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Cemetery Lots:
Hamock Funeral Home for Roscoe
Williams
Mundy Funeral Home for Richard
Mayes Topp
Cosmopolitan Mortuary for Henry
Lewis
Cosmopolitan Mortuary for George
Kirk
Mundy for Willie Mae Vandyke
Veona Caldwell for Delatha Easly
Board of Commissioners
No. 303
City of Paducah February 14, 1978
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 February 14, 1978,
Mayor Pro -tem
Coleman presided and upon call
of
the Roll the following answered to
their names: Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4);
Mayor Murphy was absent (1) .
Mayor Pro -tem Coleman offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Grumley,
that the reading of the minutes for January 24, 1978 be waived and that the Minutes of
said meeting prepared by the City Clerk be approved as written. Adopted on call of
the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the claim of Sam D. King and Wanda J. Shaw in the amount of $263.04 for damage to
their .1966 Chevrolet which was struck by a payloader driven by Robert Cox, Jr.,
on February 3, 1978, 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, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear that
the claim of Jimmy W. McClure in the amount of $104.95 for damages to his C. B.
tower, caused by a Cushman dumpster, driven by Richard Myrick, running over the guide
wires, on October 26, 1977, be approved and that the City Treasurer to authorized to pay
said claim after first obtaining a complete and final release. Adopted on call of the Roll,
Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Meeks offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah of the following
cemetery lots, and that the City Clerk be authorized to execute a deed of conveyance
to said cemetery graves:
1. To Hamock Funeral Home for Roscoe Williams, of the southeast
corner of Lot No. 42 in Block 6, Rushing Addition, for the sum
of $100.00 (Receipt No. 19917) .
2. To Mundy Funeral Home for Richard Mayes Topp, of the northwest
corner of Lot No. 357-A, Block No. 6, Rushing Addition, for the
sum of $100.00 (Receipt No. 19915) .
3. To Cosmopolitan Mortuary for Henry Lewis, of the southwest corner
of Lot No. 118, Block No. 9, Rushing Addition, for the sum of
$100.00 (Receipt No. 19923) .
4. To Cosmopolitan Mortuary for George Kirk of the southeast corner
of Lot No. 399, Block No. 6, Rushing Addition, for the sum of
$100.00 (Receipt No. 19921) .
5. To Mundy Funeral Home for Willie Mae Vandyke, of the northwest
corner of Lot No. 324-A, Block No. 6, Rushing Addition, for the
sum of $100.00 (Receipt No. 19913).
6. To Veona Caldwell for Delatha Easly of the northwest -A corner
.of Lot No. 326, Block No. 6, Rushing Addition,- for the sum of
$100.00 (Receipt No. 19933) .
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor
Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
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Commissioner Meeks offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
the claim of Jean Toon in the amount of $52.00 for damage to her 1973 Ford LTD, that
was damaged by oil being spewed on her car when a hydraulic hose broke during repair
of a traffic light at Lone Oak and Kennedy Roads, on December 20, 1977, and operated
by Charles Hammonds, 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, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, that
the following documents be received and filed:
1, Reports of the Paducah Water Works for the month of January, 1978.
2. Resolution adopted by the Electric Plant Board on January 11, 1978, .
pertaining to the Schedule of Rates and Charges.
3. Executed copy of a sewer easement between the City and R. "P. Sutton e`
and wife, Janice C. Sutton.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor
Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, that
the following bids for furnishing the City of Paducah with it's requirement of new auto-
mobile and truck tires, for the period of time from January 1, 1978 to December 31, 1978,
be received and filed:
1. Bowling Tire Company, Inc.
2. York Tire Sales
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor
Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that
upon recommendation of the Paducah Fire Chief, and approval of the City Manager, I move
that the following personnel changes be made:
1. Lieutenant William Gerald Stewart, Jr., be promoted to captain in the
Fire Department, retroactive to February 12, 1978.
2. Firefighter Cletus Ouellette be promoted to lieutenant in the Fire Department,
retroactive to February 12, 1978.
Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -
tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Coleman offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Grumley, that
upon recommendation of the City Manager, I move that the following personnel change be
made:
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Pay claim of Jean Toon
Receive E file documents:
Reports of Paducah Water Works
Electric Plant Board
Executed copy of sewer ease-
ment - R. P. Sutton 8 wife
File bids - tiees for year 1978:
Bowling Tire Co., Inc.
York Tire Slaes
William Gerald Stewart, Jr. to
captain - Fire Dept.
Cletus Ouellette promoted to
Lieutenant - Fire Dept.
