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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinances Book 11, Page 696, No Ordinance Number�33 0 696✓ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 1 AND 8 OF AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED: "AN ORDINANCE PLACING OFFICES AND POSITIONS OF TRUST OR EMPLOYMENT IN THE SERVICE OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, UITDER CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF KRS 90.300 TO 90.900; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOINTMENT OF A BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSIONERS, FIXING AND PRESCRIBIPIG THE QUALIFICA- TIONS, TERMS OF OFFICE, POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID COM1,1IS3IONERS; PRESCRIBING THE RULES BY 'WHICH THE BOARD OF CIVIL SERVICE CO?81- ISSIONERS SHALL BE GOVERNED IN THE GIVING OF EXAMINATIONS TO APPLI- CANTS FOR EMPLOYMENT, FIXING THE NUMBER, CLASSIFICATION AND SALARIE OF ALL EMPLOYEES IN EACH DEPARTMENT WHO SHALL BE AFFECTED BY THE CIVIL SERVICE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROVIDED HEREIN; AND PRESCRIBIN( THE RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING 1HE CONDUCT OF ALL EMPLOYEES AFFECTED THEREBY AND THE CAUSES FOR 'WHICH ANY EMPLOYEE MAY BE REPRII.SANDED, SUSPENDED, DISMISSED OR REMOVED FROM EMPLOYMENT BY THE CITY; PROVIDING FOR AND ESTABLISHING A RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND THE CREATION AND I:7AI:;TENANCE OF A PENSION FUND FOR APPOINTIVE EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, IMNTUCKY, AND AUTHORIZING TIM LEVY OF A TAX AND THE ASSESSMENT OF EMPLOYEES FOR THE CREATION AND MAINTENANCE C' SAID FUND; PROVIDING FOR THE APPOII17MENT OF A BOARD OF TRUSTEES TO ADMINISTER SAID FUND; FIXING AND PRESCRIEIIIG THE QUALIFICATIONS, TER143 OF OFFICE, POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID BOARD OF TRUSTEES; PRE- SCRIBING THE RULES AND REGOLATIONS BY WHICH SAID BOARD OF TRUSTEES ALL APPOINTIVE EMPLOYEES SHALL BE GOVERNED WITH REFERENCE TO THE GRANTING AND ALLOWANCE OF PENSIONS AND OTHER BENEFITS AND PROVIDING A SEPARABILITY CLAUSE", WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF COT,1MISSI ON DECE14BER 2, 1947, AND AMENDED ON FEBRUARY 24, 1948, APRIL 20, 19 FEBRUARY 23, 1949 AND MARCH 22, 1949. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY: SECTION 1. That the position of Dump'Watchman is hereby excepted from civil service status and for this purpose Sections 1 and 8 of the ordinance bearing the title quoted in the title of thi iL ordinance be, and the same are hereby repealed, amended and reordained so that said sections as amended and reordained shall read as follovls: "SECTION 1. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this ordinance, unless a different meaning is plainly shown by the context, shall have the following meaning: (a) "Employee" means any person employed in the conduct of municipal affairs, including the head of a department and each admin- istrative employee appointed by the City Manager, with the exception of the Corporation Counsel, the Assistant Corporatioh Counsel, the City Alcoholic Beverage Administrator, the Delinquent Tax Attorney, the City Ii 697 Physician (white), and the City Physician (colored), and the Dump Watchman, but the term shall not include the Mayor, a member of t Board of Commissioners, the City manager, a member of the Police o Fire Department, a member of the Board of Trustees of the Policeme and Firemen's Pension Fund, with the exception of the City Treasur who serves as ex -officio member, the City Planning and Zoning Board, the Board of Adjustment, City Planning and Zoning, the City of Padu ah Municipal,`ousing Commission, the City of Paducah Municipal Hospita, Commission, the Commissioners of the Paducah Water S7orks, the Board of Trustees of the Public Library, or any employee of said boards or commissions, or the trustees, members or corresponding officer I of any similar boards or commissions of a city of the second class now or hereafter created, or any employee of such boards or comm- issions, or to any person employed on temporary and special projects, or to any person whose regular employment with the city is seasonal and is less than nine months in any one year. (b) "Appointing authority" means the officer, commission board or body having the power of appointment or removal in any office, department, commission, board or institution. (c) "Civil service" means the offices and positions of trust not specifically excluded by KRS 90.310 or 90.410 or by ordinance of the city. (d) "Commission" means the board of Civil Service Commissioners as established under KRS 90.310. (e) "The Board of Trustees" shall mean the Board of Trustees of The Appointive Employees' Pension Fund created under the fpro- visions of this ordinance. (f) "Pension fund" means the moneys derived from the employees and the levy of a special tax, either or both, or by any other sum derived from any other source, to be used for the retirement of employees after the prescribed years of service and for the benefit of disabled employees, and widows and dependent children in the case of death of an employee within the scope of his employment accord- ing to the terms of KRS 90.310 to 90.410 and the ordinances of the city. (g) "Widow" as used in this ordinance shall mean any woman legally married to an employee where there has been no decree of divorce dissolving the marriage and where the wife has not, at the time of the death of the employee, voluntarily abandoned him. Z "SECTION B. There is hereby authorized the following positions in the department of Public Works and in the Engineering, Street, /Z - Cemetery "�y Cemetery and Floodwall Divisions of said Department, and the salary' of each position, provided the amount of such salary is not changed under any apportionment ordinance hereafter adopted, shall be as follows: 698 Position Number Position Salary per month 1 City Engineer (head of dept.) $285.00 Engineering Division 2 Asst. City Engineer (head of division) 255.00 3 Electrical Inspector 230.00 4 Building Inspector 210.00 5 Instrumentman 205.00 6 Rodman 165.00 7 Chainman 150.00 8 Secretary 155.00 9 Clerk 155.00 Street Division 10 Street Superintendent (head of div.) 265.00 11 Foreman 205.00 12 Secretary 162.50 13 Watchman 165.00 14 Watchman 105.00 Salary per hour 16 Mechanic, 1st Class6-�� 17 Mechanic ?, General Repairmen 1.13 18 Mechanic, 2nd Class .99 19 Machine Operators (5 positions) 1.11 20 Sewer Maintenance men (4 positions) 1.11 21 Street repairmen (3 positions) .99--& 22 Truck Drivers (8 positions) .94 23 Laborers (6 positions) .882 Cemetery Division Salary per month 24 Cemetery Superintendent (head of div.) 180.00 Salary per hour 25 Laborers (3 positions) .862 Floodwall Division Salary per month 26 Floodwall Superintendent (head of div.) 255.00 SECTION 2. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflic herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from anZafE-er Ifs adoption. /1 Mayor P�o-�Tem-- Comm ss onerlkGeo E. en) passed by the Board of Commissioners May 10, 1949 Recorded by Sarah Thurman, City Clerk, May 10, 1949.