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Home My WebLink About11/24/70138 Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Paducah November 24, 1970 Appoint Betty Whitlow Lynn M Cherry Library Board $500.00 to Industrial Development Project File contract Wilson Chev. 3 pick-up P trucks Charges again Julian Upshaw Fireman -file 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 November 24, 1970, Mayor Cherry presided and upon call of the Roll the following answered to their names: Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Mayor Cherry offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Fisher, that the reading of the Minutes for November 10, 1970 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 Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Mayor Cherry made the following appointments: WHEREAS, Senate Bill 213 of the 1970 General Assembly of Kentucky requires Boards of Trustees for Public Libraries in cities of the second class in Kentucky to consist of seven (7) members, and WHEREAS, the effective date of said Senate Bill was June 18, 1970, and WHEREAS, THE Board of Trustees of the Paducah Public Library have a membership of five (5) trustees at this time, NOW THEREFORE, I hereby appoint Betty Whitlow and Lynn M. Cherry as members of the Board of Trustees of the Paducah Public Library, so that the said Board shall be compose as follows: Dr. C. P. Orr whose term will expire June 14, 1971 George Crounse whose term will expire June 14, 1972 Jack Rottgering whose term will expire June 14, 1972 Betty Whitlow whose term will, expire -June 14, 1973, - Lynn M. Cherry -whose term will expire June 14, 1973 Mary Yeiser whose term will expire June 14, 1974 Lionel Minnen whose term will expire June 14, 1974 Commissioner Fisher offered motion,_,. seconded ,by Commissioner Harvey __ A.s-,follows: I move that the letter from the Greater Paducah Chamber of Commerce, dated November 19, 1970, to the City Attorney, requesting the City to contribute $500.00 to an industrial development project be received and filed, and I further move that the request be granted and that the sum of $500.00 be paid to the Greater Paducah Chamber of Commerce from funds available in the following city accounts: Account No. 6558 Industrial Promotion and/or Account No. 6559 Public Information. Adopted on call of Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Fisher offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Harvey, that the executed copy of the Contract between the City of Paducah and Wilson Chevrolet -Cadillac, Inc. for sale to the City of three (3) new 1971 Model CE 10704 one-half ton pickup truck for use in the Street Department, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). t Commissioner Harvey offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Fisher, as follows: I move that the Charges preferred on this date by Thomas J. Rothrock, Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, against Julian Upshaw, a member of said Fix Department, be received and filed, and I further move that a hearing on said Charges Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City .of F File bid arch culvert Terminate Leon Whiteside Officia 1 Name Library Board Release Bond St. Charles Court James Reeves 139 mber 24, 1970 .. be held on November 27, 1970, at the hour of 4 o'clock p.m., in the Commission Chamber of the City Hall in Paducah, Kentucky, and that the City Clerk immediately notify the c - said Julian Upshaw of such charges against him, and the date, time and place of said hearing by having a true copy of said charges served upon him, together w ith the notice of the date, time and place of hearing. Adopted on call of the roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Harvey offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Fisher, that the bid of Hylo Supply, Inc. dated November 9, 1970, for the sale to the City of one (1) 40 -foot corrugated aluminum structural plate, integral arch culvert, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, as follows: Upon the recommendation of the Director of Public Works, I move that Leon Whiteside, laborer in the Refuse Division of the Public Works Department, be terminated, retro- active to November 10, 1970. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, as follows: WHEREAS the City of Paducah was formerly served by a Carnegie Public Library and had a board of trustees which was known as the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Public Library, and WHEREAS after the elimination of the Carnegie Public Library it was thought that Paducah would have an area public library and the continuing board of trustees became known as the Board of Trustees of the Paducah Area Public Library, and WHEREAS the library is now officially known as the Paducah Public Library, NOW THEREFORE, I move that the official name for the Board of Trustees of said library be the Board of Trustees of the Paducah Public Library. Adopted on call of t Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, as follows: I move that the letter of Tom Bradley, City Engineer, dated November 20, 1970, advising that all requirements for public improvements in the subdivision of St. Charle Court have been satisfied, be received and filed, and I further move that the sub- dividers, James R. Reeves, Margaret H. Reeves, Charles E. Moore and Jo Lucille Moore, as principals and The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company, as surety, be relieved of all obligations to the City of Paducah on their Subdivision Bond No. 1-434-969-1 dated January 14, 1969, and I further move that the City Clerk be authorized to send a certi- fied copy of this motion to the Principals and to John R. Anderson, Resident Agent for the said Surety, and to do any and all other things that might be required on behal of the City to effect a release of the subdivision bond. