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Home My WebLink About09-13-2022September 13, 2022 At a Regular Meeting of the Paducah Board of Commissioners held on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at 5:00 p.m., in the Commission Chambers of City Hall located at 300 South 5th Street, Mayor George Bray presided. Upon call of the roll by the City Clerk, Lindsay Parish, the following answered to their names: Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). INVOCATION Commissioner Gault led the invocation. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Bray led the pledge. PROCLAMATIONS The Mayor presented Michelle Batcher and members of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) with a Proclamation proclaiming September 17-23, 2022, Constitution Week. • The Mayor proclaimed September "City Government Month." PRESENTATIONS Communications Manager Pam Spencer provided the following summary: • 2022 Job Fair "Business Services Liaison Mary Anne Medlock with the West Kentucky Workforce Board updated the Commission on the success of the August 23 West Kentucky Regional Job Fair. The City of Paducah was one of the Fair's sponsors and participants. Medlock said this was the largest fair she has coordinated regarding the number of participating employers. Approximately 400 job seekers attended the Fair that had 106 employers and service agencies represented. Of the employers, 90 percent said that the Fair helped them network with potential employees. Plus, 38 percent of the employers conducted interviews that day." City Block Project Update "Weyland Ventures CEO Mariah Gratz updated the Paducah Board of Commissioners on the City Block project and showed the latest site plan and concept images. The project is bounded by Broadway, Water Street, North 2 d, and Jefferson Street. The first phase for this transformative project for downtown Paducah involves the construction of an 81 -room boutique hotel along Jefferson Street and public parking, greenspace, and facility improvements in the center of the block. The hotel will include two restaurants and retail space on the first floor with a rooftop bar. Weyland is in conversations with local restauranteurs. A future 70 -unit residential unit which includes some retail space is planned for the side of the block along Broadway. Weyland's goal is to minimize holiday shopping disruption for downtown and plans to break ground on the construction in January. Hotel construction will take approximately 14 months with an opening expected in spring 2024." PUBLIC HEARING.- FY2023 Property Tax Levy Communications Manager Pam Spencer provided the following summary: "The Paducah Board of Commissioners introduced an ordinance setting the real estate and personal property tax rates for fiscal year 2023. A property tax levy public hearing was held prior to the ordinance introduction. The City's real estate tax levy is proposed to be 26.5 cents per $100 assessed value, slightly LESS than last year's rate of 27.1 cents. The City's Compensating Rate, the rate that would keep the revenue at the same amount as last year, is 25.5 cents per $100 assessed value. Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) permits a city to adjust the rate upward by not more than 4 percent of the compensating rate. Since the City's proposed tax levy of 26.5 cents is 4 percent greater than the compensating rate, a public hearing was required." September 13, 2022 No public comments were made. The second reading of this Ordinance will be held September 27, 2022. MAYOR'S REMARKS Mayor Bray expressed his sympathy to the family of former City and County Commissioner Zana Renfro, who recently passed away. Mayor Bray called Renfro "a true local patriot" for her service to the community. Renfro served as City Commissioner in the 1990s. CONSENT AGENDA Mayor Bray asked if the Board wanted any items on the Consent Agenda removed for separate consideration. Item I(F) was removed for separate consideration. Mayor Bray asked the City Clerk to read the items on the Consent Agenda. I(A) I Approve Minutes for August 23, 2022, Paducah Board of Commissioners Meeting I(B) Receive & File Documents: Minute File: 1. Petition To Move Trash Pickup Back to the alleyway —Glendale Neighborhood Deed File: 1. Commissioner's Deed — 905 South 26' Street 2. Commissioner's Deed — 723 South 4' Street Contract File: 1. Contract with Municode — CivicPlus — Legal Review of Code of Ordinances - $9,900 — signed by City Manager Daron Jordan 2. Interlocal Contract for Cooperative Purchasing with Houston -Galveston Area Council— H-GAC — MO #2499 3. McCracken County Area Solid Waste Plan 2023-2027 — MO #2613 4. Contract For Services — Sprocket Inc. $75,000 — MO #2620 5. Contract For Services — Paducah Transit Authority $215,000 — MO #2621 6. Memorandum of Understanding For Incentives — Jacqueline Ann Bell — 3520 Olivet Church Road — MO #2623 7. Agreement to Purchase one Front Loader Refuse Truck — Stringfellow $316,469 — MO #2627 8. Agreement to Purchase one Side Arm Refuse Truck— Stringfellow $341,338 — MO #2628 9. Declaration of Trust and Trust Partnership Agreement for the Kentucky League of Cities Workers' Compensation Trust — MO #2630 10. Trust Participation Agreement — League of Cities Insurance Services — General Insurance Trust — MO #2631 11. Contract For Services — Paducah Junior College, Inc. — Community Scholarship Program in the amount of $100,000 — MO #2633 Financials File: 1. Paducah Water Works — Month ended July 31, 2022 2. West Kentucky Community & Technical College — 2021-2022 Television Department Annual Report Bids File: 1. Sealed Bid — 1404 Madison Street — MO #2624 2. Front Loader Refuse Truck a. McBride Mack b. Stringfellow— Chosen Bid MO #2627 3. Side Arm Refuse Truck 4. McBride