HomeMy WebLinkAbout10/03/06OCTOBER 3, 2006
At a Regular Meeting of the Board of Commissioners, held on Tuesday, October 3, 2006,
at 5:00 p.m., Mayor Paxton presided, and upon call of the roll by the City Clerk, the
following answered to their names: Commissioners Guess, Sirk, Smith, and Mayor
Paxton (4). Commissioner Coleman was absent (1).
Tyler Powell, an exchange student to Japan, presented Mayor Paxton with a letter from
the Mayor in Sapporo, Japan.
WORKSHOP
REVIEW PARKS SERVICES STAFFING & FUNDING
Mark Thompson, Director of Parks Services, requested an additional Recreation
Specialist position. He feels this position is necessary to help make Paducah more
attractive to the "twenty and thirty something" population. An additional funding of
$29,000 was required to cover the rest of the fiscal year. Mr. Thompson also requested 2
part-time park rangers be employed to help provide security service for the expansion of
facilities such as the skatepark, sprayground, and the Greenway Trail. The additional
funding required for the part-time park ranger positions for the remainder of the fiscal
year is approximately $11,200.
Commission agreed to fund the two additional part-time park rangers but told Mr.
Thompson at this time funding for the additional position of Recreation Specialist is not
available.
DOWNTOWN TAX INCREMENT FINANCING (TIF) DISTRICT
Tom Barnett, Director of Planning, reiterated the reasons to implement a TIF district.
The district boundaries would be the following: Bounded on the North by the Ohio
River, the South by 3rd Street, the East by the common property line of Ingram Barge
Company and Trans Montaigne, and the West by the extent of the City of Paducah
property west of the pump station on North 6th Street. The funds in the district would be
collected from all new, additional property and payroll taxes in the area set out and
beyond current levels (baseline) for 20 years. A Board will be created to authorize funds
to be spent and how. This is a mechanism to help put in place funding for future
riverfront investment and development.
The Board is still undecided in how they want to proceed with the TIF district.
Upon motion meeting adjourned.
ADOPTED: October 10 , 2006
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