGET MODULE FOR FY 2025.
MO #2994; BK 13
I(G)
A MUNICIPAL ORDER ACCEPTING THE BID OF GALLS, LLC, FOR TIM
PURCHASE OF UNIFORMS AND GEAR FOR PADUCAH POLICE
DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO
EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR SAME MO #2995; BK 13
I(H)
A MUNICIPAL ORDER ACCEPTING THE DONATION OF REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 1200 CALDWELL STREET FROM MARTIN W. OPERLE, JR., TO
THE CITY OF PADUCAH, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE
DEED CONSIDERATION CERTIFICATE MO #2996; BK 13
I(I)
A MUNICIPAL ORDER ACCEPTING TIE DONATION OF REAL PROPERTY
LOCATED AT 854 MAIN STREET FROM KBD RENTALS, LLC, TO THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE DEED
CONSIDERATION CERTIFICATE (MO #2997; BK 13)
Commissioner Guess offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Henderson, that the items
on the consent agenda be adopted as presented.
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Wilson, Smith and
Mayor Bray (5).
MUNICIPAL ORDER
CREATIVE AND CUTURAL COUNCIL'S REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL FOR A
PUBLIC ART PROJECT IN THE WALTER JETTON/SOUTHSIDE
NEIGHBORHOOD
December 10, 2024
Commissioner Henderson offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the Board of
Commissioners adopt a Municipal Order entitled, "A MUNICIPAL ORDER APPROVING AN
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PADUCAH AND GREGORY
GUEBERT FOR EMPLOYMENT AS CITY ENGINEER, AND AUTHORIZING THE
MAYOR TO EXECUTE SAME."
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Wilson, Smith and
Mayor Bray (5). (MO 42998; BK 13)
ORDINANCE ADOPTION
AMEND CHAPTER 106 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCE RELATED TO BUSINESS
LICENSE
Commissioner Smith offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Wilson, that the Board of
Commissioners adopt an Ordinance entitled: "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 106,
ARTICLE III, GROSS RECEIPTS LICENSE TAX, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF
THE CITY OF PADUCAH." This Ordinance is summarized as follows: This Ordinance
amends Chapter 106, Article III, of the Code of Ordinances to add clarifying language that the
Gross Receipts License Tax applies to each separate business entity location.
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray
(4). (ORD 2024-12-8832; BK 37)
ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION
2025A GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS
Commissioner Wilson offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Smith, that the Board of
Commissioners introduce an Ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF ITS CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS, SERIES 2025A IN AN APPROXIMATE
AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF $27,820,000 (WHICH PRINCIPAL AMOUNT MAY
BE INCREASED BY UP TO $2,785,000 OR DECREASED BY ANY AMOUNT), FOR THE
PURPOSES OF FINANCING THE ALL OR A PORTION OF THE COSTS OF THE
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, INSTALLATION, AND EQUIPPING OF (I) RIVERFRONT
INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS, AND (II) A MUNICIPAL SPORTS PARK COMPLEX;
APPROVING THE FORM OF THE BONDS; AUTHORIZING DESIGNATED OFFICERS OF
THE CITY TO EXECUTE AND DELIVER THE BONDS; AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING
THE FILING OF A NOTICE WITH THE STATE LOCAL DEBT OFFICER; PROVIDING FOR
THE PAYMENT OF AND SECURITY FOR THE BONDS; ESTABLISHING A BOND
PAYMENT FUND FOR THE BONDS; AFFIRMING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE EXISTING
SINKING FUND; AUTHORIZING THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE BID OF THE PURCHASER OF
THE BONDS; AND REPEALING INCONSISTENT ORDINANCES." THIS ORDINANCE IS
SUMMARIZED AS FOLLOWS: The Ordinance authorizes the City to issue a series of general
obligation bonds, designated as the "City of Paducah, Kentucky General Obligation Bonds, Series
2025A" (the "Bonds"), in an approximate aggregate principal amount of $27,820,000, which amount
may be increased by up to $2,785,000 or decreased by any amount, for the purposes of (i) financing the
costs of acquiring, constructing, equipping, and installing (a) riverfront infrastructure improvements,
including a riverboat excursion pier and plaza, riverfront improvements along existing transient boat
dock facilities, intersection improvements, and a multimodal pathway connecting the Greenway Trail,
Convention Center, Riverfront, and Downtown Paducah, and (b) a new municipal sports park complex,
all for the ultimate well-being and benefit of the citizens of the City (collectively, the "Project"), (ii)
paying the costs of credit enhancement for the Bonds, if any, and (iii) paying the costs of issuance of
the Bonds. Provisions are made in the Ordinance for the payment of the Bonds and the security
therefor, the application of the proceeds of the Bonds, the creation of a Bond Payment Fund for the
Bonds, and the continuation of the City's existing Sinking Fund. The Ordinance also contains certain
covenants made by the City in connection with the Bonds. The Bonds are to be sold at public,
competitive sale, and shall mature, or be subject to mandatory sinking fund redemption, in varying
amounts each year, through and including 2045. The Bonds pledge the full faith, credit, and taxing
power of the City, and provision has been made for the collection of a tax to pay the principal and
interest due on the Bonds, subject to certain credits, as provided in Section 12 of the Ordinance. As
December 10, 2024
required by KRS 83A.060, Section 12 of the Ordinance is set forth below in its entirety: "Section 12.
General Obligation Pledge. The Bonds shall be full general obligations of the City, and the full faith,
credit, and taxing power of the City are hereby pledged for the prompt payment of the Bonds and the
interest thereon. During the period the Bonds remain outstanding, there shall be, and there hereby is,
levied, annually, on all taxable property in the City, in addition to all other taxes, without limitation as
to rate, a direct tax in an amount sufficient to pay the principal of and interest on the Bonds as and when
due, it being hereby found and determined that the current tax rates of the City are within all applicable
limitations. The tax shall be, and is hereby, ordered to be computed, certified, levied, and extended
upon the tax duplicate, to be collected by the same officers, in the same manner, and at the same time
that taxes for general purposes for each of the years are certified, extended, and collected. The tax shall
be placed before and in preference to all other items and for the full amount thereof, provided, however,
that in each year, to the extent other lawfully available funds of the City are available for the payment
of the Bonds and are appropriated for such purpose, the amount of such tax upon all of the taxable
property in the City shall be reduced by the amount of such other funds so available and appropriated."
COMMENTS
CITY MANAGER
The City has received its 8`h Boater's award for the Transient Boat Dock.
This is the last meeting of the year. There will be no city services (with the exception of
emergency personnel) all city offices will be closed December 24, 25, 31 and January 1.
MAYOR
• Swearing in of Mayor and four Commissioners will be held December 30, at 5:00 p.m.
at City Hall. The public is invited to attend.
PUBLIC COMMENT
TanaShea Bell made a comment about the proposed art project in the Walter Jetton/Southside
neighborhood.
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Commissioner Guess offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Henderson, that the Board of
Commissioners go into closed session for discussion of matters pertaining to the following topic:
➢ Discussions of proposed or pending litigation against or on behalf of the public agency
KRS 61.810(1)(c)
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Smith, Wilson and Mayor
Bray (5)
RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION
Commissioner Henderson offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Wilson, that the Paducah
Board of Commissioners reconvene in open session.
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Smith, Wilson and Mayor
Bray (5)
ADJOURN
Commissioner Wilson offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Smith, that the
meeting be adjourned.
Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Guess, Henderson, Smith, Wilson and Mayor
Bray (5)
TIME ADJOURNED:7:04 p.m.
ADOPTED: January 13, 2025
December 10, 2024
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