Mack 5. Stringfellow— Chosen Bid MO #2628 I(C) Reappointment of Jeff Holland to the Paducah -McCracken County Riverport Authority Board. Said term shall expire September 26, 2026 I(D) I Personnel Actions September 13, 2022 I(E) A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE A 2023 KENTUCKY LITTER ABATEMENT GRANT APPLICATION THROUGH THE KENTUCKY DIVISION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT'S STREET LITTER ABATEMENT PROGRAM, ACCEPTING ALL AWARDED GRANT FUNDS, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL AWARD DOCUMENTS (MO 92634; BK 12) I(F) A * RT TTTTG'TR A T nn PER A UT-14nR TZTTT6 TUE MAYO R Tr- P_X EG,UTE AL T D 0 C UN4 TTTS NECESSARY TO APPLY FOR <A SAFE STREETS AND ROADS A DS FOR ALL GD HINT TT.T T14E AMOUNT NT OF$17T MILLION TTJR QIT!'TI TTSF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTAT0N TO liMPR 017F R!1 A D)f A V S n FETV T44R 01 TPTJ SAFETY ACTION PLAi�� DE TEl1 iRT E -44T IG -T Ti�T TT1F—DEST OF T-14 RTTCAKNER T ATT-'/RR/IA TI\T.IA V STRTiFT ATTTI LONE OAK ROATI/T ARFT T F AA7LTTTTII TA T-ERSEGTION WITH !MPRIAAIIIMPNTS TO 22 STREFX ATTCK-N1rR LA TO RIITTER A!`!''l1TRTi ODATF TR AFFT/` LT rA�NP 0[T7 Removed for separate discussion I(G) A MUNICIPAL ORDER DECLARING THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1223 SALEM AVENUE TO BE SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPTING THE BID OF GUY AND VANESSA JONES IN THE AMOUNT OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS ($250) FOR PURCHASE OF SAID REAL PROPERTY AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE DEED AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SAME (MO 42636; BK 12) Commissioner Gault offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the items on the consent agenda be adopted as presented. Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). BOARD APPOINTMENTS Commissioner Guess offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Gault, that the Board of Commissioners approve the action of Mayor Bray in the appointment of Brian Shemwell, Jessica Rumsey, Whitney Ravellette Wallace and Craig Newbern to the Paducah Main Street Board. Said terms shall expire on June 10, 2026, August 22, 2025 , and November 10, 2024, respectively. Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). MUNICIPAL ORDERS APPLICATION FOR A US DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT. Mayor Bray allowed public comment before roll call on this Municipal Order. Donald Shively, Superintendent of Paducah Public Schools, and Edward Musselman, local entrepreneur who developed the Coke Plant, spoke regarding the project. Mr. Shively expressed the School Board's support to make the area safer. Mr. Musselman expressed his desire to ensure that the integrity of the historic nature of that area be considered in the planning of the relocation of the Intersection. Commissioner Henderson offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Wilson, that the Board of Commissioners adopt a Municipal Order entitled, "A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO APPLY FOR A SAFE STREETS AND ROADS FOR ALL GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $17 MILLION THROUGH THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO IMPROVE ROADWAY SAFETY THROUGH SAFETY ACTION PLAN DEVELOPMENT IN THE REDESIGN OF THE BUCKNER LANE/BROADWAY STREET AND LONE OAK ROADILABELLE AVENUE INTERSECTION WITH IMPROVEMENTS TO 32ND STREET AND BUCKNER LANE TO BETTER ACCOMMODATE TRAFFIC FLOW Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). (MO # 2635; BK 12) September 13, 2022 APPROVE ACCEPTANCE OF FEMA ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT IN THE AMOUNT OF $237,272 Commissioner Wilson offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Henderson, that the Board of Commissioners adopt a Municipal Order entitled, "A MUNICIPAL ORDER ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS THROUGH THE FEMA ASSITANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS GRANT (AFG) IN AN AMOUNT OF $237,272.73 TO FUND BAILOUT KITS FOR THE CITY'S FIREFIGHTERS AND EXHAUST SYSTEMS FOR EACH OF THE FIVE FIRE STATIONS, AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE GRANT AGREEMENT AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SAME." Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). (MO #2637, BK 12) DECLARATION AND TRANSFER OF PROPERTY AT 420 SOUTH 13TH STREET Commissioner Gault, offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the Board of Commissioners adopt a Municipal Order entitled, "A MUNICIPAL ORDER OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, DECLARING THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 420 SOUTH 13TH STREET, PADUCAH, KENTUCKY TO BE SURPLUS PROPERTY, AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF SAID REAL PROPERTY TO THE PADUCAH PUBLIC SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE THE DEED AND ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SAME." Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). (MO 92638, BK 12) AUTHORIZE AND DIRECT CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE AN RFP FOR CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO A JOINT AGENCY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH MCCRACKEN COUNTY Commissioner Guess, offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Gault, that the Board of Commissioners adopt a Municipal Order entitled, "A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE A REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR CONSULTING SERVICES RELATED TO A JOINT AGENCY COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WITH McCRACKEN COUNTY." Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). (MO #2639, BK 12) APPROVE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VIWINTECH WINDOW & DOOR, INC., FOR AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE NOT TO EXCEED $172,000 Commissioner Henderson, offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Wilson, that the Board of Commissioners adopt a Municipal Order entitled, "A MUNICIPAL ORDER AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH VIWINTECH WINDOW & DOOR, INC. FOR A PADUCAH ECONOMIC INCENTIVE PAYMENT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $172,000 WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO SAME." Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). (MO #2640, BK 12) ORDINANCE ADOPTION CLOSURE OF AN ALLEY — GEORGE STREET, SOUTH 3RD STREE AND SOUTH 4TH STREET Commissioner Wilson offered Motion, seconded by Commissioner Henderson, that the Board of Commissioners adopt an Ordinance entitled, "AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE CLOSING OF A 3,528.36 SQUARE FOOT ALLEY NORTH OF GEORGE STREET AND BETWEEN SOUTH 3RD STREET AND SOUTH 4b STREET, THE CLOSURE OF A 1,004 SQUARE FOOT ALLEY SOUTH OF HUSBAND STREET BETWEEN SOUTH 3RD STREET September 13, 2022 AND SOUTH 4TH STREET AND THE CLOSURE OF A PORTION OF 1,103.73 LINEAR FEET OF THE WEST SIDE OF SOUTH 4TH STREET; AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SAME. This Ordinance is summarized as follows: That the City of Paducah does hereby authorize the closing of a 3,528.36 square foot alley North of George Street and between South 3rd Street and South 4d' Street; the closure of a 1,004 square foot alley South of Husband Street between South Yd Street And South 0' Street; and the closure of a portion of 1,103.73 Linear Feet of the West side of South 4' Street; and authorizes, empowers and directs the Mayor to execute a quitclaim deed from the City of Paducah to the property owner in or abutting the public way to be closed. Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). (ORD 2022-09-8748; BK 36) ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION SETTING TAX LEVIES: AD VALOREM PROPERTIES — FY 2023 Commissioner Gault offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the Board of Commissioners introduce an Ordinance entitled, ""AN ORDINANCE FIXING THE LEVIES AND RATES OF TAXATION ON ALL PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, SUBJECT TO TAXATION FOR MUNICIPAL PURPOSES AND FOR SCHOOL PURPOSES FOR THE PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2023, WITH THE PURPOSES OF SAID TAXES HEREUNDER DEFINED." PURPOSE RATE PER $100 GENERAL FUND OF THE CITY: Real Property $0.265 Personal Property (except inventory) $0.390 Motor Vehicles and watercraft $0.390 SCHOOL PURPOSES: PADUCAH JUNIOR COLLEGE Real Estate $0.015 Personal Property (except inventory) $0.015 Motor Vehicles and watercraft $0.031 The City of Paducah shall collect the following taxes for the Board of Education: PADUCAH INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Real Property Personal Property (including inventory) Property taxes levied herein shall be due and payable in the following manner: (1) In the case of tax bills which reflect an amount due of less than One Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($1,500.00), the payment shall be due on November 1, 2022, and shall be payable without penalty and interest until November 30, 2022. (2) In the case of all other tax bills, payment shall be in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The first half payment shall be due on November 1, 2022, and shall be payable without penalty and interest until November 30, 2022. (b) The second half payment shall be due on February 1, 2023, and shall be payable without penalty and interest until February 28, 2023. Quarterly Grants Update Communications Manager Pam Spencer provided the following summary: "City of Paducah Grants Administrator Hope Reasons provided an update of the current grant applications. During the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 2022, which was April through June, eight grant applications were submitted requesting more than $1,060,000. During that same time, six grants were awarded totaling September 13, 2022 $575,500. Looking at the past year, the City has requested nearly $2 million in grant funding with nearly $900,000 awarded so far. Grants that the City has received and are in the administration stage total nearly $18 million which include the BUILD and ARPA grants." Comments From Commission Commissioner Gault updated the Commission on the 911 Oversight Committee Meeting and the fact that a draft RFP has been received and distributed to Committee Members. Unless there is an objection by a Commissioner, the RFP will not be distributed to members of the Paducah City Commission. No member of the City Commission objected. EXECUTIVE SESSION Commissioner Guess offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Gault, that the Board of Commissioners go into closed session for discussion of matters pertaining to the following topics: ➢ A specific proposal by a business entity where public discussion of the subject matter would jeopardize the location, retention, expansion or upgrading of a business entity, as permitted by KRS 61.810(1)(g) Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5) RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION Commissioner Gault offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the Paducah Board of Commissioners reconvene in open session. Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5) ADJOURN Commissioner Gault offered motion, seconded by Commissioner Guess, that the meeting be adjourned. Adopted on call of the roll yeas, Commissioners Gault, Guess, Henderson, Wilson and Mayor Bray (5). TIME ADJOURNED: 7:23 p.m. ADOPTED: September 27, 2022.4- AMayo George P. B ATTEST: �bifIsay Parish, 'ty Clerk