HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/13/76Proceedings of
Board of Commissioners
City of Paducah April 13, 1976
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners held in the Commission
Chamber in the City Hall, Paducah, Kentucky , at 7: 30 P.M. on April 13 , 1976 , Mayor Murphy
presided and upon call of the Roll the following answered to their names: Commissioners
Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) , Commissioner Brumley was absent.
Mayor Murphy offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that the reading
of the Minutes for March 23, 26 and April 1, 1976 be waived and that the Minutes of said meetings
prepared by the City Clerk be approved as written. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,
Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that upon
recommendation of the City Manager the following personnel changes be made:
1. Tommie L. Tart be reclassified from the position of Truck Driver in the Cemetery
to Laborer in the Cemetery at a salary of $3.38 per hour, retroactive to March 22,
1976.
2 Kevin Walker be employed as Temporary Truck Driver in Parks and Recreation
at a salary of $2.35 per hour, retroactive to April 12, 1976.
3 The following Temporary Gym Supervisors, Parks and Recreation, be terminated
retroactive to March 29, 1976:
Jim Petty
B. T. Brooks
Bill Sanders
Samuel Cain
Don Smith
4 Charles Whited, Laborer in Street Department, be placed under Civil Service,
retroactive to March 29, 1976.
5 Charles Hobbs, Laborer in Street Department, be placed under Civil Service,
retroactive to March 29, 1976.
6 The resignation of Olen Story, Collector in Refuse Department, be received and
accepted, retroactive to March 31, 1976.
7 William Dabney, Collector in Refuse Department, be placed under Civil Service,
retroactive to March 29 , 1976.
8 The City's compulsory retirement provisions be waived as to Alta Russell, Social
Worker, and that her employment be extended for a period of 18 months, from
June 16, 1976 through December 15, 1977.
9 The following temporary laborers be employed in the Cemetery , retroactive to
April 6, 1976:
Dennis Alexander
Nathaniel Cody
Charles William Paisley
Gary L. Culp
10 James Thomasson be employed as Truck Driver, Parks Department,
retroactive to April 12, 1976.
11 James A. Hodge be employed as Assistant Janitor, Maintenance Department,
retroactive to April 12, 1976.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear,
that the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah to Cosmopolitan Funeral
Home for Finis Brann of the Northeast grave in Lot No. 290, Block No. 6 of the Rushing Addition
to Oak Grove Cemetery, for the sum of $100.00 (Receiot No. 9314) , and that the City Clerk
be authorized to execute a deed of conveyance to said cemetery grave. Adopted on call of the
Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
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Tommie Tary to truck driver
in Cemetery
Kevin Walker Temp. truck ✓
driver in Parlr?
Terminate temporary Gym "f
Supervisors in Parks
Charles Whited placed under `
civil service
Charles Hobbs placed under ✓
civil service
Olen Story - resignation
William Dabney placed under
civil service
Alta Russell - extend
employment
Employ temporary laborers
in Cemetery Department
James Thomasson - truck driver
in Parks
James A. Hodge, assistant
janitor in Maintenance Dept.
Sell grave in Rushing Addition
Cosmopolitan Mortuary for ✓✓
Finis Brann
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Sell grave in Rushing Add.
Mundy Funeral Home for
Anna B. Cole
Sell grave in Rushing Add.
Gladys Chilton ,
Settlement Sewer and
Refuse for Marck 1976
File Agreement Gresham &
Kerr - Inspection on
Townlift
Jill McIntosh - increase
salary
File bids construction of
Phase 1 Northside Street
Improvement Program
Settle claim of Homer
Jennings $348.15
City of Paducah
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April 13, 1976
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby,
that the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah to Mundy Funeral
Home for Anna B. Cole of the Northeast corner of Lot No. 292 in Block No. 6 of the Rushing
Addition to Oak Grove Cemetery, for the sum of $100.00 (Receipt No. 9316) and that the City
Clerk be authorized to execute a deed of conveyance to said cemetery grave. Adopted on call
of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby,
that the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah to Gladys Chilton
of the Southwest corner of Lot No. 290 in Block No. 6 of the Rushing Addition to Oak Grove
Cemetery, for the sum of $100.00 (Receipt No. 9318) and that the City Clerk be authorized to
execute a deed of conveyance to said cemetery grave. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,
Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
the reports of the Paducah Water Works for the month of March, 1976, be received and filed.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor
Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
the executed copy of the Agreement between the City of Paducah and Gresham & Kerr, John
Keeling Associates, dated March 25, 1976, for providing architectural inspections during the
construction phase of the Townlift Project, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the
Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the salary of Jill McIntosh, part-time clerk -typist in the Floodwall Department, be increased
to $148.00 per month, retroactive to March 29 , 1976. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,
Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the following bids for construction of Phase I of the North Side Street Improvement Program,
be received and filed:
Midstates Construction, Inc.
Wilkins Construction Company , Inc.
Jimar Paving Company,, Inc.
