City Commission - Regular Meeting

Thank you. you

Here in the city, we like to be on time and stick to the agenda and get everybody in and out of here in a reasonable amount of time. So welcome, everybody. It's great to see people that attend our meetings. And I'll go ahead and call the meeting to order on June 9th, 2026. And I'll ask our city clerk to please call roll.

Commissioner Henderson?

Present.

Commissioner Smith? Here. Commissioner Thomas?

Present.

Commissioner Wilson? Present. Mayor Bray?

Present. I'll ask, if I would, Commissioner Thomas to say the invocation, then we'll remain standing for the Pledge of Allegiance.

Dear Heavenly Father, thank you for allowing us to come together today, continue to cover us, and allow us to make the best decisions for our community. We pray in Jesus' name.

Amen. Amen.

City Manager, are there any additions or deletions to the agenda? Mayor, none this evening. Okay. So first thing is a presentation. The city runs a Citizens Academy that we're very proud of. Citizens from the city and as well as the county, anybody, it's open to anybody to come in and learn more about what the city does. And Kathy ran the program for us this year, and so I'll turn it over to her.

Thank you, Mayor. Good evening, Mayor and Commissioners, City Manager, City Clerk, and our honored guests for this evening. Welcome to Citizens Academy graduation ceremony portion of tonight's Commission meeting. The Citizens Academy provides residents a unique opportunity to gain behind the scenes aspect of what we do here at the city. Over the past nine weeks, participants have had the opportunity to gain knowledge and engage in sessions led by our municipal leaders, our department directors and staff. They've learned firsthand about the programs, the services and the operations that we do here at the city. Classes were held every Thursday evening and to successfully complete the participation program, you had to participate and attend at least seven of the nine evenings. So for the ones here tonight, thank you for that time that you have given to our city, to our staff. We appreciate you very much. As I call your name, please come forward to receive your certificate of completion and commemorative pin. City clerk is going to help. After you receive your items, if you would come into the circle here, we will gather together and take a picture with city manager and our commission. All right, here we go, and they should be in order for us. All right, first, Carmela Ballard. Thank you, Carmela. Carol Dismukes. Carrie Childers. Christina George. Donna Gehring. Donald Gehring. Probably should have called him first so you didn't have to step over your husband. Jeffrey Carlson. Linda Carlson. Matthew Avenger. Let's see. Matthew Scott, he is not here tonight. Looks like he's unable to attend. Meredith Schroeder. Thank you, Ms. Meredith. She was our daredevil for all of our sessions, getting in all the vehicles, trying all the things out.

That's right.

Pam Tavismani. Did I?

Yay.

Yay. And Vince Carter. Congratulations to each of our graduates and thank you for your interest, dedication and commitment to learning more about our city government. We did have two team members with the city that also wanted to participate just to expand their knowledge for their positions with the city. One was Dasha Johnson. She is within our HR department in the diversity group. She was unable to make it tonight. The other was Ian Puckett. He is our assistant to the mayor and commissioners. So thank you, Ian, as well. Here's your certificate and pin as well. So let's give them all a round of applause. If you would like to stand, we will get a group picture.

I just want to say publicly, you know, the first step is Citizens Academy. The second step could be running for office.

Or working for the city, serving on a board with the city. You know, there's a lot of options here.

We could start lower than that. Running for mayor.

I'm going to get between these guys right here. All right.

Man, I don't know that I'd take the risk.

I just don't know if I'd take the risk.

Congrats.

Thank you all.

Thank you very much. Thank you, guys. Appreciate you guys. Congratulations. Thank you.

I know. It's not required.

Vince, Vince, you need to stay.

I'm just kidding.

Thank you very much.

Yeah.

Okay, we'll move to the consent agenda where items on the consent agenda are considered to be really routine by the Board of Commissioners and they are enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a board member so requests in which event we remove that item from the consent agenda and consider it separately. The city clerk will read the items recommended for approval unless a commissioner has an item that they'd like to discuss separately. City clerk.

