HomeMy WebLinkAbout80-11-2022ORDINANCE NO. 80-11-2022
AN ORDINANCE CREATING SECTION, 25-20, APPOINTEES; PROBATIONARY
PERIOD; DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, TO CHAPTER 25, POLICE, ,,OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY ,OF. PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That a new section, 25-20, Appointees; Probationary
period; Disciplinary actions, be, and it is hereby, _created to Chapter 25, Police,
of the Code of Ordinances; said section to read as follows:,
"Section 25-20, Appointees; Probationary period; Disciplinary Actions.
(a) All appointments to the Police Department shall be for an initial
probationary period of one (1) year. During the one (1) year probationary
period, the candidate shall be an appointee to the Police Department, not a
member as the term is used in KRS 95.450. No appointee shall be .deemed
a member of the Police Department until such time as the appointee, has_
satisfactorily served the one (1) year probationary period. At such time as
the appointee may have successfully completed, one (1) year of service, he
shall become a permanent employee of the Police Department and, therefore,
a member of the Police Department entitled to the procedures of KRS 95.450.
(b) Until the one (1) year probationary period has elapsed, the
appointment shall be conditional. As such, the appointee shall not be en-
titled to the discipline procedures of KRS 95.450. At any time during the
appointee's probationary period, he may be summarily removed by the Board
of Commissioners.
SECTION "2. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days
and will be effective upon publication of title and a certified summary thereof.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners November 11, 1980
Passed by the Board of Commissioners November 25, 1980
Recorded by Louise McKinney, City Clerk, November 25, 1980
Published by The Paducah Sun December 2, 1980.
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