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ORDINANCE NO. 93-2-4900
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 25-3 "COMPENSATION OF
OFFICERS FOR EDUCATION", OF CHAPTER 25 OF THE CODE OF IV
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, WHICH SECTION WAS
ORIGINALLY ORDAINED BY ORDINANCE NO. 12-20-66, SECTION 2, AND
WAS LAST AMENDED BY ORDINANCE 73-7-858 ON JULY 24, 1973
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Section 25-3, "Compensation of
officers for education" of Chapter 25 of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be fully amended and
reordained so that said section shall hereinafter read as
follows:
"SEC. 25-3. Compensation of officers for education.
The City of Paducah hereby establishes an educational
incentive plan, hereinafter referred to as "The Paducah Police
Officers Educational Incentive Plan", which is to be funded by
the City of Paducah, Kentucky and appropriate matching funds
from The Kentucky Law Enforcement Foundation Program Fund.
All police officers, as defined by KRS 15.420, of the
Paducah City Police Department shall have an equal opportunity
to participate in the Paducah Police Officers Educational
Incentive Plan. All officers may obtain the maximum local
4 incentive through continued education.
In order to be eligible to participate in the Paducah
Police Officers Educational Incentive Plan, an officer must:
(a) enroll in a degree program at an accredited
college or university for the purpose of
achieving an Associate, Baccalaureate, or higher
degree in an area related to law enforcement or
suitable for persons employed in law
enforcement, or
(b) have been awarded such a degree by an accredited
college or university.
In order to receive educational incentive monies
under the Paducah Police Officers Educational Incentive Plan,
an officer must cause an official, current transcript to be
sent to the Kentucky Crime Commission, Frankfort, Kentucky, and
to the Paducah Chief of Police.
For the purpose of the Paducah Police Officers
Educational Incentive Plan, only those college credit hours
which have been certified and accepted toward an Associate,
Baccalaureate, or higher degree by the accredited college or
university at which the police officer is, or was, classified
as a matriculated student will be applicable for educational
incentive payment. Furthermore, educational incentive payments
shall be made only on the basis of successfully completed
college hours.
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According to this educational incentive plan,
successfully completed (as used above) shall be defined as
earning at least a "C" on a letter grade basis or a pass on a
pass -fail basis. Once an officer has earned a degree, any
grade accepted by the college or university toward that degree
may be used to qualify the police officer for educational
incentive monies.
Educational incentive payments shall be disbursed by
the City of Paducah in accordance with the following schedule:
For those officers who have obtained 9 or more hours
but less than 21 hours of credit, $5.00 per month;
For those officers who have obtained 21 or more
hours, but less than 30 hours of credit, the sum of
$10.00 per month;
For those officers who have obtained 30 or more hours
of credit but less than an Associate degree, the sum
of $15.00 per month;
For those officers who have obtained an Associates,
a4X�ixtt�tr�/4St/MX¢�Hs�t degree, the sum of $25.00 per
month; and
For those officers who have obtained a Baccalaureate
or higher degree, the sum of $50.00 per month.
Credit hours earned will be retotalled annually on
June 30. No officer shall be reclassified to a higher level of
educational incentive payment except on this date. In order to
be eligible for reclassification, an officer's official
transcript must be received by the Kentucky Crime Commission,
Frankfort, Kentucky, and the Paducah Chief of Police no later
than fifteen days prior to the respective classification date.
No officer shall be reclassified to a higher level of
educational incentive payment until said officer:
(a) causes a current official transcript to be
submitted to the Kentucky Crime Commission,
Frankfort, Kentucky; and
(b). the Paducah Chief of Police who shall verify
reclassification through a review of the
officer's official transcript.
SECTION 2. 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 3. The change in education pay shall be
retroactive to December 28, 1992.
SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be read on two
separate days and published pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
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rG-ERRY B. MONTGOME Y
Mayor
ATTEST:
CitClerkk
Introduced by the Board of Commissioners January 26, 1993
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners February 2, 1993
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Clerk, February 2, 1993
Published by The Paducah Sun, February 6, 1993.
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