Approve minutes for the May 26, 2026 Board of Commissioners meeting. Receive and file documents. Appointment of A.J. Patel to the Convention and Visitors Bureau to fulfill the term of Vigis Patel, who has resigned. This term shall expire December 31, 2027. Appointment of Tanya Shelton to the Creative and Cultural Council to replace Stephen Page, whose term has expired. This term shall expire March 24, 2029. Personnel actions. A municipal order adopting the position and pay schedule for the full-time employees of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for fiscal year 2027. A municipal order approving the job grade schedule for the employees of the City of Paducah, Kentucky for fiscal year 2027. A municipal order accepting the bid of C.J. Mahan Construction Company, LLC for the Pump Station No. 11 Pump 3 repair project. Authorizing the mayor to execute a contract for SAME and authorizing the payment in the amount of $245,025. A municipal order approving change order number three with Jim Smith contracting for additional scope of work for the Paducah Riverfront Infrastructure Improvement Project build for $130,382.28 and authorizing the mayor to execute all documents related to SAME. A municipal order authorizing a contract extension for the endpoint detection and response services with Kroll Incorporated. and the amount of $134.30 per endpoint for up to 370 endpoints plus endpoint overages, and authorizing the mayor to execute all documents related to SANE. A municipal order declaring certain real property located at 5065 Concord Avenue surplus to the needs of the City of Paducah, authorizing its disposition by public auction, and authorizing the mayor to execute all documents related to SANE. A municipal order authorizing and improving Amendment No. 11 and 12 to the Professional Consulting Agreement with Federal Engineering Incorporated, For professional services related to the implementation support for the Paducah-McCracken County 911 radio upgrade project in an amount not to exceed $120,000 and authorizing the mayor to execute the amendment. A municipal order approving the employment agreement between the city of Paducah and police officer Joseph Hayes and authorizing the mayor to execute same. A municipal order authorizing the mayor to execute a contract for services between the city of Paducah and the Upper Town Heritage Foundation for operational support, capacity building, and related services for the Hotel Metropolitan and Purple Room.

So moved. Second. Call roll.

Commissioner Henderson?

Aye.

Commissioner Smith?

Aye.

Commissioner Thomas? Aye. Commissioner Wilson? Aye. Mayor Bray?

Aye. We have three municipal orders to approve tonight. The first two have to do with some property on the south side, and we'll take them individually, but I'll ask the city clerk to please read the first one.

A proposed motion of the Board of Commissioners to adopt a municipal order entitled, a municipal order declaring the real property located at 718 Jones Street, Paducah, Kentucky, to be surplus property accepting the bid of Sheila Kirkendall of Teddy Bear Development in the amount of $100 and authorizing the mayor to execute the deed and all documents related to same.

Second. So moved. Second.

Carol. Carol.

Okay. I like your enthusiasm there. This is the first of what we hope are many to come. This is the first action or movement we've seen on a couple of parcels in both of these. One will be an 1,100-square-foot home, two-bedroom, two-bath. And then the next one that you'll have up to read is a 1,300-square-foot home, three-bedroom, two-bath. And they are both on the same section, same block. there of Jones Street, and then we have one other that will come before you in the next commission meeting, we hope. So we're starting to get a little density. We're starting to get developers in and applying for the property and starting to receive some of those and enter into those development grants will be the next step. We have those drafts out now.

So are they taking advantage of the city incentives on both these properties? Yes, they will.

They are.

Okay. Good job. Any questions? I mean, you know, obviously, you know, anything that we get going in the south side has been hard. Right. It's been, you know, to get things going, but we need to build density, and we need more developers to take advantage and take some risk and use the city's incentives, you know, to cover. Yes. Yes, absolutely.

And we're pleased that these will be able to be within eye shot of one another. And it will really change the look of that whole block. And that's what we need.

Questions, comments from commissioners? Okay. All right. Thank you very much. I'll ask. Oh, please call roll.

Commissioner Henderson? Aye. Commissioner Smith?

Aye.

Commissioner Thomas? Aye. Commissioner Wilson? Aye. Mayor Bray?

Aye. And I'll ask the clerk to read the second sale of surplus property that Ms. Scott just talked about.

A proposed motion of the Board of Commissioners to adopt a municipal order entitled, a municipal order declaring the real property located at 709 Jones Street, Paducah, Kentucky. to be surplus property accepting the bid of John B. Montesmar by Flyby Night Incorporated in the amount of $1 and authorizing the mayor to execute the deed and all documents related to same.

