HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes Book 23, Page 327, September 14, 1956Proceedings of Board of Commissioners City of Paducah September_ Li.,. 1 — �^
At a Called Meeting of the Board of Commissioners held in the Commission
Chamber of the City Hall, Paducah, Kentucky, at 4:00 P.M. on September 14, 1956,
�I Mayor Jacobs presided and upon call of the Roll the following answered to their names:
Commissioners Clark, McBride, Trevathan and Mayor Jacobs (4).
Meeting was called for the purpose of hearing charges which had been
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preferred by Lloyd C. Emery, City Manager, against Pete Throgmorton, a police officer
of the Cit and such other matters as may City of Paducah, y properly come befog the
I, meeting.
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Board of " Commissioner Clark offered the following motion: I move that R. E.
Equalization
for year 1956 Vennum, John :9. Crider and Jess E. Thurman be appointed to serve as members of the
appointed
Board of Equalization of the City of Paducah for the year 1956s that the members of
said board, after being first duly sworn to faithfully discharge the duties of their
office, be directed to meet at the City Hall on the 16th day of October, 1956, to
elect from among themselves a Chairman and a Clerk, to notify the City Auditor
that they are ready to receive the assessment books and to then proceed with the
equalization of assessments on all real and personal property within the city subject
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to taxation in accordance with the provisions of law, the members of said board to
receive for their services the amount fixed by ordinance. Adopted on call of the
Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Clark, McBride, Trevathan and Mayor Jacobs (4).
Change Order'Commissioner McBride offered motion that the executed copy of Change
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Sanitary sewers Order Pio. 2, Section II Sanitary Sewers of the Sanitary Sewerage Improvement Program,
dated September 11, 1956, be received and filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas,
Commissioners Clark, McBride, Trevathan and Mayor Jacobs (4).
Accept c.ffer Commissioner Trevathan offered motion that the offer of Yellow Cab Company
Yellow Cab Co.'
u Ed 1:elber ,/ and Ed Mdelber to pay the City of Paducah the sum of $663.02 for damages to a police car
damage to
Police car equipment belonging to the City be accepted and he further moved that the City Manager be,
and he is hereby, authorized to execute a full and complete release to said Yellow Cab
Company and Ed Mielber upon receipt of said sum of w663.02. Adopted on call of the
Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Clark, McBride, Trevathan and Mayor Jacobs (4).
The next order of business was the hearing of charges against- Pete
Throgrnorton.
File Reply of ",, Commissioner McBride offered motion that the Reply of Pete Throgmorton
P : hro; orton
In answer to charges filed against him by Lloyd C Emer Cit P b
Hearin;; of L-
char;;es against
Pete
T hro, orlon
w• Jud;,.ent
• y, y anager, e received and
filed. Adopted on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Clark, McBride, Trevathan
and Mayor Jacobs (4).
After hearing the evidence, Payor Jacobs offered the following motion:
I Move that the Board of Commissioners adopt the follo;ring and attached
findin s of fact and jud;gaent upon charges preferred by Lloyd C. Emery, City hanagor, i
against Pete Throg;aorton:
"The :-ayor and Board of Commissioners having heard the evidence
upon the charges preferred against the defendant, Pete Thro„mort-on, by Lloyd C.
rery, C',ty:anager, and being; sufficiently advised, it no,,: finds that the defendant
•r,.;s been tuilty o£ violating the undfirlired aorti.on of Rule B of an ordinance adopted
by tie Ewrd of Cc;:::-,i.ssiorers on January 7, 1947, which rule reads as follows:
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Proceedings of Board o£ Commissioners City of Paducah September 14, 1956
8 Cowardice, inefficienc or ne lectJn the erformance
of duty or d so ed ence to w ul orders o a super or
officer.
It is therefore the judgment of the Board of Commissioners that the defendant,
Pete Throgmorton be, and he is hereby, suspended without pay as a member of the
Police Department of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for a period of ten (10) days,
effective immediately. LOST.i on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners McBride
and Mayor Jacobs (2), Nays, Commissioners Clark and Trevathan (2).
-Commissioner Trevathan offered the following motion:
I move that the Board of Commissioners adopt the following and attached
findings of fact and.judgment upon charges preferred by Lloyd C. Emery, City I -Tanager
against Pete Throgmorton:
'The Mayor and Board of Commissioners having heard the evidence upon the
charges preferred against the defendaht, Pete Throgmorton, by Lloyd C. Emery, City
Manager, and being sufficiently advised, it now finds that the defendant has not
been guilty of violating any portion of Rule 8 of an ordinance adopted by the Board
of Commissioners on January 7, 1947, which rule reads as follows:
8. Cowardice, inefficiency or neglect in the performance
of duty or disobedience to lawful orders of a superior
officer.
It is therefore the judgment of the Boa3'd of Commissioners that the charges
against the defendant, Pete Throgmorton be, and they are hereby dismissed. LOST
on call of the Roll, Yeas, Commissioners Clark and Trevathan (2), Nays, Commissioner
McBride and Mayor Jacobs (2).
On motion the meeting adjourned.
ADOPTED September 25 1956 APPROVED:
Mayor-
City
or-C ty Clerk
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