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ORDINANCE NO. 96-2-64_5,_5_
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUB -SECTION (a) OF SECTION 12-
19, "NUMBER, RANK AND SALARIES OF MEMBERS" OF ARTICLE II, "FIRE
DEPARTMENT", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PADUCAH,
KENTUCKY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY OF PADUCAH, KENTUCKY:
SECTION 1. That Sub -section (a) of Section 12-19, "Number, rank and
salaries of members " , of Article II "Fire Department", of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Paducah is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 12-19. number, rank and salaries of members of department.
"(a) The number and rank of members of the Fire Department of the City
of Paducah and the salary of each position that shall be paid upon satisfactory completion
of consecutive years of service in the Fire Department shall be as follows:
BASE MONTHLY SALARY
# EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE PAY
7/10/95 POSITIONS 7/10/95 7/1/95 GRADE
1 30
3,530 3,530 NA
3,737 3,737
3,945 3,945
4,276 4,276
3,154 3 3,154 NA na
1 na
2,646 2,646 2,688
2,697 2,697 2,740
2,849 2,849 2,895
2,898 2,898 2.944
1 na
2,797 2,797 NA
2,852 2,852
3,011 3,011
3,064 3,064
BASE HOURLY RATE
EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE EFFECTIVE
Fire Safety Inspector 1 7-1-93 7-1-94 6-30-93
( Non -platoon) 14.65 15.09 14.22
14 years 14.70 15.14 14.27
17 " 14.75 15.19 14.32
20 " 14.81 15.25 14.38
25" 14.84 15.29 14.41
Captains 21 9.16 9.43 8.89
14 years 9.20 9.48 8.93
17 " 9.23 9.51 8.96
20 " 9.25 9.53 8.98
25 " 9.28 9.56 9.01
Lieutenants 21 8.42 8.67 8.17
11 years 8.47 8.72 8.22
14 " 8.51 8.77 8.26
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17"
8.53
8.79 8.28
20 "
8.55
8.81 8.30
Fire Fighters 42
6.67
6.87
6 mos.
7.20
7.42
1 year
7.35
7.57
3 years
7.56
7.79
5 "
7.60
7.83
811
7.65
7.88
11"
7.73
7.96
14 "
7.76
7.99
SECTION 2. That Subsection (b) of Section 12-19, "Number, rank and
salaries of members," of Article II "Fire Department" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended and reordained so that same as amended and
reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"(b) In the event employees of the fire department act in a position of
responsibility higher than the position the employee holds, and provided the period of
responsibility is at least six (6) hours during any work shift, the employee shall be
compensated as follows: Effective July 1, 1987, captain acting as assistant chief, $14.50,
per shift, and effective July 1, 1988, $15.00 per shift; lieutenant acting as captain, effective
July 1, 1987, $11.50 per shift and effective July 1, 1988, $12.00 per shift; firefighter acting
as lieutenant, effective July 1, 1987, $10.50 per shift and effective July 1, 1988, $11.00 per
shift. Such compensation shall be paid for any condition creating an absence within a
position for which the acting officers are required to serve, including vacancy within the
position, illness, vacations and holiday times, acting in another position, or temporary
additional assignments. Such compensation shall not be paid for assignments resulting
from members taking accumulated time, operating on work -back provisions, attending
school or seminars, or for any other reason than stated above. Acting pay shall be
accounted for by the assistant fire chiefs, and payment shall be made annually on the last
paycheck in the calendar year. Acting pay shall be subject to all payroll deductions."
SECTION 3. That Subsection (c) of Section 12-19, "Number, rank and
salaries of members", of Article II"Fire Department" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(c) Captains, lieutenants and firefighters shall be paid the aforesaid
hourly rates during each weekly period beginning on Monday and ending on Sunday for
the first forty (40) hours of duty, and at one and one-half (1'/z) times said hourly rates for
each duty hour in excess of forty (40)."
SECTION 4. That Subsection (d) of Section 12-19, "Number, rank and
salaries of members", of Article II " Fire Department" of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Paducah, Kentucky, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"(d) A firefighter who is regularly assigned as a relief driver by the chief
of the fire department, after approval by the city manager, shall for such assignment
receive additional compensation in an amount not to exceed ten cents ($.10) per hour."
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SECTION 5. That Sec. 12-48, "Salary of trainees", of Article II "Fire
Department" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paducah, Kentucky, be amended
and reordained so that same as amended and reordained shall hereafter read as follows:
"Each person employed as an applicant -candidate for employment as a
firefighter shall be paid, effective July 1, 1991, the hourly wage of $5.46, at the same time
other regular firefighter wages are paid, and such wage shall be for training time at the rate
of forty (40) hours per week. Upon completion of a minimum of thirty (30) days' and a
maximum of sixty (60) days' training as an applicant -candidate, the individual shall, upon
recommendation of the Chief of the Paducah Fire Department, be assigned for further
training with a regular platoon."
SECTION 6. This ordinance shall be retroactive to July 1, 1995.
SECTION 7. The salary increases retroactive to July 1, 1995, are being
implemented for employees who wer full-time employees prior to July 1, 1995, who are
not currently represented by any bargaining unit and whose current salary level is $35,000
or less per year.
SECTION 8. This ordinance shall be read on two separate days and shall
become effective upon summary publication pursuant to KRS Chapter 424.
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Introduced by the Board of Commissioners February 13, 1996
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners February 27, 1996
Recorded by Lenita Smith, City Ceyr�� February 27, 1996
Published by The Paducah Sin, 0' /[ 4 . .7-, 1.7
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