So moved. Second. Call roll.

Commissioner Henderson. Aye. Commissioner Smith.

Aye.

Commissioner Thomas. Aye. Commissioner Wilson. Aye. Mayor Bray.

Aye. So the last municipal order is a pretty big one, and I'll ask the... clerk to please read it, and then we have a couple of people here to talk about it.

A proposed motion of the Board of Commissioners to adopt a municipal order entitled, a municipal order approving a contract with PFGW Architects for Design, Engineering, and Construction Administration for the City Hall Stabilization Project in the amount of $842,500 and authorizing the mayor to execute the contract and all other documents related to same.

So moved. Second. C-Manager, you want to set this up for them, just to kind of give a preview?

Sure. Mayor and Commission and community members, we have had an issue with some spalling and some cracking and some part of the exterior of this building falling at places, and so we've had to take some measures to not only stabilize that, but prevent access to a certain part of the ability and we have Chris and his team and Jeff here to speak to it the Michelle have been working hard to figure out our next steps and those next steps is going to be a big project for for this building and It but will extend the like the life of this property as well.

And so Chris with that Thank You Darren Commissioner mayor madam clerk Darren made my job much easier. Sorry, I didn't mean to steal your thunder. I apologize. Both numbers necessary, sir. Back in February, of course, you authorized us to go out for a proposal for a design or professional services design services to prepare and provide the appropriate architectural and engineering contract documents for permitting a design, historic preservation, and bedding as well as construction administration. You did that in February. We were able to go out for proposals in February. We received the proposals, and we've done our initial interview, and we think this is the route we need to go. With that said, Jeff's going to introduce his team and do a presentation to let you know exactly what we're speaking of.

Thank you, Chris. City Manager, if you'd like to speak for me, too, that would be great. I'd appreciate that. So... Thank you all for letting us be here tonight and inviting us to be here to speak to this project. This is a substantial project for the city in maintaining this building, this historic property. that is a real architectural treasure in this community and really around the nation. So as you remember, this building did undergo a project back in 2018 to do a lot of work with canopy, fixing some spalling concrete at that time to stabilize any sagging on the corners. We did skylight work in the pyramid and ceilings inside, new windows, new doors, and that project was pretty extensive. In the time since that, there has been some additional movement on the canopy, sagging of the canopy. So we think, through some efforts with BFW, Structural Engineering Team, doing some initial assessments, we feel like we've got a path forward here to fix the issue permanently and also address some other issues that are ongoing maintenance items. with water infiltration into the basement and then also some water, storm water mitigation in the basement parking garage as well. So what I want to do tonight is just give a very brief overview, kind of a 30,000 foot view of this project. Part of this, the biggest part of this is canopy stabilization and replacement. So all of the structure outside of the exterior wall of this building It is supported by columns and then a cantilevered fully concrete roof structure. There's a lot of weight there. And so I think our proposal at this point is to remove the concrete roof from the outside wall of the building out to remove the concrete columns. and go back with a lighter weight structural steel system. We're still working on solutions about how do we clad that system to at least, if not truly replicate what's already out here, but at least provide a like system so that we don't lose, because this building is listed on the National Register. We're not anticipating pursuing tax credits on this project. So that gives us a little bit of freedom in how we address this. But we certainly want to be sensitive to the historic nature of this property. This is one of the only two Edward Durrell Stone buildings still left in Kentucky. We've lost several over the past eight years or so. And so we want to be sensitive to that. But a lot of this work will require pretty extensive scaffolding and demolition. temporary supports and protections around the perimeter of this building. We're looking at covering the windows, construction debris nets, work platforms, scaffolding to tackle the work in a very methodical way so that we can get in and come back and do the work that's required to replace what's here. And so we feel like we've got a good plan there that'll be a better system long term. The diagram on the left here shows the, and just to remind everybody of terminology that we had to learn eight years ago, the podium is the porch around the building. And so that's just kind of the term that Edward Durell Stone used, and so that's what we're using as well. But the podium will be off limits. We'll have some access tunnels, much as what we did eight years ago for the public to still access the building through that work area. We'll coordinate that. We'll still have egress out this side of the building as well so that we've got maintained proper egress and all of that. But this is probably the biggest portion of the project that we're doing and will be the most noticeable to the public. Another part of that is our podium repair and structural remediation. We're still getting water infiltrating into the basement through the podium. And so we want to remove all of the, as part of this work with the canopy removal and the column removal, is to go ahead and remove the concrete slab around the podium, all the way around the perimeter. to come back with a membrane system that will keep water from infiltrating all the way through and transmitting through to the basement and then coming back with either another cast-in-place concrete paving system or precast pavers to go on top of that. We'll incorporate some roof drain or some promenade drains, deck drains on the podium as well that will capture any water on the surface, but it also has water that can be captured if it gets through the concrete, the initial layer of concrete. That water will then be filtered through the drainage membrane to the drains themselves as well. So kind of a two-stage system here that can get any water off the podium and away from the perimeter of the basement. And then as part of that work, we've been noticing, and BFW noted in particular, some deterioration on the concrete joists in the basement below the podium. And so we'll do some remediation there and repair those and give those new life in that process as well. And then another, the kind of third stage of this project is stormwater issues. We've got, if you all had your feet wet in the basement due to rain, this is part of that problem. The ramps just funnel water down into the basement when it rains. So we're going to look at addressing that with probably some additional drains at the top of the ramps. maybe some grading work on the lawns around the ramps, and then also fixing the drains at the bottom of the ramps and making sure that those are not collapsed and preventing water from draining out properly if it does get that far. So all of this work that we anticipate will take some time to do a final design process. This is our anticipated project schedule at this point. We think this is... you know, very doable, but we will look for opportunities to expedite this schedule when we can. I think the biggest thing is just some of these solutions that we need to come up with and find the proper solutions, such as the topping of the podium deck and the cladding of the canopy once the structural steel goes up. But we're looking at about 50 to 55 weeks to the point where we can bid the project once we get a contract signed and get a notice to proceed. So about a year for design, construction documents, and bidding documents and putting it out to bid. We do have on these milestone dates, we do have presentations to the commission at different intervals throughout, so about a 30 and a 60 and a 90 percent interval through the design and construction document process. We'll be coming back and providing updates to you so that you know where we are in the process. And so that's looking at about a year for design. And then we're anticipating about another year for construction. This is a complicated project. The building is being planned at this point to be fully occupied throughout the construction period. So we'll just have to coordinate with that and work through that process with you all as the occupants. But, again, about a year for construction here. I'd be happy to entertain any questions you may have.

