HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-08-8585ORDINANCE NO. 2019-8-8585
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY,
AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, THE COUNTY OF MCCRACKEN, KENTUCKY, THE
PADUCAH- MCCRACKEN COUNTY TOURIST AND CONVENTION COMMISSION, THE
PADUCAH-MCCRACKEN COUNTY CONVENTION CENTER CORPORATION, AND
THE MCCRACKEN COUNTY SPORTS TOURISM COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS AND DUTIES RELATED TO TOURISM, CONVENTION, AND
RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND TO MEMORIALIZE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE
ALLOCATION OF THE TRANSIENT ROOM TAXES WITHIN THE CITY OF PADUCAH
AND MCCRACKEN COUNTY
WHEREAS, the parties have jointly and cooperatively determined that it is in the
best interest of all concerned to create, by separate action, an independent, county- established
Convention and Visitors Bureau to be called the McCracken County Sports Tourism
Commission ("the Sports Commission") to fund recreational activities and projects; and
WHEREAS, the parties previously, in 1970, jointly and cooperatively created the
current and existing Bureau, which has become an awarding -winning and accredited commission
promoting recreational, convention and tourist activities; and
WHEREAS, the parties have jointly and cooperatively worked to create, finance,
expand, and promote the Paducah Convention and Expo Center owned and operated by the
Corporation, and wish to continue to do so; and
WHEREAS, the parties now wish to establish their respective rights and duties in
connection within the tourism, convention, and recreation activities within the City of Paducah
and McCracken County and to memorialize their arrangements for the allocation of the transient
room taxes in order to provide for the orderly payment and retirement of existing liabilities and
to provide for the orderly payment and allocation of the taxes collected; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the proposed actions herein, it is necessary for the
City, the County, the Bureau, and the Corporation to enter into this Agreement as authorized by
Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) 65.210 through 65.314, as amended;
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Commissioners of the City of Paducah,
Kentucky, hereby approves an Interlocal Agreement between the City of Paducah, Kentucky
("the City"), the County of McCracken, Kentucky ('the County"), the Paducah- McCracken
County Tourist and Convention Commission ("the Bureau") and the Paducah -McCracken
County Convention Center Corporation ("the Corporation") and the McCracken County Sports
Tourism Commission (the "Sports Commission"), in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A and made part hereof. It is further determined that it is necessary and desirable and in
the best interests of the City to enter into the Interlocal Agreement for the purposes therein
specified, and the execution and delivery of the Agreement is hereby authorized and approved.
SECTION 2. The Mayor of the City of Paducah is hereby authorized to execute
the Interlocal Agreement approved in Section 1 above.
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. The 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.
SECTION 5. All ordinances, resolution, 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.
Brandi Harless, Mayor
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners, August 13, 2019
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners, August 26, 2019
Recorded by Lindsay Parish, City Clerk, August 26, 2019
Published by The Paducah Sun, August 30, 2019
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