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Home My WebLink About01-06-2015518 JANUARY 6, 2015 At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held on Tuesday, January 6, 2015, at 5:30 p.m., in the Commission Chambers of City Hall located at 300 South 5th Street, Mayor Kaler presided, and upon call of the roll by the City Clerk, the following answered to their names: Commissioners Abraham, Gault, Rhodes, Wilson and Mayor Kaler (5). PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Palmer Stroup, Paducah Tilghman High School junior, led the pledge. PRESENTATIONS DUKE OF PADUCAH AWARD Mayor Kaler presented a Duke of Paducah to Fowler Black. RECOGNITION Mayor Kaler recognized the Paducah Tilghman Speech Team. PROCLAMATION & RECOGNITION The Mayor recognized the Paducah Independent School Board and proclaimed the month of January 2015 as "School Board Recognition Month". REPORT PADUCAH FLOODWALL MURALS Ro Morse, member of the Paducah Wall to Wall Floodwall Mural Committee, gave a report on the floodwall murals. Annual maintenance for the painting of the floodwall cost $18,750 for FY2014. This year will be the will 20t' painting season. Plans are being finalized for the 2015 painting and maintenance season. She will be returning to a commission meeting next month to share those plans and seek the support of the commission for this year's annual maintenance. APPOINTMENT PADUCAH-McCRACKEN COUNTY CONVENTION & VISITORS BUREAU Mayor Kaler made the following reappointment: "WHEREAS, subject to the approval of the Board of Commissioners, and jointly with the McCracken County Judge -Executive, I hereby reappoint Glen Anderson to the Paducah -McCracken County Convention and Visitors Bureau Board. This term will expire December 31, 2017. Commissioner Abraham offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Gault, that the Board of Commissioners approve the action of Mayor Kaler, jointly with the McCracken County Judge -Executive, in reappointing Glen Anderson as a member of the Paducah - McCracken County Convention and Visitors Bureau Board. Adopted on call of the roll, yeas, Commissioners Abraham, Gault, Rhodes, Wilson and Mayor Kaler (5). MOTION APPOINT MAYOR PRO TEM Commissioner Gault offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Abraham, that Commissioner Allan Rhodes, Jr. be nominated and elected Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Paducah, to serve in this capacity until the expiration of his present term as City Commissioner. Adopted on call of the roll, yeas, Commissioners Abraham, Gault, Wilson and Mayor Kaler (4). Commissioner Rhodes did not vote for himself. MUNICIPAL ORDER PERSONNEL ACTIONS Commissioner Rhodes offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Wilson, that upon the recommendation of the City Manager, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah order that the personnel changes on the attached list be approved. (SEE MUNICIPAL ORDER BOOK) Adopted on call of the roll, yeas, Commissioners Abraham, Gault, Rhodes, Wilson and Mayor Kaler (5). 1 11 1.._1-1.T .... T - _ — "-f:-.tel a 1 _I-_— i-- Trl'TI,T7IT7-7,, 1 IX11.74 T7l"'I.' 519 JANUARY 6, 2015 CITY MANAGER REPORT Fire Chief Steve Kyle, who is also Chair of the Emergency Communications Service Board, and Police Chief Brandon Barnhill gave an update on the Kentucky State Police proposal to provide 911 services to Paducah and McCracken County. A copy of the powerpoint presentation is included in the Minute file. (More details are included at the end of the minutes in the excerpt from the City Commission Highlights prepared by Public Information Officer Pam Spencer.) MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER COMMENTS No comments PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Wilson offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Rhodes, that the Board go into closed session for discussion of matters pertaining to the following topics: A specific proposal by a business entity where public discussion of the subject matter would jeopardize the location, retention, expansion or upgrading of a business entity, as permitted by KRS 61.810(1)(g). Adopted on call of the roll, yeas, Commissioners Abraham, Gault, Rhodes, Wilson and Mayor Kaler (5). Upon motion the meeting adjourned. ADOPTED: JANUARY 13, 2015 City �_'lerk Excerpt from the City Commission Highlights prepared by Public Information Officer, Pam Spencer "E-911 Center Update Paducah Fire Chief Steve Kyle and Paducah Police Chief Brandon Barnhill updated the Mayor and Commissioners on the research underway to determine if contracting with Kentucky State Police (KSP) Post 1 in Mayfield to provide E- 911 dispatch services would be a good choice from financial and community safety standpoints. Chief Kyle serves as board chairman for the Paducah - McCracken County Emergency Communication Center. After KSP made its May 2014 presentation to the McCracken County Fiscal Court about the possibility of providing the service, the E-911 board began its research. Chief Kyle says, "We have been extremely cautious. We have good service and want to gain enough information to make an informed decision." KSP Post 1 already provides dispatch services for Graves County and recently added Mayfield's call volume. However, the agency has not taken on the dispatching for an E-911 service center with a call volume as great as Paducah - McCracken County's. Chief Kyle says, "This is a very important issue for our community. In my belief, probably the most important service provided for the J� community." The Paducah -McCracken County E-911 Center has 18 dispatchers and operates with a $1.6 million budget. The revenue from landline and cell phone taxes generates approximately $640,000 with the City and County using their general funds to supplement the operation using a funding equation based on call volume. The City has approximately 60 percent of the call volume. 520 JANUARY 6, 2015 KSP proposes hiring 10 dispatchers to handle the call volume at an annual cost of $698,000. However, Chief Kyle and Chief Barnhill estimate the annual cost for Paducah -McCracken County actually to be nearly $1.3 million due to the need to maintain and provide local connections that would allow for dispatching to originate from Graves County. There also is an estimate of a little more than $2 million which would be needed during a two-year transitional period if the dispatching moved to KSP. KSP is also requesting that a building be constructed in Graves County to handle the additional dispatchers hired. Also, a microwave tower would need to be sited and constructed to link the counties. Regarding the staffing discrepancy, Chief Kyle says, "We have trouble believing they [KSP] can absorb our call volume with just 10 dispatchers." Chief Kyle and Chief Barnhill have requested information from KSP regarding the formula used to calculate what KSP believes is the appropriate number of dispatchers. They have not received that information yet. At this time Chief Kyle and Chief Barnhill say there are too many unknowns, inadequate information, and loss of services for them to recommend a transition to KSP for dispatching. Some of the service losses that would occur if a transition was made to KSP include the loss of the integration with GIS, the loss of being the communication back up for the DOE property, the loss of the ability to communicate with public works agencies, the loss of direct access to audio files of calls, the loss of a direct computer link for Paducah Fire Department (which aids in data collection, incident reporting, and payroll), the loss of the 24-hour monitoring of public safety cameras located throughout the community, and the possible reduction of the Fire Department's ISO rating. Chief Kyle says, "This is a tough issue to discuss. I'm not interested in offending KSP. I'm interested in making sure our community has the best service it can have." Chief Kyle adds, "We are not going to bring you [the City Commission] a half proposal. Chief Barnhill and I are going to give you as much information as possible. We still believe there are major underlying questions that involve costs that we can't answer at this time." Commissioner Richard Abraham says, "With a transition of this magnitude, I definitely need all the information to make a decision. I'm not interested in lowering the standard." The next meeting of the full E-911 board will be January 15." rro i _ 1 11 1 if _.a -r ., r .. �rp�- -- .-- _. i -:c,- r1:�; i rr=i -T .... -_.:: ir-��n r�c<;Tl'f TrI F'hTrr.nr.-nrrr�.-ai=llrrcrrt=r._