HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Book 19, Page 523, April 20, 1936Proceedings ofi U City of Paducah-,--
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a re,ular :cetLtig of the Board of Co.::,.L:,. L�;,.. held in
e Co::zi:, toners' Chamber at the City 11:.11 in Paviucah, Kentucky at 3:00 o'clock
'1., on the z:Oth day of A:n•il, li)6U, '.,yor i,aahbnrn presided and upon c: -:ll Of
,...o roll the folloran . ansov- cd to t:hcir uamcs: Commissioncro Hannin, Loc :mood,
'.. 1'on, Pulliam and Mayor l:ashburn (5).
"linutcs of the previous meetings were adopted ss rc. ci.
Cora:ni.:sioncr :'eltozr offered the follov:inl Notion: I .ove that
Petition - property
' ,_ir. ,>etition sign,.d by property orners residing In the vicinity of Soul:; ; lot
o::.ers o.: 3.21st St.
r<rset' oil or.
•,c,t, asking for treatment of streets .,iti oil, be received and filed rt. ,u
.trcct
u _e'ter b, ref, :•red to the City Manger for Im.-andiate action. F.doptect o..
of eiac roll: Yeas; Co:nxisslon rs Hannin, Lockr.00d, Melton, Pulliam and layor
e._hburn (5).
Com.nis-ioner Hanain offered the foLlor.ln-*• moctcn: is.
Jz.ck Cole - lot in
Oak Grove Ccnetcry
'(,Tack) Cole, of Paducah, Kentucxy, havir ; pr sentcd to the Board of Commts:;ione s
his deed for six (6) feet o_'f the South part of Lot 518 Section 35 in Oak Grove
Cemetery in ?aducah, Ky. ra.lch decd as executed and ac'cno.;led:red by Jamcs r.
Treece of Louisville, Ky. I move that the conv y..nce of s id burial lot as
aforesaid be approved, and that the cemetery r,cords be corr.,cted to how sr:id
conveyance. Adopted on call of' the roll: Yea:,; Co::,nisiion rs Winnin, Loc%woo',
;eiton, Pulliam and :iayor i,ashburr. (5).
Comniseioncr -7ei'on offered the folloxin motion: I ::
xsr License
license to :x.mlt the retailing of beer and 1i;;ht :sines be grant.d 2u _ rb,-'n 1..
,,applicants upon aayment of the proper amount to the City Treasurer:
J. :.:. Perkins' Place, by J.':. Perkins, 27th & :iayfi. 1. :
Phillip l,Ile 1034 a. 10th St.
'ia o?:ted oar c: f 1 of the roll yeas; Co:n:.:is lens rs H:nain,
lens,. _.,yor l.a,--burn (5).
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'a yor 6.ashharn O: fcreci the follor:ls, -iotLoc.: I :ov- ,
;:Otor Bus Fr::rc?ace
rf_ port of sole
,,_.ort of the s, I..*. of the Fr: -::chile ,:rovlucd lir :'.otor Bus Frunchise Orc'.L:::.cc
r:cc'vc-1 & fticd
as r- ported !.; t , City :!anager, L. V. fir::::., be r ccAwd and filed,
board ..... t Lac to e:,,:c U,-- ._._ ;a; iioi: of ::co ..rl::.; or r,.J<c± ,
o- !.ids rc. or -.ed th, ruin_, Auopt...r of, c• 1 L 01' '. r, . roLL: Y,,:; C : .;;L. Lei,- rs
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Judee : z—.: rt, but. c �_ , - - ;,,-. r ._.. ry -,erlous question
to the ".-."or" 1;;.*.tC -0 tons, aad a vary
--.Ilous :,U:.i Lon 10 Y'.sav cit; w'-- Yn, to finance
cv:!.rity -.".0cs.
it ': i: t;-01i6ited fact that approxi. Ly seventy p..rccnt of UcCracken
Cou:itylo r*,vcziue Co. -acs from the city o! Pti,:uech, and It is an esto-blishcd
r.ct t:1at. thc city of Patluc��h his carried the =.jor load for charity
_lief. During 1965 charity cases in our city hozp1tal cost the city
of Paducah about `11,000. No part of th to zien was paid by the county.
The county has a standing contribution of .00 oer month to the Fatally
L6ivLce, i;hlch au;�t(ws an annual contribution of ',;2400 per year. The city's
contribution to the Family Service Socleyty in 1955 visa In excess of
;400. Ti,is, counted with relief projects, ran the grand. total of
L23,000 for charity puroses.
Judge Stei,,ort orescnted the question that it is not the county's duty
to care for the unfortunates, but the Lc�iLlature of Kentucky thought
oth.-rwise and enacted what is now Section 39bb of the Kentucky Statutes,
which rends as follows: "IT SHALL be the duty of county courts to provi:;c
for th-Q rusport of the paupers in their respective counties". The word
"SHALL" h -.s been construed by the courts as a mandatory order and, of
course,Illiaer this section the entire responsibility passes to :McCrackenCounty Fiscal Court for the care of these unfortunates. Section 5058-14,
Tentuc'zy Statutes, regulating municipal corporations of the second class,
to which class Paducah belongs, makes this provision: "To provide for
the support, maintenance and confinement of idiots, insane pc --,ons,
inebriates and to .:ak.e suitable provision for the maintenance and su:.),)ort
of ^oor oc-bonsil. You will notc, that this provision of the Statute
coos not use the .,.-ord "SHALL" and the prov1slon, therefore, is within the
discretion of the legislative body of the municipality.
Judge tc,.,.,art oakes reference to Section 930h-39: "The county budget as
ado,;tod by the Fiscal Court shall orovide for all funis to be oxoonded
by the coul%ty from the current revenues for the : Iscal year at th:- time
the comity budget is aaopted, and any appropriations by the Fiscal Court
4n excess of any budget fund shall be null and void and shall be construed
io be a violation of the provisions of this Act by each member of the
:1scal Court so voting for said illegal appropriation". The above cuotution
Is foll.oxed by a reference to Section 938h-58. which section provides
Qen<ies against the officers for a violation of Section 930h-39.
The la:, as quoted by Judge Stewart Is correct, but Judge Stewart ovi_r-
looks the fact that it is hi:: duty to take counsel of the fact that
th-re are hundreds of unfortunates in :IcCracken county who must ba, cared
for and it is hip duty to so advise �.1c; comulzLlon, then it becomes the
arty of the Fiscal Court t carry out the prov_storit; of Erection 6933
.t,ove quoted and to set up in their budget a sum sufficient to meet the
r'',uire,munts of these unfortunates.
2crsonn1ly, fa ago the provisions of Section 'Z958-14 as
applies to Q class and to meet the Fiscal Court on a
—4't -fifty am not willin
for the City of
to lo this rest unequit;-.blc proportion, cnd if
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Proceedings of ,BOARD OF COSL110. IOHEitS . _ _ City of Paducah_, KF.NTOCSY, APRIL 20, 1936
Uayor Washburn offered the following motion: I move that
Adjourned Meeting this regalar meeting of the Board of Commissioners adjourn to meet in regular
adjourned sesslon at 1:30 o'clock P. M., on the 23rd day of April, 1936. This
motion to take effect aft.r this meeting. Adopted on call of tho roll: Yeas;
Coaaissionars Hannln, Lockwood, Melton, Pulliam and dayor Washburn (5).
AEOPTED
GitVCler� k
APPROVED
Mayor