HomeMy WebLinkAbout2025-10-8857ORDINANCE 2025-10-8857
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COMMUNICATIONS, LLC TO OPERATE AND MAINTAIN A CABLE SYSTEM WITHIN
THE CORPORATE LIMITS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, PURSUANT TO
THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS OF THE PADUCAH ORDINANCE FOR REGULATION
OF CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, AND APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR
TO EXECUTE THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY, AND E. RITTER COMMUNCATIONS, LLC
WHEREAS, E. Ritter Communications, LLC currently holds a franchise under the City
of Paducah's Telecommunications Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the pursuant to the City of Paducah's Telecommunications Ordinance, the
grant of a Telecommunications franchise does not authorize the provision of cable services; and
WHEREAS, E. Ritter Communications, LLC now seeks to operate a cable television
system within the City of Paducah and to terminate its existing telecommunications franchise;
and
WHEREAS, the City of Paducah issued a request for proposals for a Cable Television
Franchise in May of 2025;
WHEREAS, E. Ritter Communications, LLC submitted the only proposal; and
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Franchise is to grant a non-exclusive franchise to E.
Ritter Communications, LLC to establish, operate and maintain a cable television system within
the City of Paducah.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. The Mayor is hereby authorized, by and on behalf of the City, to execute the
Termination of Telecommunications Franchise Agreement between the City of Paducah,
Kentucky and E. Ritter Communications, LLC dated October 9, 2025.
SECTION 2: The Mayor is hereby authorized, by and on behalf of the City, to execute the Cable
Franchise Agreement between the City of Paducah, Kentucky, and E. Ritter Communications,
LLC dated October 9, 2025.
SECTION 3. There is hereby granted by the City of Paducah, Kentucky to E. Ritter
Communications, LLC the right and privilege to construct, operate, maintain, and extend a Cable
System within the City in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Franchise Agreement.
SECTION 4. Franchisee shall assume the reasonable publication costs as shall be presented to
the Franchisee by the City Clerk after acceptance of this Franchise by the City and appropriate
publication has occurred.
SECTION 5. If any section, paragraph or provision of this ordinance shall be found to be
inoperative, ineffective or invalid for any cause, the deficiency or invalidity of such section,
paragraph or provision shall not affect any other section, paragraph or provision hereof, it being
the purpose and intent of this ordinance to make each and every section, paragraph and provision
hereof separable from all other sections, paragraphs and provisions.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become effective upon
summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
George Bray, Mayor
ATTEST:
Claudia S. Meeks, Assistant City Clerk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, September 15, 2025
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, October 2, 2025
Recorded by Claudia S. Meeks, Assistant City Clerk, October 2, 2025
Published by The Paducah Sun, October 7, 2025
Ord\Ritter Cable Franchise
Prepared by Holly Homm, Denton Law