2. Barbara N. Gipson be employed as laborer in the Street Department, Barbara N. Gipson employed,
at a salary of $3.80 per hour, retroactive to February 13, 1978. laborer - Street Dept. r_.
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✓ Martha J. Nanney employed as
laborer - Civic Center
Sharon Cargill employed, Parks
t,/Suzanne S. Paschall employed
temporary clerk - Finance
Civil Service:
k J ewel I Haley, Sewage Treatment
'Robert E. Crocker - Parks
VMark Strittmatter, Refuse
;/Ray L. Riley, Refuse
/Jimmy Gipson, Refuse
4/'Steven Driver, resignation
,/Dorothy Painter, retirement
Thomas Moody, temporary laborer,
Y Civic Center, terminated
David E. Mitchell, terminated,
parks
�- June H. Yates, terminated -
finance
Pay claim of Harry E. Byrd
/ Advertise bids - fifteen
V autos, Police Dept.
VAdvertise bids - dump truck -
Street Dept.
3. Martha J. Nanney be employed as temporary laborer at the Civic
Center, at a salary of $2.44 per hour, retroactive to February 4, 1978.
4. Sharon Cargill be employed as gymnastics instructor in the Parks E
Recreation Department, at a salary of $7.00 per session, retroactive
to February 4, 1978.
5. Suzanne S. Paschall be employed as temporary clerk in the Finance
Department, at a salary of $350.00 per month, retroactive to February
7, 1978.
6. The following employees be placed under Civil Service:
Jewell Haley, Sewage Treatment Plant, retroactive to February 1, 1978
Robert E. Crocker, Parks & Recreation, retroactive to February 1, 1978
Mark Strittmatter, Refuse Department, retroactive to January 19, 1978
Ray L. Riley, Refuse Department, retroactive to January 14, 1978
Jimmy Gipson, Refuse Department, retroactive to January 25, 1978.
7. The resignation of Steven Driver, collector in the Refuse Department,
be received and accepted, retroactive to January 30, 1978.
8. The retirement of Dorothy Painter, clerk typist in the Planning &
Community Development Department, be received and accepted,
retroactive to February 10, 1978.
9. Thomas Moody, Temporary laborer at the Civic Center, be terminated,
retroactive to January 31, -1978.
10. David E. Mitchell, assistant gymnastics instructor in the Parks 6
Recreation Department, be terminated, retroactive to February 4, 1978.
11. June H. Yates, temporary clerk in the Finance Department, be termi-
nated, retroactive to February 3, 1978.
Adopted ..on .-call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor
Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Coleman offered motion,, seconded by Commissioner Grumley, that the
claim of Harry -E. -Byrd in the amount of $28.61 for damage to his 1977 Toyota caused by a
cushman, driven by Burchell Harris on August 19, 1977, breaking the back window, 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,
Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of 'resolutions by reference
to a summary. thereof;
I therefore move that a resolution requesting the City Manager to advertise for bids
for sale to the City of fifteen (1,S) 1976 four -door automobiles to be used in the Police De-
partment, and as appended in full hereto be adopted according to law. Adopted on call of
the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Meeks offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of resolutions by reference
to , a summary thereof;
I therefore move that a resolution requesting the City Manager to advertise for bids
for the purchase of a dump truck for use in the Street Department, and as appended in full
hereto be adopted according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley,
Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
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Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of resolutions by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that a resolution authorizing the City Manager to advertise for bids
for construction of Phase II of the Industrial Park Sewer Extension and as appended in full
hereto, be adopted according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley,
Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Mayor Pro -tem Coleman offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Grumley, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of resolutions by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that a resolution requesting the City Manager to advertise for bids
for the purchase of various playground equipment to be used at Noble Park and as appended in
full hereto, be adopted according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners
Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that an ordinance amending sub -section (a) and deleting sub -section
(i) of Section 12-19 "Number, rank and salaries of members" of Article II "Fire Department"
of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, and as appended in fu I I hereto, be adopted
according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear
and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Grumley offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
therefore move that an ordinance repealing Ordinance No. 77-8-1454, relating to
promotions in the Paducah Fire Department and as appended in full hereto, be adopted
according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear
and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Meeks offered motion, seconded -by Commissioner Puryear, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 77-3-1395, authorizing
an additional $611.00 per month payment by the City of Paducah to Paducah Transit Company,
Inc., for the establishment, maintenance and operation of a motor transportation system in the
City of Paducah and as appended in full hereto, be adopted according to law; this being the
second and final reading. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks,
Puryear, .and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Advertise bids - construction of
Phase II of the Industrial Park
Sewer Extension
Advertise bids - playgrounds
equipment for Noble Park
Amend sub -section (a) E de-
leting sub -section (i) of Sec-
tion 12-19 - Fire Dept.