What's the cost? What's the number?

Eight. Estimated construction costs of about $8 million. Okay.

Seems like that's a lot of work for a year. And really a lot of work for $8 million. I guess we'll see.

Chris, you want to speak to kind of the leading up to and how we got that estimate and the good faith estimate that we have at this point?

Sure. Well, that's based off the information we gathered over what needs to actually be done. And Jeff and his team come up with that number for us.

Yeah, and I would add that is a conceptual number at this point because we don't have some solutions we don't have yet. We've got some ideas, but this is still just very conceptual based upon the scope of work that we see at this point. We will be fine-tuning that as we go and developing opinions of cost throughout the design and construction document process and updating that. And still, again, working with the schedule to see where we can expedite things on the design and construction document end to then... Part of that process, too, is also to figure out how we can best plan this for construction so the contractor can get things done in a timely manner and in an efficient manner as well.

So I think it should be noted, you know, in 2018-17, Mr. Wilson can give us a little history. I think there was a big discussion, you know, back then as to whether or not we should take on a repair project versus building a new building somewhere. And they made the decision back then, which I feel is the right decision, to... you know, to fix up this building, and so now here we are eight years later, you know, kind of in a similar fix. You know, the conundrum here is that we have a 55-year-old building that was designed by a world-renowned architect, Edward Durrell Stone, who actually also designed the Kennedy Center and many other buildings. and it's probably it's not the most efficient building you know for offices or you know lots of things have changed in fifty five years and uh... but i think we've made the decision that we're going to double down on this building and the only thing The cost of the contract itself with PFDW is over $800,000. So just to prepare to put the bids up. And then we're talking about estimated, you know, $8 million after that. So it's a significant investment. And I think it's a big decision. And so I think it makes sense for us to reflect on that. But this is an iconic building, you know, in our community, and it really does set us, you know, set us apart as, you know, I mean, I think it speaks volumes for the city. It's aged. It may not have aged structurally well, but architecturally, you know, from the outside, it's aged very well. It doesn't look like it's, you know, it was built in, you know, 1831 or anything, so... So that's the issue on the agenda. Mr. Wilson's looking at me like, you're saying way too much.