B & B Construction Company
B. H. Green & Son
Tilford Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor
Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the claim of Homer Jennings, 2610 Ohio Street, in the amount of $348.15 for damage to his
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1970 Ford automobile when struck by a City of Paducah front end load refuse truck, near the
intersection of 22nd & Ohio Streets on March 22, 1976, be approved, and that the City
Treasurer be authorized to pay said claim after first obtaining a complete and final release.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor
Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the executed copy of the contract between the City of Paducah and Wilkins Construction
Company, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley,
Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
the executed copy of the contract between the City of Paducah and Bowling General Tire, Inc.
for sale to the city of its requirement of new automobile and truck tires,, for the period
January 1, 1976 to December 31, 1976, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll,
Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
the Certificate of Insurance issued by The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York to
Loren Jones Excavating Company, Inc. and the City of Paducah, Kentucky, for a period of
one year from April 1, 1976, be received, approved and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll,
Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby,
that the claim of Mrs. Bessie T. Young, 739 Washington Street, in the amount of $295.50
for damage to her 1976 Ford automobile when struck by a truck owned by the City and
driven by Cecil L. Trimble, on March 25, 1976, near 20th & Kentucky Avenue, be allowed,
and that the City Treasurer pay said claim after first obtaining a complete and final release.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor
Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby,
that the executed copy of the Lease between Lourdes Hospital, Inc. and the City of Paducah,
Kentucky, dated March 25, 1976, for space for the erection of an antenna system and
necessary appurtenant facilities to the exterior of the building known as Lourdes Hospital
located at 1530 Lone Oak Road, Paducah, Kentucky, be received and filed. Adopted on
call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
a copy of the resolution adopted by the Electric Plant Board on March 24 , 1976, pertaining
to the Schedule of Rates and Charges,, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll ,
Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
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File contract Wilkins Const. o
extend original contract
File copy of Contract Bowling
General Tire, Inc. - tires
Certificate of Insurance t/
Loren Jones Excavating Co .
Settle claim of Mrs. Bessie k, -
T. Young
File lease with Lourdes
Hospital - antanna system
on building
Resolution Electric Plant Board
Schedule of Rates & Charges
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File bids for labor and
material fencing and backstc
Little League Baseball fields
File contract with Electric
Plant Board "Townlift"
File Findings of Fact,
Conclusions of Law &
Judgment in case of Leon
Dodge V. Ronald D . Burrow
Approve application of
Conrad Heights Treatment
Plant, Inc. to connect to
City sewer system
Call referendun in May
Primary - collective
bargaining - Firemen
Increase salary of
Trial Commissioner
Amend Noncivil Service
Employees - Salary
increases
is
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Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby,
that the following bids for furnishing labor and material for the construction of fencing and
backstops at the Little League Baseball Fields, be received and filed:
West Kentucky Roofing & Siding Co. Inc . (together with Bid Bond)
AAA Fence Company (No bid Bond) .
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor
Murphy (4)..
Mayor Murphy offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that the
executed copy of the contract between the City of Paducah and The Electric Plant Board for
implementing and constructing the "Townlift Project" be received and filed. Adopted on call
of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Mayor Murphy offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that the
Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law and Judgment in the case of Leon Dodge V. Ronald D.
Burrows, a member of the Paducah Fire Department, dated April 13, 1976, be received,
approved and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby
and Mayor Murphy (3) , Commissioner Puryear voted "No" .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE APPLICATION OF CONRAD HEIGHTS
TREATMENT PLANT, INC. FOR PERMISSION TO CONNECT TO THE CITY SEWER SYSTEM AND
DETERMINING THE RATES THEREFOR", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,
Commissioners Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (3) , Commissioner Grumley voted "No".
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE CALLING FOR A REFERENDUM IN THE MAY 1976 PRIMARY
REGARDING COLLECTIVE BARGAINING BETWEEN THE CITY OF PADUCAH AND THE MEMBERS OF
PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS' LOCAL NO. 16811, be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll,
Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 26-20 'SALARY', OF ARTICLE II, TRIAL
COMMISSIONER, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH , KENTUCKY", be
adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and
Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-47 'NONCIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES
GENERALLY', OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH , KENTUCKY" , be
adopted .. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and
Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
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an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY , ACTING BY AND THROUGH THE KENTUCKY
DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND THE CITY OF PADUCAH , KENTUCKY, AUTHORIZING THE CITY'S
PARTICIPATION IN BOR PROJECT NO. 21-00384, NOBLE PARK TENNIS COURTS , CONTINGENT ,
HOWEVER, UPON THE AFORESAID PROJECT BEING APPROVED IN THE CITY'S APPLICATION FOR
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUNDS", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,
Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-49 'CITY MANAGER - GENERALLY'
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH , KENTUCKY", be adopted.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas , Commissioners Grumley , Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor
Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF WEST KENTUCKY ROOFING &
SIDING COMPANY, INC. FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF FENCING AND BACKSTOPS AT THE LITTLE
LEAGUE BASEBALL FIELDS , AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT
FOR SUCH CONSTRUCTION", be introduced and remain on file for at least one week for public
inspection in the completed form in which it shall be put upon its final passage. Adopted on call
of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that
an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF MIDSTATES CONSTRUCTION, INC.
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF PHASE I OF THE NORTHSIDE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, AND
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT CONTINGENT UPON PHASE I OF THE
NORTHSIDE STREET IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BEING APPROVED AS A PART OF THE CITY'S
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM", be introduced and remain on file for at least one week
for public inspection in the completed form in which it shall be put upon its final passage.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Mayor Murphy offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that an ordinance
entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 10-52, 10-53, 20-54, 10-559, 10-569 10-59 AND
10-61 OF CHAPTER 10 'CIVIL SERVICE' OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH ,
KENTUCKY" , be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Hornsby,
Puryear and Mayor Murphy (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that an
ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUB -SECTION (a) OF SECTION 2-21 'VACATION
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Mayor execute Agreement
Commonwealth of Kentucky V"'
Department of Parks
B O R Project
Noble Park tennis courts
Increase salary of City Maziager
Accept bid of West Kentucky
Roofing & Siding Co.
fencing & backstops Little
League Baseball fields
Accept bid Midstates Construction
Company on Phase 1 of Northside
Street Improvement Project
Amend Civil Service Salary
Ordinance - Union employees
Amend vacation leave ordinance
according to years of service
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LEAVE GENERALLY' OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH , KENTUCKY", be
adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, , Hornsby, Puryear and
Mayor Murphy (4) .
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ADOPTED Z 1976 APPROVED Ztj
Mayor
City Clerk