Repealing Ordinance No. 77-8-
1454 - "Promotions in Fire Dept'!
Amend Ordinance No. 77-3-1395,
pay additional $611 per month to
Paducah Transit Co. - Bus
system in Paducah Z---�
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Accept bid of Bowling Tire Co.
Tires for 1978
Authorize payment to Broadway
J Ford Truck Sales, Inc.
Accept bid of James Municipal
Equipment - street sweeper for
Street Dept.
Accept bid of Rasche Cycle co.
- 3 riding mowers - Cemetery
V/
Authorize payment to Morton Salt
Co.
Commissioner Meeks offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
therefore move that an ordinance accepting the bid of Bowling Tire Company., Inc.,
for furnishing the City of Paducah with it's requirement of new automobile :and truck tires
for the period from January 1, 1978 to December 31, 1978, and as appended in full hereto
be adopted according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley,
Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that an ordinance authorizing the payment of $1,800.00 to Broadway
Ford Truck Sales, Inc., for the purchase of a transmission to be used on a front loading
refuse truck and as appended. in full hereto, be adopted according to law. Adopted on call
of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised- Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that an ordinance accepting the bid of James Municipal Equipment
Company for sale to the City of a street sweeper to be used by the Street Department, for
the sum :of $30,235.00, and as appended in full hereto, be adopted- according to law; this
being the second and final reading. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners
Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Puryear offered- motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
1 therefore _move that an -ordinance accepting the bid of Rasche Cycle Company for
sale to the City of three riding mowers to be used by the Cemetery Department, for the
sum of $1,907..88, and asappended in full hereto be adopted according to law; this being
the second and final reading. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley;
Meeks, Puryear and- Mayor -Pro-tem Coleman (4)
Commissioner Coleman; -offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Grumley, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised- Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that an ordinance authorizing the payment of $3,816.51 to Morton
Salt Company for the purchase of salt to be used in snow removal and as appended ---in full
hereto, be adopted according to law; this being the second and final reading. Adopted on
call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Commissioner Coleman offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Grumley, as follows:
WHEREAS, Kentucky Revised Statutes permit the adoption of ordinances by reference
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to a summary thereof;
I therefore move that an ordinance amending Section 2-47 "Noncivi I Service Employees
--Generally" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, and as appended in full hereto
be adopted according to law. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley,
Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (3) , Commissioner Meeks voted, "NAY".
The next business to come before the Board was the grievance, Step #4,
filed by John B. Robertson, Horace Smith and Ben O'Hara, members of the Street Depart-
ment. William Meredith, President of Local 1586 requested this hearing to be held in
Executive Session, stating that the grievance called for pointed discussion about the
three employees and their records, whereupon Commissioner Grumley offered motion,
seconded by Commissioner Meeks, that the Board retire to Executive Session to hear
said grievance.
After hearing testimony and deliberating approximately forty-five minutes, the
Board reconvened in the Commission Chamber, whereupon Mayor Pro -tem Coleman read
and moved the following Response to John B. Robertson, Horace Smith and Ben o"Nara:
"Pursuant to the provisions of the contract between the City of Paducah and
Local 1586, AFSCME, a hearing on the above referenced grievance was conducted by the
Board of Commissioners on February 14, 1978, at the regular meeting of the Board.
The Board, having heard statements from both management and the union and having
thoroughly considered the issues involved, does hereby find that there was no violation
of Article X of the Union contract and the aforesaid grievance is therefore accordingly
denied. 11
Motion was seconded by Commissioner Grumley, and adopted on call of the
Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
William Meredith again requested that the Board go into Executive Session
to discuss hiring practices and other matters involving a city supervisor. Corporation
Counsel Dave Denton also reported to the Board that he felt it was necessary to dis-
cuss the West End Annexation case in executive session. Commissioner Crumley offered
motion, seconded by Commissioner Meeks, that the Board retire to Executive Session
to discuss personnel problems with union representatives and to discuss with
Corporation Counsel Dave Denton the West End Annexation litigation. Adopted on call
of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Grumley, Meeks, Puryear and Mayor Pro -tem Coleman (4) .
Upon conclusion of the executive session, the Board reconvened in the Commission
Chamber, whereupon Mayor Pro -tem Coleman announced there was no further business.
Upon motion the meeting adjourned.
APPROVED:
Mayor
s
City Clerk
Amend Sec. 2-47 - Non
Civil Service
Grievance - John B. Robertson,
Horace Smith E Ben O'Hara
Executive Session #2 ,�--