I did have a question on the tax credits. You said, you know, I guess that could limit us from what we might be able to do. I mean, I guess I'm sure you've done a cost-benefit analysis. Applying for tax credits is to not apply. Good question.

Melinda, do you want to come speak to that? And we do have some members of our team here tonight in anticipation of questions that some are better suited to answer than I am. So y'all know Melinda.

Good evening. And you all know I know this building very well. I got it on the National Register for the city. So the historic tax credits, there's a couple of challenges with what they're proposing because we are removing the entire piece of that. So I think if we want to look at pursuing the state credit would be the only one we would go after. We probably just need to have a conversation with the Kentucky Heritage Council, propose to them what we're needing to do and what materials we're wanting to replace that with and see if they think that would be eligible for the state credit. I think there's a couple things that you have going for you to help with that argument. You tried to fix this one time before. It has failed. So in order to save the building in entirety, you're going to have to do something like this. So just getting them on board. What they're proposing really does keep the character, the historic character, the feel. Those are the things they're going to look at for what you guys are wanting to do. The tax credits could be up to 20% of the total eligible expenses. We could phase it even over a couple of years if it's going to take longer to do the actual construction. We could talk to them about maybe phasing it to maybe get two pots of that money for two different types of applications.

So more than 20% or up to 20%?

Well, if you have $8 million, because they have a cap on the state credit, so they're going to only let you get so much each year. So say we go for two years of the pot.

I'm with you.

We could get more. So maybe we look at doing the outside stuff and the basement separate than doing the podium and the canopy. But that's something we could work out with them as far as phasing. So I think if you want to look at maybe getting some additional funds, we could, but it's definitely a conversation we need to have up front with them to know if they would let us be eligible for what we're wanting to do to the building.

Jeff, what's your view of that? I mean...

Yeah, I think it's certainly worth having a discussion. And they never fund fully 20%. That's the max they would do. That depends on the number of applicants every year, and there's more applicants every year that apply for these tax credits. I think it's worth having a conversation as soon as we get contracts on, and let's go ahead and initiate that. And we've got good relationships with the state Kentucky Heritage Council, with the director and their reviewers, and so it's worth asking.

Well, you know, if we could... you know, even if we could get a 10% tax credit, you know, and still do what we wanted to do with the materials that we need to do it with, you know, because times have changed, that's certainly worth at least a conversation, it seems like.

I would like to say, I mean, there's only two, you said, of his work still in the state of Kentucky. I just feel like it's worth that discussion. Of course it is. And then also, I feel like we should try to promote it as a stop maybe on some of the tours. You know, like I know some of the churches downtown are offering tours of their historic churches. To have only one of two, I mean, the same architect as the Kennedy Center, why wouldn't we want to try to promote that too? So I just... Don't think we've done that, or I don't know if we have or not. Maybe you don't want people churning through here.

No, the more people that come in. Escorted by our guard. Yeah, that's right.

I mean, it is something that I think if we're going to go ahead and spend the money, we should make sure that we're promoting it as we should be. We should be very proud of it. And I think that was the decision that happened previously. We just couldn't. walk away from it. It's such a historic building with such a beauty and we have done a lot of work to make it even nicer inside and especially the atrium area. So I just think it's worth the discussion. That could be a significant amount of money for us to bring in.

So I want to bring up something kind of a hard discussion. So the fountain. So I know Darren's laughing already, but, you know, people, you know, every so often somebody say, you know, why isn't the fountain working? And the discussions I've had is it's a train wreck. I mean, you know, getting that fountain to work, you know, continuously, I don't know anything about it other than pipes and everything that's not working. So is that off the table? You know in this project, did you assess the fountain?

and I think in the last project As we were trying to to get moisture out of the building I to reintroduce moisture back into the building was one of the issues. Okay, Bacchus is agreeing with me that that's correct. So that's one of the issues, and it's just...

So that would be removed?

