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ORDINANCE NO. 2015 -12 -8329
AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING THE
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR PURPOSES OF
ENGAGING FEDERAL ENGINEERING, INC. TO
PERFORM CONSULTING WORK FOR PADUCAH-
McCRACKEN COUNTY EMERGENCY
COMMUNICATIONS
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WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah recognizes that our 911
system infrastructure is one of the most important and critical aspects of providing and delivering public
safety to our citizens; and
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah has been informed that
the current 911 system infrastructure has reached the end of its functional life; and
WHEREAS, because of the current state of the 911 system infrastructure, the Paducah -
McCracken County Emergency Communications Board sought bids for a Public Safety/Wireless
Communications Consultant who could plan, design, and provide implementation assistance in the
replacement of the current 911 system infrastructure, including a public safety radio/wireless
communication system, a 911 telephony system, and a computer-aided dispatch system; and
WHEREAS, following an evaluation of the proposals, the Paducah/McCracken County
Emergency Communications Board selected Federal Engineering, Inc. be commissioned to perform the
initial stages of the work in the amount of $252,172.00, contingent upon joint funding by the City of
Paducah and McCracken County; and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. The Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah, being an
equal partner in the Paducah -McCracken County Emergency Communications services provided
to the citizens of McCracken County, hereby approves and consents to the appropriation of funds
in the amount of $126,086.00, which represents one-half of the consultant's fee for the two initial
stages of the Public Safety/Wireless Communications Consultant project.
SECTION 2. The Finance Director is hereby authorized to make said expenditure
approved in Section 1 from the General Fund, Unreserved Fund Balance of the City of Paducah,
Kentucky.
SECTION 3. If any section, paragraph or provision of this Ordinance shall be
held to be invalid or unenforceable for any reason, the invalidity or unenforceability of such
section, paragraph or provision shall not affect any of the remaining provisions of this Ordinance.
SECTION 4. This City Commission hereby finds and determines that all formal actions
relative to the adoption of this Ordinance were taken in an open meeting of this City Commission, and
that all deliberations of this City Commission and of its committees, if any, which resulted in formal
action, were in meetings open to the public, in full compliance with applicable legal requirements.
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SECTION 5. All ordinances, resolutions, orders or parts thereof in conflict with the
provisions of this Ordinance are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed and the provisions of this
Ordinance shall prevail and be given effect.
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and will become
effective upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, November 24, 2015.
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, December 1, 2015.
Recorded by City Clerk, December 1, 2015.
Published by The Paducah Sun, December 4, 2015.
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