Paducah commission approves 9-1-1 parcel-fee changes, union contracts and other measures
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The Paducah Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an amended 9-1-1 parcel fee ordinance, two three-year union agreements and several municipal orders March 24; the city also introduced a consensual annexation and reviewed a $1.76 million EPA grant application for stormwater work.
The Paducah Board of Commissioners on March 24 unanimously approved a package of measures that included an amendment to the city’s 9-1-1 parcel fee ordinance, authorization for two three-year labor agreements and several municipal orders.
The commission adopted an ordinance revising the 9-1-1 parcel-fee ordinance “to clarify applicability, refine property classifications, formalize the appeals process, and update administrative provisions to ensure fairness, consistency, and long term stability in the funding of the joint city county emergency 9 1 1 services,” the city clerk read during the meeting. The amendment clarifies that assessable parcels are those that are occupiable, explicitly includes residential storage structures and public housing units, reclassifies medical facilities as commercial for fee purposes, and establishes an appeals process with a right of judicial review to McCracken District Court within 30 days. The vote was 4–0 (Commissioners Henderson, Smith, Thomas and Mayor Pro Tem Wilson voting aye).
Commissioners also authorized the mayor to execute a three‑year agreement with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 1586, effective July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2029, and a separate three‑year agreement with the Paducah Police Department bargaining unit with the same effective dates. City manager and commissioners publicly thanked negotiating teams; both measures passed by unanimous roll call.
On routine business, the commission approved the consent agenda, which included minutes, a Deloitte cybersecurity assessment contract for $40,000, a Kentucky household hazardous waste grant application for $58,805 (with an interlocal agreement with McCracken County), and procurement actions such as an RFP for parks cameras and a Tetra Tech contract amendment not to exceed $15,000. The consent agenda passed by roll call, 4–0.
The board also approved a municipal order authorizing application for the EPA STAG Clean Water Grant for the Branch Parallel Pipe Conveyance Improvement project in the amount of $1,760,000 with the city match of $440,000; staff noted there is no guarantee the grant will be awarded. That action passed 4–0.
The commission formally introduced (but did not adopt) an ordinance to annex approximately 0.371 acres at 224 Burger Road; staff said the owner requested annexation for a tax rebate and sanitation service and requested initial zoning to R‑4. Final action on the annexation is scheduled after statutory notifications and planning commission review in late April.
The meeting adjourned after commissioners shared community updates and offered condolences to a state leader who recently lost a family member. The next procedural deadline is the commission’s scheduled follow-up on the annexation and the forthcoming budget readings in May and June.