No, no, the fountain would stay as it is, and just it's... Just to dry.

Yeah, this is just... Could you remove it and put some visual art there that...

Well, it is a visual art piece right now, isn't it?

Well, I mean, it is a non-working... Don't suggest we take the fountain out in an election year.

Well, it's not working.

Do any of y'all recall when it actually worked?

Yeah.

I do. It was nice for the building. It drowned out noise and sound throughout the building. It was relaxing.

Well, if it was working.

Yeah.

But we're not going to put it back working, right?

Well, it was leaking also. into the basement.

Yeah, that's a problem.

Given permission to look at the plumbing and look at it separate from this probably, we might be able to.

You could get tax credits for the repair of the fountain. if you do it within this project because it is an element of the historic building. It was also donated by one of our civic beautification groups, which I think when we looked at taking it out before, there were several ladies that got very upset about the fountain coming out.

Well, let's see if we can get tax credits for it.

You can get tax credits for fixing it. That can be part of it.

But the thing is, I mean, what I'm hearing you say is is there's a cap on tax credits each year. If we work in multiple years, we might be able to access more tax credits. We don't know that for sure.

We can definitely talk to the state. Now, in order, if we want to just do the fountain, and I'm assuming probably the repair would be over $20,000, you could do that separately as a separate tax credit application just for the fountain as long as you hit $20,000 as your expenses.

Yeah, I don't want to take out trying to fix the fountain if it's not really fixable. You know, that we cause a... I'm all for evaluating that, but I think we need to be careful.

That's why I was looking for the evaluator, because I'm not sure once it was leaked if anyone truly...

To the extent. If we haven't evaluated, we should.

Melinda, could that be a third-year project? You were talking about three-year multiple.

It could, but the other challenge we have, because you are an entity that doesn't have a tax credit liability, we have to find a purchaser for your tax credits. We have a new one that just purchased from the Columbia Theater for their tax credit that they just got for their second phase. And they were a great partner, so we have someone that could purchase that credit from you all. So they like to see the bigger projects. So depending on how much the fountain is going to cost, we may need to lump it in with one of the other phases.

A couple different options there.

Yeah, I think so.

Great discussion. Thank you. Thank you. Very good.

Just this $8 million cost, it seems like you're looking at tearing off the canopy and then tearing off the porch, rebuilding the porch. That just seems like an awful lot of work for $8 million. I mean, $8 million is a lot of money, but how confident are we that it could be done for that even? We have a history of projects, and then they come back, and they're... More, substantially more, yes. Can I answer?

You're replacing it, though, the top canopy, with a different, just a different? Yes, ma'am.

Yes, ma'am. Yeah, which seems like a lot of, I mean, seems like a big project. So I'm just, we have to, I think if we move forward on something like this, we're talking $8 million, but really we need to be prepared for more money than that.

I think you make a great point.

Probably. I mean, everything calls for it. I think you make a great point. But it just seems like we would have a good estimate that, We could hang our hat on pretty close to.

Yeah, and you will as we get further along. At this point, based on what we know, which is a little bit from a BFW assessment from within the last year, that's all we know at this point. And then some of the work we did previously and some of the issues that we tried to fix and all that. So it is a best guess at this point. But that number will be refined and vetted through this process. Yes, sir.

Great point, Commissioner Smith. I think that's a great point.

Commissioner Wilson, to your point, I think for visual aspects, if you think about more people are more familiar if they're watching it on HGTV or if they're doing it themselves, that thinking about taking something down to the studs, basically that's what we're doing to the envelope and outside of this building. We're taking it down to that far to be able to remediate the issue and bring back something that will have a 50-year lifespan.

Okey-dokey Thank you Jeff for being here. Thank you, Chris Appreciate your work and knowledge of all these projects I'll ask the city clerk to please call roll Commissioner Henderson.

All right, Commissioner Smith. Aye Commissioner Thomas. Aye Commissioner Wilson. Aye Mayor Bray.

Aye Okay, and we have one ordinance to adopt this is the 2027 budget ordinance and Audra's been up here before and done a lot of explanations. We'll ask the city clerk to please read it, and then we'll see if there's any further discussion from commissioners.