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). 140 Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Paducah—_ - November 24, 1970 File Five - Year Urban Beautificati Grant 1-1-71 to 1-1-72 Sell grave Rushing Add Ina Mae Carman Request bid 25 -ton wrec. Approve NDP file applic tion 2nd annual increment I Request bid uniforms fo refuse dept personnel Veteran's Hospital approve location Request bid petroleum products Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that the on City of Paducah's Five Year Urban Beautification Program Application for Urban Beautification Grantl rom,.,�3a.nuaty::_1, 1971 to January 1, 1972, Binder No. 3, be received, approved an d filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that the Board of Commissioners approve the sale by the City of Paducah to Ina Mae Carman of the southwest corner of Lot No. 313 in Block No. 6 of the Rushing Addition to Oak Grove Cemetery, 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 Fisher, H " vey, Hc' nsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5) . Commissioner Fisher offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Harvey, that a r resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR ONE (1) USED 25 -TON WRECKER FOR USE IN THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Ha,rveyoffered motion seconded by Commissioner Fisher, that a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, APPROVING NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, SECOND ANNUAL INCREMENT THEREOF AND FILING OF AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5) Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that a Resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF PADUCAH WITH UNIFORMS FOR THE REFUSE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL11, be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5) . Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION RECOMMENDING AND APPROVING THE LOCATION OF A VETERAN' HOSPITAL TO BE LOCATED IN PADUCAH, KENTUCKY", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that a resolution entitled "A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR FURNISHING THE CITY OF PADUCAH WITH ITS REQUIREMENTS OF REGULAR AND ETHYL GASOLINE, MOTOR OIL, DIESEL FUEL, CHASSIS LUBRICANT, GEAR LUBE OIL, HYDRAULIC OIL, KEROSENE AND ANTI -FREEZE TO BE USED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH FROM JANUARY 1, 1971 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 197111, be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). S Proceedings of Board of Commissioners ,City of Accept bid of HYLo Supply Co. Arch Culvert Accept bid Allan Rhodes, Dump truck for cemetery to Employ Schuette & Taylor - Auditors Accept bid Manning�l/ Equip. Refuse packors Accept bid Allan Rhodes trucks without bodies 141 ember Commissioner Hornsby offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF HYLO SUPPLY, INC, -FOR THE SALE TO THE CITY OF ONE (1) CORRUGATED ALUMINUM STRUCTURAL PLATE, INTEGRAL ARCH CULVERT TO BE USED IN STREET CONSTRUCTION IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, AND PRESCRIBING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS UPON WHICH SUCH PURCHASE SHALL BE MADE", be -introduced and remain on file for at least one (1) 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 Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF ALLAN RHODES, INC. FOR THE SALE TO THE CITY OF ONE (1) NEW 1971 ONE TON DUMP TRUCK FOR USE IN THE CEMETERY DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A.CONTRACT FOR SUCH PURCHASE", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,, --Commissioners Fisher Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Commissioner Puryear offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Hornsby, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE EMPLOYMENT OF SCHUETTE`& TAYLOR, CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS, TO MAKE AN AUDIT OF THE ACCOUNTS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH AND ALL CITY OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 1970 IN CONSIDERATION OF THE PAYMENT TO THEM OF THE SUM OF $5,000.00", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Mayor Cherry offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Puryear, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF MANNING EQUIPMENT, INC. FOR SALE TO THE CITY OF TWO (2) GARWOOD 20 CUBIC YARD REFUSE COMPACTION UNITS FOR USE IN THE REFUSE DEPARTMENT OF THE,CITY OF .PADUCAH,-KENTUCKY, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EX A CONTRACT FOR SUCH PURCHASE", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). Mayor Cherry offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Fisher, that an ordinance entitled "AN ORDINANCE ACCEPTING THE BID OF ALLAN RHODES, INC. FOR THE SALE TO THE CITY OF TWO (2) TRUCKS WITHOUT BODIES FOR USE IN THE REFUSE DIVISION OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,I KENTUCKY, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE A CONTRACT FOR SUCH PURCHASE", be adopted. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Fisher, Harvey, Hornsby, Puryear and Mayor Cherry (5). On motion the meeting adjourned. ADOPTED -camj 1970 APPROVED Ma v or City Clerk