A proposed motion of the Board of Commissioners to adopt an ordinance entitled An Ordinance Adopting the City of Paducah, Kentucky Annual Operating Budget for the Fiscal Year July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 by estimating revenues and resources and appropriating funds for the operation of city government. This ordinance is summarized as follows. This ordinance adopts the City of Paducah annual budget for fiscal year July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 by estimating revenues and resources and appropriating funds for the operation of city government as follows. General fund revenues $49,713,352. Appropriations $51,882,954. Reserves utilized $2,169,602. Rental fund reserves Revenues, $142,513. Appropriation in the same amount. 911 Fund, $3,491,103 in revenues and the same in appropriations. CDBG Fund, revenues in the amount of $574,275 and appropriations in the same amount. Opioid Settlement Fund, with revenues in the amount of $277,957 and appropriations in the amount of $113,397. Municipal aid program fund in the amount of revenues $2,540,300 and appropriations $2,800,300 with reserves utilized of $260,000. Investment fund revenues at $8,025,000 and appropriations at $7,917,352. Tax increment financing fund in the amount of $130,000 $123,000 in revenues and appropriations. A court award fund in a revenues amount of $50,000 in appropriations in an amount of $141,490 with reserves utilized in the amount of $91,490. Room tax fund in the amount of $1,855,000 in revenues and appropriations. Debt service fund in the amount of $5,539,717 in revenues. and the same in appropriations. Capital projects fund in the amount of $1,365,000 in revenues and appropriations. Bond fund in the amount of $5,435,000 in revenues and $21,012,654 in appropriations, with reserves being utilized in the amount of $15,577,654. Solid waste fund with revenues at $7,243,500 in appropriations at $8,543,207 with reserves utilized of $1,299,707. Transient boat dock fund in the amount of $148,822 in revenues. Appropriations at $326,822 with reserves being utilized at $178,000. Fleet maintenance fund in the amount of $1,004,000 in revenues and $1,033,202 in appropriations with $29,000 $22 in reserves being utilized. Fleet Lease Trust Fund in the amount of $1,664,311 in revenues and $2,492,345 in appropriations with reserves utilized at $828,034. General insurance fund in the amount of $1,594,006 written revenues and the same in appropriations. Health insurance fund in the amount of $4,098,200 in revenues, $4,743,033 in appropriations with reserves utilized at $644,833. PFPF pension fund at the amount of $651,850. in revenues and appropriations and other trust funds at $85,435 in both revenues and appropriations for a total of revenues at $95,622,341, appropriations at $116,428,475 and reserves utilized at $21,078,342. So moved. Second.

Okay, any discussion? We've had significant discussion. This is a big moment in time. We do this once a year. We allocate the budget and then we charge our staff with meeting those numbers through the year. Thank you, Audra, and your staff for all the work you did to prepare the budget. I know it's a ton of work. Commissioner Smith, anything?

No.

So I have one point to make, and that is, and I don't know where it is, but it was the street budget. I don't know which. So in my final discussion about the budget, you know, the only request that I made to alter the budget that was presented to me was I thought we needed to increase the street budget. Because I think, you know, we've all talked about the importance of streets with quality of life. I mean, I get a message from somebody probably once every couple of weeks. I drove out to look at one just yesterday morning, you know, that somebody and Greg and I have great discussions, our city engineer. who's doing a great job of managing the road budget, getting out and looking at streets and figuring out things. But I did ask them to increase that because, and that was a slight increase, but it was an increase no matter, because I wanted to telegraph to the community on behalf of all of us, you know, that we understand that quality of life and streets is important. And we don't have the same benefit that the county has because we don't get the same amount of state road funds, you know, that they do. So we get a very small amount. And so our funds are all, they're all funded by, virtually all of them by taxpayers. And so I did want to make that point, and I did want to, you know, make the point that, you know, as a commission, we recognize, you know, the importance of streets and sidewalks, you know, as it relates to quality of life. So I'm off my soapbox.

I think that's right. It's not exciting. It's not sexy like the things we do, but I think it's a core thing that people expect. by the city. I support that.

This commission has been historically, at least in my tenure of almost five years, has really invested heavily from where it was five years ago into that amount to where we're over $2 million. A lot of that is general fund dollars, Mayor, because to your point, we do not get the benefit of the road fund that comes in. To have that That budget triple or almost triple of what we did five years ago says a lot about the investment and the priority that this commission puts on that.

You can't do everything for everybody. You can't be all things to all people. But within the scope of what we have to manage, we can make priorities. And I think that's a good one for all of us. So without further ado, I would ask the city clerk to call roll.

Commissioner Henderson? Aye. Commissioner Smith? Aye. Commissioner Thomas? Aye. Commissioner Wilson? Aye. Mayor Bray?

Aye. We have one ordinance to introduce tonight, and I'll let the city clerk read it, and then our director of technology, if that's the right title. Sorry if it's not, but we'll be out here to explain it.

A proposed motion of the Board of Commissioners to introduce an ordinance entitled, an ordinance authorizing the Mayor to execute a memorandum of understanding between the City of Paducah and the McCracken County Property Valuation Administrator for services related to the City's 911 parcel fee program. This ordinance is summarized as follows. This ordinance authorizes the Mayor to execute a memorandum of understanding between the City of Paducah and the McCracken County Property Valuation Administrator for services related to the City's administration of the 911 parcel fee program. McCracken County Property Valuation Administrator will assist the City with assessment, classification, calculation, and administration of the 911 parcel fee, including the preparation and transmission of a database of eligible parcels for inclusion in the City's annual property tax bills. The City shall compensate McCracken County Property Valuation Administrator at the rate of $0.04 per parcel located within the City of Paducah, regardless of whether the parcel is assessed a 911 parcel fee.

So moved. Second.

Eric, explain it to me. Explain it to everybody exactly the way you explained it to me yesterday because it's very simplified.

Okay. Good evening, Mayor, Commission, City Manager, City Clerk. So each year the PVA sends us a tax roll that we import into our system to generate tax bills. The parcel fee is not on that tax roll. I have been calculating it for the last two years based on the PVA's data. So Bill approached city manager and the county a few months ago and said, what if I do the calculation for you, put it on the tax roll, but also make it available on their website. So when you click on the parcel on the PVA's website, you would see what your classification is for the parcel and then the fee. And so we said, okay, what would that look like? And he's like four cents per parcel. Well, the city has 13,000 parcels. It's $520. So I was like, sign us up. So I spend probably well over $520 worth of time each year just calculating it. There's a lot of back and forth. If we find errors, we send them to him. He corrects them in the system. This would allow him to just correct them as he does the calculation and then just provide us one file that we just import into our system. So that's what this MOU is for. And the county read their introduction last night. So the same thing.

Questions? When he explained it to me, it seemed pretty, I mean, it seemed like a good idea coming from our PBA. Yes. You know, and for 500 bucks, you know, I mean, to let them do all the work, you know, the only question, as long as there's transparency, you know, to our citizens, you know, what their tax bills are, what their property's worth, you know, all that thing, go to the PBA website. I think that's very valuable. Yep. Any other questions? No. I think we're good. Thanks for being here, Eric.

Okay. City Manager, any comments? Mayor and Commission, just want to remind that tomorrow morning we do have a celebration for the official unveiling of the 911 system. I mean, it's been on an operation and our first responders have been reaping the benefits of that upgrade for a couple months now. But we do want to have a public acknowledgement of And that will take place tomorrow at 10 a.m. outside the 911 Center. So the public is invited to that. And so we're excited to have a little celebration of the hard work and the collaboration between the city and the county that got us to this point.

Yeah, it's been a lot of hard work.

And the last thing that I have for this evening is just a reminder that City Hall will be closed a week from this Friday for the Juneteenth celebration, the holiday. A lot of good events that are going on and being organized in the community and invite the public to avail themselves and attend those events. Great, thank you.

Commissioners, comments?

No.

Commissioners, comments? Okay, we will have an executive session tonight. We will not take action when we come out. But I would ask the city clerk to please read the motion to move into executive session.

A proposed motion of the Board of Commissioners to go into closed session for a discussion of matters pertaining to the following topics. Proposed or pending litigation as permitted by KRS 61.810, subsection 1C, and 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, subsection 1G.

So moved.

Second.

Call roll.

Commissioner Henderson?

Aye.

Commissioner Smith?

Aye.

Commissioner Thomas? Aye. Commissioner Wilson? Aye. Mayor Bray? Aye.